Policy Briefs

Dig A Hole and Fill It Up: A Metaphor for a Pittsburgh Approach to Job Creation PA Jobs: Up Some, But Lag Well Behind National Pace Office Vacancy Rate Continues to Climb in Pittsburgh Predictable Effects of Tax-Supported Mega Malls Come to Light Governor Brags About Lamentable Job Growth Pittsburgh Jobs Picture a Little Better but Not Good Take a Gander at a Company That Deserves Applause Gubernatorial Jobs Hype Rings Hollow Comparing Housing Markets Pittsburgh’s Future: The Real Story Pittsburgh’s Job Picture: the Sad, the Bad, and the Ugly An Update on Pittsburgh Convention Center Attendance Another Half-Baked Scheme to Solve Regional Problems Tax Dollar Misuse for PNC Project Subsidizing Retail Fails As A Job Producer Victory Center: Triumph of the Misuse of Power Getting Soaked in Deer Creek Amphitheater Mystery Deepens Amphitheater Arrogance Disappointing Job Growth--Not A Surprise The URA--A Dose of Reality PDF-R.I.P.? Three Cheers for County Council Convention Center Hotel: Another Loss Leader? Time to Tighten TIF Guidelines Commercial Construction Tracks Economic Shifts The Governor's Job Program The Lazarus TIF--The Start of Something Bad New Study Misses the Point RAD and TIF: Not a Happy Combination Convention Center: Arrogant Mismanagement What Did We Get For Our Money? A Critical Mess State Contemplating TIFs Do Dominant Hubs Boost Regional Economies? Hubris and Denial The Convention Center: A White Elephant Already? The Unpleasant Truth About TIFs Convention Center Claptrap TIFs and Prevailing Wages Pittsburgh's Job Growth Rate Has Been Dismal Great Community Stands on Slippery Slope Mt. Lebanon: Let the Blighters Beware A New Foundation For Urban Redevelopment The Strange Case of Upscale Bilght Spending Our Way To Prosperity Is A Bad Investment Tax Increment Foolishness New Convention Center Faces Intense Competition Regional Asset District Now Outspending Tax Revenues As Mission Creeps Questioning The Economics Of 'Jump Starting' Pittsburgh's High Tech Surge: Hold the Hype Surveying the High-Tech Landscape A Look at Pittsburgh's KOZ Properties Slow Economy Calls For Good Local Policy Raising the Roof on Hotel Subsidies Pennsylvania's KOZ Program Showing Signs of Success LAZARUS: More Bad News For Taxpayers

Economic Development

Hardcopies of all reports can be obtained by contacting the Allegheny Institute. Pennsylvania's Ever-Expanding Economic Development Industry: Report # 06-01 Available Online Space for Rent: The State of the Commercial Real Estate Market in the Golden Triangle: Report # 05-01 Available Online Commercial Construction in Southwestern Pennsylvania: 1998-2003: Report # 04-02 Available Online Hoping For Growth: An Analysis of Government Economic Development Expenditures: Report # 03-04 Available Online The Case for Reining in Governmental Authorities: Report # 02-10 Available Online Economic Development: The Failure of Creative Policy: Report # 02-07 Available Online Pittsburgh's New Convention Center in the National Context: Report # 02-03 Available Online Prevailing Wages: Costly to State and Local Taxpayers: Report # 02-02 Available Online Factors Important to High-Tech Firms: A Survey: Report # 01-07 Available Online Eminent Domain Code in Allegheny County: Report # 99-14 Economic Freedom in 50 States: How PA Ranks and Why: Report # 99-07 Economic Freedom in 50 States: How PA Ranks and Why (PA Analysis Only): Report # 99-07a Available Online A Primer on Tax Increment Financing: Report # 99-06 Available Online Michigan Renissance Zones Performance: With Implications for Pennsylvania: Report # 99-03 The Dark Side of Growth Controls: Some Lessons From Oregon: Report # 99-01 Economic Impact Analysis of Global Climate Change in PA: Report # 98-11 A Primer on Enterprise Zones and Proposed Legislation in Pennsylvania: Report # 98-09 The Three Year Effect of NAFTA on Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Region: Report # 97-08 Taxation With Misrepresentation: A Guide to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Renaissance Initiative: Report # 97-07 The Pittsburgh Business Improvement District: A Constructive Critique: Report # 96-17 ComPAC 21 Recommendations Ignore Evidence: Report # 96-12 Raising the Minimum Wage: Good Politics, Bad Economic Policy for Philadelphia" Report # 96-10 Minimum Wages - Economic 101 Revisited: Report # 96-04 Study of the Economic Consequences of the Proposed Liberty Borough Area Particulate Matter Nonattainment Reclassifications: Report #96-01 Allegheny County Regional District Asset Tax: Report # 95-06