Browsing Kaw Valley Bank Working Paper Series by Author "Byrne, Paul F."
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Do Workers Subsidize or Profit from Nonprofit Hospitals? The Impact of State Taxes on the Nonprofit Wage Differential of Hospital Workers
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2007-11-1)This paper examines the nonprofit wage differential in the hospital industry and how differences in the implied subsidy of state and local tax exemption impact the wage differential. -
Economic Development Incentives, Local Jurisdictions and Employment: Does Creating Jobs Result in More Jobs?
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2014-10-1)In recent decades, state and local policy makers' role in fostering economic development and job creation within their jurisdictions has continuously become more active and expansive with local jurisdictions offering an ... -
Have Post-Kelo Restrictions on Eminent Domain Influenced State Economic Development?
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2012-09-1)The use of eminent domain for economic development purposes has long raised the ire of free-market advocates who object to its infringement on private property rights. Advocates for strong property rights are joined in ... -
Impact of Tax Increment Financing on Municipal Employment Growth
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2004-03-1)Increasingly, municipal leaders justify their use of Tax Increment Financing (TIF) by touting its role in improving municipal employment growth. However, empirical studies on TIF have limited themselves to examining the ... -
Strategic Interaction in the Retail Gasoline Market
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2006-10-1)This study uses spatial econometrics to examine the extent to which product differentiating results in strategic interaction in the pricing decision of retail gas stations. -
Tax Increment Financing and Missouri: An Overview of How TIF Impacts Local Jurisdictions
Byrne, Paul F. (Washburn University. School of Business, 2011-04-1)In spite of TIF's [Tax increment financing] obvious importance to policy makers and developers, the general public and even many policy makers lack a fundamental understanding of TIF and how its use impacts local economies. ...