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Study on West Virginia Food Tax and Border Effects
WVPFP director, Mehmet S. Tosun and Mark Skidmore from University of Wisconsin-Whitewater released a study on how sales tax on food in West Virginia affect the cross-border sales. Click here for a summary of the study.
IMF Working Paper on Global Aging
IMF recently released a Working Paper by the WVPFP director, Mehmet S. Tosun, on the growth consequences of the global aging trend.
Fiscal Issues in West Virginia
WVPFP released a policy report by Mark Muchow, Director of Fiscal Policy, West Virginia State Tax Department.
IMF's World Economic Outlook Featured Global Demographic Transition
WVPFP director, Mehmet S. Tosun, contributed to a chapter on population aging and global economy in International Monetary Fund's September 2004 issue of the World Economic Outlook.
Local Development Proposal for Broward County, Florida
WVPFP graduate assistant, Pavel Yakovlev, presented a funding proposal for economic development of Broward County, Florida at the Association of Budgeting and Financial Management Conference in Chicago, IL on October 7, 2004. (This proposal was submitted for a review to the International Journal of Economic Development)
Mehmet Tosun and Pavel Yakovlev presented an economic development financing proposal in Broward County, Florida on August 19, 2004. Their report addressed funding challenges and opportunities and proposed creative funding solutions for Broward County's local governments.
