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State Fiscal Health: What Are Common Traits among the Consistently Good and Bad States?
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The Economic Policies Of Florida's Gubernatorial Candidates
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Does Land Development Pay for Itself?
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No Need to Fight over the OCC's Fintech Charter
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Why Is Illinois Ranked as the Least Fiscally Healthy State?
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How Healthy Are Your State's Finances?
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The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition
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Research Round-Up: North Dakota's Economic Success and Monetary Policy Futures Markets
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Why Is Nebraska Ranked as the Most Fiscally Healthy State?
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Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
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How Universities Can Help Struggling Areas
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Without Pension Reform, Retirees Lose
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10 Years after the Recession: New Study on the Fiscal Condition of the States
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State Fiscal Rankings | 2018 Edition
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What States and Cities Do Right to Promote Innovation
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Prairie Prosperity: An Economic Guide for the State of North Dakota
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A Way Forward for Affordable Housing
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How Higher Minimum Wages Impact Employment
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State Fiscal Health: What Are Common Traits among the Consistently Good and Bad States?
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The Economic Policies Of Florida's Gubernatorial Candidates
- | Housing Housing
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Does Land Development Pay for Itself?
A Critique of Cost-of-Community-Service Studies
- | Housing Housing
- | State Testimonies State Testimonies
Creating the Opportunity for Contestable Advice
Testimony before the Oklahoma State Senate Committee on Rules
- | Housing Housing
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
No Need to Fight over the OCC's Fintech Charter
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Why Is Illinois Ranked as the Least Fiscally Healthy State?
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How Healthy Are Your State's Finances?
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The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition
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Research Round-Up: North Dakota's Economic Success and Monetary Policy Futures Markets
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Why Is Nebraska Ranked as the Most Fiscally Healthy State?
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Think Your State Is Fiscally Sound? Think Again
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How Universities Can Help Struggling Areas
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Without Pension Reform, Retirees Lose
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10 Years after the Recession: New Study on the Fiscal Condition of the States
![new50.png](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/new50.png?itok=RNF_wq-C)
- | Housing Housing
- | Research Papers Research Papers
State Fiscal Rankings | 2018 Edition
Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
What States and Cities Do Right to Promote Innovation
Federalism and Tech Policy
![9757726d-min.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/coh_small_height/public/d7/9757726d-min.jpg?itok=ZMK1vfAc)
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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Prairie Prosperity: An Economic Guide for the State of North Dakota
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- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Way Forward for Affordable Housing
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How Higher Minimum Wages Impact Employment
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Ben Carson’s Approach to Affordable Housing Might Work
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D.C. Needs to Open Economy to Entrepreneurs
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More Tax Dollars Doesn't Guarantee More Metro Riders
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CalPERS Rate Reductions Ignore Reality, Fail To Solve Problem
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How To Keep More Kids on the Streets
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Expand California's Pension Portfolio?
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Obama Continues to Bury the Country in Spending
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S&P Downgrade Serves as Wake-up Call for States
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Central Falls Bankruptcy Sounds the Alarm for RI
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RI Residents Feel Sticker Shock When Paying for the Cost of Local Government
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States on Moody’s Credit Watch
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Virginia Sets Example for Cash-strapped States
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Virginia’s Economy Benefits From Fiscal Discipline
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MN Has Purchased Only a Little More Time
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New GASB Rules Aren't the Right Fix for Pension Crisis
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Illinois Budget Lacks Necessary Structural Changes
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Changes to Ohio's collective bargaining needed for fiscal stability
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Defined-contribution plans help define security for workers
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Union debate: Who pays the price?
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Camden needs to make cuts, but shouldn't start with police
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