Research and Publications

In this paper, the economics of a typical unconventional gas well in the Marcellus Shale from the point of...

• Severance Tax
• PA Economy

What do Pennsylvania-based companies PPL, H.J. Heinz, Airgas, Allegheny Technologies, Hershey, and Comcast have in common? They each pay...

• Corporate Taxes

Pennsylvania’s economy, jobs, and unemployment continue to be among the top issues of concern for state residents in opinion...

• PA Economy

One would think that all profitable Fortune 500 companies in the United States are paying some amount in federal...

• Federal Taxes

Susan Warner of The Pew Charitable Trusts has a very interesting study out titled Philadelphia’s Changing Middle Class. The...

• Income Inequality

For a long time, we’ve been making two points about natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. One, Pennsylvania’s...

• PA Budget
• Marcellus Shale

On Wednesday, Gap Inc., which operates clothing retailers The Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy, announced that it would...

• Minimum Wage