Policy Research & Reports
New Buckeye Institute Economic Modeling Reveals Billions in Economic Growth Possible for Georgia
A new report, Next Steps for Georgia Tax Reform, by The Buckeye Institute, found that cutting taxes would lead to billions in economic growth and business investment in the Peach State. The Buckeye Institute partnered with Georgia Public Policy Foundation to conduct the research. “Georgia has undertaken several positive tax reforms that have spurred economic growth, but the state must continue to reform its tax policies if it wants to remain competitive.”
The Buckeye Institute: Ohio State Agencies Earn Solid B for Cutting Regulations
The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, Making the Grade: Ohio’s Success Cutting Regulations, which reviews and grades how Ohio’s state agencies fared in cutting regulations. The Buckeye Institute analysis gives state agencies a B in complying with the Ohio Senate Bill 9, which requires every state agency to cut regulations by 10 percent by June 30, 2023, with the ultimate goal of cutting regulations by 30 percent by June 30, 2025.
Let Open Road Renewables’ Data Speak for Itself
Open Road Renewables’ (ORR) property tax revenue estimates for the Frasier Solar project were made publicly available on January 8, 2024. The Buckeye Institute cannot vouch for ORR’s data, but is nonetheless providing an analysis using the ORR data in order to show an apples-to-apples comparison. After re-running The Buckeye Institute’s proprietary economic model using ORR data, Buckeye’s original conclusion stands: the PILOT program remains as not being a clear winner for Knox County or its taxpayers.
The Buckeye Institute: Time to Re-Brew Ohio’s Alcohol Franchise Law
The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, Brewing Freedom: Ensuring the Freedom to Contract for Ohio’s Craft Brewers, urging Ohio lawmakers to free Ohio’s small craft brewers from the state’s anti-competitive alcohol franchise law that “disproportionately empowers distributors to the detriment of small craft brewers.” “Ohio’s award-winning craft beer industry is suffering from the anti-competitive effects of the state’s 50-year-old alcohol franchise law.”
New Buckeye Institute Report Finds Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Fail Farmers & Families
A new report, Net-Zero Climate-Control Policies Will Fail the Farm, released by The Buckeye Institute, found that America’s net-zero climate-control experiment has dire economic consequences for American farmers and families. The report comes just days after a coalition of agricultural commissioners in 12 of America’s leading farm states demanded that the country’s six largest banks come clean on their “involvement in NZBA [the United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance] and their net-zero goals.”
The Buckeye Institute Outlines How Lawmakers Can Use Ohio’s Capital Budget to Increase Classroom Space
In a new policy memo, A Transformational Investment: Use Ohio’s Capital Budget to Increase Classroom Space, The Buckeye Institute urges Ohio lawmakers to “create a permanent revolving loan fund to increase student capacity at schools across Ohio—a vital need given the Ohio EdChoice program’s success and recent expansion.” Using the One-Time Strategic Community Investments Fund to “improve the state’s education infrastructure” will make “transformational investments in education.”
The Buckeye Institute: Open Ohio’s Regulatory Sandbox to All Innovators
The Buckeye Institute released a new policy brief, A Sandbox for Everything: A Universal Approach to Help Innovators, urging Ohio lawmakers to cut more regulatory red tape and “expand Ohio’s ‘regulatory sandbox’ to include all industries.” The brief outlines three improvements Ohio policymakers can take to cut more regulations and attract more innovators to the Buckeye State. “By expanding its regulatory sandbox and leading the way in creating a state-to-federal sandbox reciprocity program, Ohio will remain competitive in the innovation race.”
The Buckeye Institute Releases Economic Freedom of North America 2023 Report
In 2023 Ohio moved up two spots in the Economic Freedom of North America 2023 report, ranking 33rd out of all 50 states. The report, released by the Economic Research Center at The Buckeye Institute in partnership with Canada’s Fraser Institute, ranks every state and province in North America based on economic freedom, measured by government spending, taxation, and labor-market freedom.
Highway to the Danger Zone? PILOT Program Set to Shortchange Taxpayers
Responding to The Buckeye Institute’s economic concerns regarding low statutory limits placed on a “green energy” PILOT program, Open Road Renewables has asserted that Frasier Solar’s PILOT is a “clear winner” for Knox County. To address these concerns, Buckeye modeled additional scenarios. Doing so only further supports the original conclusion that the PILOT program is not a “clear winner” for Knox County and that its commissioners should be mindful of the program’s short- and long-term tradeoffs.
New Buckeye Institute Economic Modeling Reveals Tax Cuts Would Grow Kansas Economy
A new report, Reforming Kansas Tax Policy, released Monday by the Economic Research Center (ERC) at The Buckeye Institute, found that cutting taxes in Kansas could lead to hundreds of millions in economic growth and business investment. The ERC partnered with Kansas Policy Institute to conduct the research. “With regional competition for businesses and workers, Kansas must revisit pro-growth tax reforms to keep the state economically competitive.”