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State Income Tax Preferences for the Elderly


Karen Smith Conway


University of New Hampshire - Department of Economics

Jonathan C. Rork


Georgia State University - Department of Economics

April 2007

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 07-20

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This research investigates the evolution of state income tax preferences for the elderly over the last 25 years. Documenting how various types of income tax preferences have changed reveals that state tax policies are not simply mimicking federal tax law. It also shows a divergence in how the different types of state preferences have evolved. We therefore construct a summary measure using representative household profiles created from the Current Population Survey and the TAXSIM calculator for the period 1977-2002. Both our descriptive and econometric analyses point to state tax competition as a likely explanation for the recent patterns in state income tax preferences for the elderly.

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Date posted: May 30, 2007  

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Conway, Karen Smith and Rork, Jonathan C., State Income Tax Preferences for the Elderly (April 2007). Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Research Paper Series No. 07-20. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=989660 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.989660

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Karen Smith Conway (Contact Author)
University of New Hampshire - Department of Economics ( email )
Durham, NH 03824
United States
Jonathan C. Rork
Georgia State University - Department of Economics ( email )
P.O. Box 3992
Atlanta, GA 30302-3992
United States
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