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Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Medicaid Expansion Reversal in Ohio
The “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed recently by the House of Representatives significantly cuts federal funding for Medicaid. It is uncertain how these cuts will affect the program…
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Economic Impacts of Retiring & Replacing the San Juan Generating Station in 2022
The Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) has entrusted REMI to analyze the economic and demographic impacts of retiring the coal-fired San Juan Generating Station (SJGS), loc…
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The National Economic Impacts of Current Legislative Proposals to Change the Capital Gains Tax
REMI was entrusted, by the Committee to Unleash Prosperity (CTUP), to perform a national economic impact analysis of the three proposed changes to the STEP Act (Sensible Taxation a…
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The National and Regional Economic Impacts of Federal Government Reductions in Force
President Donald Trump has made it a priority of his administration to reduce the size of the federal workforce and has tasked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) with leading the efforts to date. These cuts have come through a variety of channels, including layoffs, eliminations of federal agencies, and def…
The Preparedness Payoff: The Economic Benefits of Investing in Climate Resilience
The United States experiences many natural disasters each year that destroy private property and critical infrastructure. These disasters result in significant cleanup costs and economic impacts on metrics including employment and GDP. In this study, completed by the United States Chamber of Commerce in partnership wit…
Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy
NFIB Research Center conducted a study in January of 2019 to find the “Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy.” The Raise the Wage Act increases the federal minimum wage in stages from $7.25 per hour to $15.00 per hour over the years 2019-2024. This report analyzes …
Economic Effects of Enacting the Raise the Wage Act on Small Businesses and the U.S. Economy
This report that was conducted by the National Federation of Independent Businesses Research Center analyzed the impact of the Raise the Wage Act on small businesses. The law requires an increase of the federal minimum wage over a six-year period from $7.25/hr. to $15.00/hr. Researchers utilized the Business Size Insig…
Measuring the Impact of the Steel Tariffs on the U.S. Economy
The Coalition for a Prosperous America assessed the economic impact of the steel tariffs signed into law in March of 2018 by utilizing the REMI PI+ model to produce their own employment forecasts that could be compared against other simulations. Researchers simulated the impact on the price of imported steel was 12.5 p…
The Economic, Fiscal, and Emissions Impacts of a Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax
This assessment completed by FTI Consulting, Inc. for the Alliance for Market Solutions evaluated the impact of a carbon tax on the federal budget, carbon dioxide emissions, U.S. and state economies, and major industries from 2019 through 2028 by analyzing the baseline scenario and a scenario with a national carbon tax…
Housing Underproduction in the U.S.
This study conducted by Holland Government Affairs, Up for Growth, and ECONorthwest was the first to implement the REMI model in order to simulate large-scale housing development. The analysis simulated three growth scenarios: More of the Same, Max Density, and Smart Growth. These scenarios helped identify which housin…
Economic Effects of Immigration Policies: A 50-State Analysis
To help inform the discussion on how to reform the United States’ immigration system to establish economic vibrancy for all Americans, Business Roundtable commissioned an economic modeling analysis by Regional Economic Models, Inc. REMI was tasked with the quantification of the national- and state-level economic effect…
Impacts of Potential Aluminum Tariffs on the U.S. Economy
This economic impact study conducted by NERA Economic Consulting and prepared for Emirates Global Aluminum used a REMI macroeconomic model to estimate the effects of “across-the-board” aluminum tariffs on primary and semi-finished aluminum products of 7% and 30%. The REMI model estimated the increased output and employ…
A Macroeconomic Study of Federal and State Automotive Regulations with Recommendations for Analysts, Regulators, and Legislators
With REMI PI, the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs comprehensively analyzed the variety of effects attached to recent automotive regulations on the state and federal levels. After dividing the nation into nine distinct regions, an array of factors impacting the automotive industry are model…
Engine of Growth: The Extensions of Renewable Energy Tax Credits Will Power Huge Gains in the Clean Energy Economy
The REMI Policy Insight Plus model was utilized by the National Resources Defense Council to properly understand the positive impacts of the federal wind and solar tax credits on the U.S. economy. It was discovered through this groundbreaking analysis that these credits would create over 220,000 jobs as it adds almost …
The Economic and Employment Consequences of Repealing Federal Health Reform: A 50 State Analysis
Researchers at George Washington University’s Center for Health Policy Research produced this report that examined the various consequences associated with repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Specifically, their analysis assessed two major aspects: repealing federal premium tax credits that help l…
Economic and Policy Statement: Universal Paid Leave Amendment Act of 2016 (B21-415)
A 70-sector regional economic model was built by REMI and customized to the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Statistical Area so as to determine the impacts of the most progressive universal paid leave plan the District has ever enacted. Three scenarios that were modeled were: 1) businesses absorb the 0.62% payroll tax, 2…
The Economic Impact of H.R. 932 and Mandatory Paid Sick Leave on U.S. Small Businesses
Using the REMI model, the NFIB Research Foundation found that implementation of H.R. 932 in 2016 could result in 430,000 jobs lost by 2025. It was also found that real output lost could rise to as high as $652 billion, with small businesses feel the true weight of this decision with 58% of all jobs lost and 50% of tota…
Potential Economic Effects of a Permanent Increase in the Section 179 Deduction Allowance Limit
The National Federation of Independent Business Research Foundation used the REMI PI+ model to quantify the gains in employment and production due to the theoretical expansion of the deduction allowance limit from $25,000 to $500,000 per year. The collected results suggest that an expansion of this caliber could increa…