This page hosts the presentations and other resources from the 2019 Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives. The meeting was designed to discuss state activity around economic development evaluations. The roundtable process provided attendees the opportunity to share evaluation tips and strategies garnered from evaluators from across the country. Thank you to all the attendees and faculty for helping make this meeting a success.
The 2019 Roundtable on Evaluating Economic Development Tax Incentives was made possible through the generous support of The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Thursday, Oct. 24
Year in Review
- Alison Wakefield, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Washington JLARC: Communication Efforts to Reach Legislators
2019 Tax Review: Aerospace Tax Preferences - Video Summary
Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit Podcast
Sessions
Session 1: Evaluating Geographically Targeted Tax Incentives
Moderator
- Josh Goodman, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Speakers
- Graham Campbell, Vermont Joint Legislative Fiscal Office
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
- Robert Rehrmann, Maryland Department of Legislative Services
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Session 2: Recent Applications of a New Model for Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Incentives
Moderator
- Mark Robyn, The Pew Charitable Trusts
Speakers
- Tim Bartik, Upjohn Institute
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Archived Webinar Recording: A Simulation Model for Estimating the Benefits and Costs of Incentives
Making Sense of Incentives: Taming Business Incentives to Promote Prosperity
- Ellen Harpel, Smart Incentives
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
- Ray Majewski, New York City Council Finance Division
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Session 3: Alternative Evaluation Approaches
Moderator
- Jim Landers, The Ohio State University
Speakers
- Lori Metcalf, Washington D.C., Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Revenue Analysis
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
- Ellen Miller, Virginia Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
- Rachel Murata, Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Session 4: Managing an Incentive Evaluation Process
Moderator
- Dana Lynn, Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Speakers
- Jon Chiappe, Oklahoma Department of Commerce
- Anthony Circo, Nebraska Legislative Audit Office
- Danielle Fox, Maine Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability
- Matthew Knittel, Pennsylvania Independent Fiscal Office
Friday, Oct. 25
Session 5: Approaches to Methodology: An Interactive Discussion on Fitting Research Methods to Research Questions
Moderator
- John Hamman, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Daria Milakhina, Kansas Legislative Division of Post Audit
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
- Peter Van Moorsel, Washington Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
- Trey Standley, Colorado Office of the State Auditor
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF
Session 6: Evaluation Workshop
Moderator
- Emily Maher, National Conference of State Legislatures
Presentation PowerPoint | PDF