Arkansas Business and Economic Review articles from June 1996

Arkansas Business and Economic Review archives from June 1996

Tax reform myopia and the importance of base considerations: how will the economy be affected?
June 22, 1996... Introduction Government deficits, economic malaise, rising enforcement and compliance costs, low savings rates, and fairness concerns have provided an impetus for revision of the tax code. Last year in a statement before the Senate Budget...

Market efficiency and National Football League betting totals.
June 22, 1996... Introduction When Pankoff (1968) suggested that the efficiency of people's average economic judgments can be tested quickly and directly by examining the results of imaginary wagers on the outcome of football games, football-betting studies...

A simultaneous-equations model of migration and employment growth in Arkansas, 1980-1990.
June 22, 1996... Introduction It is now generally accepted that interdependencies between changes in a region's economic and demographic characteristics play an important role in that region's growth. Research in regional economics has provided substantial...

Strong economic growth supports high levels of employment in the nation and Arkansas.
June 22, 1996... Economic Growth and Employment During the second quarter of 1996, Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at a 4.8 percent seasonally adjusted annual rate. This estimate was revised upward from the earlier estimate of 4.2 percent. The increase...