Keystone Research Center Archives - Allegheny Institute for Public Policy

Debunking Fallacy Filled Economic Analysis

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Editor

How to speed job growth in Pennsylvania? According to the latest offering from the Keystone Research Center (KRC), the Commonwealth and local tax levying bodies should raise taxes and hire more employees.

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Defense of Prevailing Wage Law Falls Far Short

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Editor

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The Keystone Research Center (KRC) recently released a report touting the benefits of Pennsylvania’s prevailing wage law. The report appears to be timed to offer arguments against a group of bills currently moving through the Legislature that are aimed at reducing dramatically the effects of the prevailing wage requirement on government funded or assisted projects. Principal findings of the KRC study are; (1) eliminating the prevailing wage law will lower the quality of construction and, (2) will not reduce construction costs. This Policy Brief will demonstrate that neither assertion is correct.

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Another Misleading Analysis of PA Jobs Turns Up

Posted on February 23, 2011 by Editor

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In a February 8, 2011 report, the Keystone Research Center credits Pennsylvania’s recent comparatively good jobs performance on all the money spent in the last few years to promote green energy, workforce skills, and education. At the same time, the report blames New Jersey’s relative weakness on Governor Christie’s spending cuts and urges Pennsylvania’s new Governor to put away his budget paring knife. This Policy Brief reaches the opposite conclusion.

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