Minnesota’s Border Battles

How state policy affects economies at the margin

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In this report, we compare a number of economic outcomes from 2010 to 2018 in Minnesota border counties with outcomes in the counties in states that border Minnesota: Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota.

Our results suggest a reasonably strong effect of state economic policy on economic outcomes, and in particular, they support the consistent research finding that high taxes have significant negative effects on economic growth.

A full copy of the report can be viewed here.