Causes of Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis (open access)

Causes of Unemployment: A Cross-Country Analysis

This report examines data from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to explore what differences in microeconomic structures and policies explain the causes of unemployment across various countries.
Date: December 12, 2000
Creator: Labonte, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Agreements: Compliance Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Agreements: Compliance Issues

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Date: December 7, 2000
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electoral Vote Counts in Congress: Survey of Certain Congressional Practices (open access)

Electoral Vote Counts in Congress: Survey of Certain Congressional Practices

This report surveys certain aspects of the historical congressional practice in counting the presidential electoral votes in Congress.
Date: December 13, 2000
Creator: Maskell, Jack; Halstead, T. J. & Welborn, Angie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy

This report discusses contribution of technological advancement to economic growth and productivity increases. Because technology can contribute to economic growth and productivity increases, congressional interest has focused on how to augment private-sector technological development.
Date: December 5, 2000
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Internet Transactions and the Sales Tax (open access)

Internet Transactions and the Sales Tax

This report is an introduction to the economics of electronic commerce and its potential impact on sales and use tax collections. Presently, 45 states (and the District of Columbia) require that retail outlets add a fixed percentage to the sales price of all taxable items (inclusive of federally imposed excise taxes).
Date: December 12, 2000
Creator: Maguire, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress (open access)

Farm Economic Relief: Issues and Options for Congress

This report discusses issues regarding Agriculture funding, specifically the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act (P.L. 104-127), which prescribed farm commodity support policy through 2002.
Date: December 6, 2000
Creator: Womach, Jasper & Becker, Geoffrey S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy, December 28, 2000 (open access)

Industrial Competitiveness and Technological Advancement: Debate Over Government Policy, December 28, 2000

This report discusses contribution of technological advancement to economic growth and productivity increases. Because technology can contribute to economic growth and productivity increases, congressional interest has focused on how to augment private-sector technological development.
Date: December 28, 2000
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Asset Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis (open access)

Asset Distribution of Taxable Estates: An Analysis

This report provides data on the distribution of assets in taxable estates that filed returns in 1998. The report also offers a brief overview of the estate and gift tax and "The Death Tax Elimination Act of 2000," which was passed in the 106th Congress and vetoed. This report finds that farm and business assets represent a small share of the total value of taxable estate tax returns filed in 1998. For an overview of estate tax, see CRS Report RL30600, Estate and Gift Taxes: Economic Issues, by Jane G. Gravelle and Steven Maguire. This report will be updated as new data becomes available.
Date: December 7, 2000
Creator: Maguire, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library