The
Maine Economy: 2001-2004 - A Graphical Summary of
Maine County and State Economic Sector Dynamics. April 2007
Nature-Based and
Cultural-Heritage Tourism in Rural Maine
Sustainable
Transportation Funding for Maine's Future, January 2006
Economic
and Fiscal Impacts of a Proposed LNG Facility in Robbinston,
Maine, November 2005
Economic
Contributions of ATV-Related Activity in Maine, March 2005
Returns
to scale in producing human capital from schooling, June
2004
MDI
Tomorrow: 2003 Community Survey Report; REP Staff Paper
527, May 2004
Saving
for College in Maine, May 2004
The
Land for Maine's Future Program: Increasing the Return on a
Sound Public Investment, January 2004
Poverty
in Maine: 2003
Workforce
Development in Maine: Held Back by the Lack of Higher
Education, December 2002
Penobscot
Valley: Prudent Investments Linking Our Towns: A Report on
Education, Housing and Capital Planning Opportunities,
October 2002
Should
Education be Publicly Provided?, October 2002
This article appears in the October 2002 issue of Bulletin
of Economic Research. This study suggests that a
subsidy in the form of public provision has the potential to
be the most efficient educational policy because it stimulates
investment in human capital, which would otherwise be
inefficiently low because of distortionary income taxation and
possible external benefits.
by Philip Trostel
Tax
Policy and Economic Development in Maine: A Survey of
the Issues, August 2002
This report focuses on tax policy and economic development in
Maine. Its purpose is to provide a foundation for discussion
and debate of tax policy options generally and, in particular,
those relating to economic development in Maine. The report
includes a brief discussion of the linkages between tax policy
and economic development, and the criteria used to structure
tax policy (known as the requirements of a good tax system),
state and local revenue trends, and specific state and local
taxes.
by Matthew N. Murray, PhD - Professor of Economics and
Associate Director Center for Business and Economic Research
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Background
Report on College Affordability in Maine: July 2003
Recent
Developments in the Labor Market in Maine, July 2002
An
Overview of the Demographic and Economic Conditions in Maine: A
background for workforce and tax policy considerations,
May, 20, 2002
This report provides an overview of selected social and
economic topics in Maine as the backdrop for companion studies
that examine two important and inter-related issues: workforce
development and tax policy. Without addressing these issues
directly, this report focuses on demographic and economic
trends in Maine. Specific emphasis is given to population
changes in Maine, both demographically and geographically,
along with selected measures related to education and
workforce characteristics. Economic changes in the state are
investigated both in terms of broad sectoral shifts, as well
as detailed variations in specific industries and occupations.
Regional differences in economic growth are also examined.
by Thomas G. Allen, University of Maine
Estimates
of the economic return to schooling for 28 countries
This article appears in Labour Economics: An International
Journal (Volume 9, Number 1). This paper estimates the
rates of return to education in 28 countries using comparable
microdata from 1985 through 1995. The authors aim is to
investigate how widespread are two important features of the
recent, largely UK and US, literature: the rising rate of
return to education, and the finding that least-squares
estimates are biased downwards rather than, as had commonly
been thought more plausible, upwards.
by Philip Trostel, Ian Walker, Paul Woolley
Gasoline
Consumption Attributable to Gasoline Powered Watercraft
Use in Maine, November 2001
This study was conducted for the Maine Legislature’s
Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax
Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and
Watercraft. The study collected information concerning
the amount of gasoline consumed by Snowmobiles in Maine during
the previous riding season.
Gasoline
Consumption Attributable to Snowmobile Use in Maine,
July 2001
This study was conducted for the Maine Legislature’s
Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax
Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and
Watercraft. The study collected information concerning
the amount of gasoline consumed by Snowmobiles in Maine during
the previous riding season.
Piscataquis
County Micro-Enterprise Survey, June 2001
This survey was conducted for the Eastern Maine Development
Corporation (EMDC) in cooperation with the Piscataquis County
Economic Development Committee. The survey was designed
to collect information about home-based businesses and
micro-enterprises in Piscataquis County to determine their
characteristics, their economic impact, and to identify their
business needs.
Gasoline
Consumption Attributable to ATVs in Maine, June 2001
This study was conducted for the Maine Legislature’s
Commission to Study Equity in the Distribution of Gas Tax
Revenues Attributable to Snowmobiles, All-Terrain Vehicles and
Watercraft. The study collected information concerning
the amount of gasoline consumed by ATVs in Maine during the
previous riding season.
Demographic
and Economic Characteristics of Washington County, Maine: 1970
- 1996, January 1999
This report, commissioned by The Ellsworth American, contains
a detailed analysis of Washington County's economy at the
sector and sub-sector levels over the 1970-1996 time period
The
Economy of Maine: 1969 - 1996 CD ROM, 1997
This multimedia program looks to describe Maine's changing
economy at the state and county levels between 1969 and 1996.
Living
on the Edge: Women Working and Providing for Families in the
Maine Economy, 1979-1993, January, 1995
This report explores labor and earning inequalities that
affect women in Maine.
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Marine Economy
Applied Research Assistance
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Economic
Development and Economic Growth: Finding the Right Balance
for Maine, November, 1993
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Identifying
the Barriers to Interlocal Economic Development
Collaborative Decision making, 1993
