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NEW JERSEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE STUDIES & REPORTS

2008 NJ HMO Performance Report Release - Click here for the report.

DEP Permit and Efficiency Review Task Force Report - Sept. 2008 - Click here for the report.

Funding Critical Safety and Congestion Relief Projects on the Turnpike and Parkway - Click here for the presentation.

Tax Foundation Special Report, No. 163, "State-Local Tax Burdens Dip As Income Growth Outpaces Tax Growth, August 2008
New Jersey taxpayers bear the heaviest state-local tax burden in 2008, and Alaskans have the lightest tax burden, according to a new report from the Tax Foundation. In Tax Foundation Special Report, No. 163, "State-Local Tax Burdens Dip As Income Growth Outpaces Tax Growth," senior economist Gerald Prante computes each state's combined state-local tax burden, accounting for taxes paid out of state. Click here for the study.

PricewaterhouseCoopers' Health Institute Research - Behind the Numbers, Medical Cost Trends for 2009, June 2008 - Employer health care costs are poised to rise almost 10 percent in 2008 - more than double the annual inflation rate - and nearly that much again in 2009. Click here for the report.

Rutgers Regional Report, April 2008 - Private-sector employment growth in the Middle Atlantic states (New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) during 2007 surprisingly outpaced the nation’s growth, driven largely by the impact of record Wall Street profits on New York’s economy. However, a contraction is now well underway due to “very aggressive” downsizing in the financial services industry, the credit crunch and the collapse of the housing market. Click here for the report.

NJ Chamber of Commerce Fiscal Impact Study on Paid Leave, April 2008 - The chamber commissioned a study on the financial impact of paid leave on the workers of New Jersey. The results of the study show that the fiscal analysis done for the legislature by the Office of Legislative Services is lacking and the true impact is unknown. Click here for the study. This study was paid for by member donations to the Chamber's Enterprise Trust Fund.

New Jersey Site Remediation Benchmarking Study Prepared for New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, August 2007 - The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce commissioned this study to compare the performance and features of New Jersey’s site remediation program to those in other states. The purpose is to better understand what is being done well and also to identify potential options for improving the site remediation program. Click here for the study. This study was paid for by member donations to the Chamber's Enterprise Trust Fund.

New Jersey Economic Policy Forum C-Suite Survey, December 2007 - Survey of almost 200 New Jersey corporate executives on economic issues. Click here.

State Business Tax Climate Index, 2008 - NJ places 49th out of 50 in the Tax Foundation's annual study. Click here.

Where have All the Dollars Gone? An Analysis of New Jersey Migration Patterns, October 2007: Click here.

Rutgers Economic Advisory Service 10-Year Forecast, July 2007: Click here.

Forbes Magazine - The Best States for Business, July 2007: New Jersey ranked 19th. Click here.

CNBC - America's Top States For Doing Business, July 2008: New Jersey ranked 18th. Click here.

CNNMoney.com Tax Friendly Places, 2007: New Jersey has 10th highest state and local tax burden. Other categories also examined. Click here.

Beacon Hill Institute State Competitiveness Index, 2007
New Jersey ranked 43rd out of 50 states in a state competitiveness index compiled by the Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University in Boston. New Jersey ranked 26th in 2003. Click here for the full competitiveness index.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, 2007 State New Economy Index - New Jersey 2nd of 50 States in leading an economic transformation in adapting to an increasingly global-, knowledge- and innovation-based New Economy. Click here.

CEO Magazine Best and Worst State Report, 2006 - Rank: 46th out of 50 states; New Jersey ranked 37th in 2005. Click here.

Governor Corzine Economic Growth Strategy, September 2006
Governor Jon S. Corzine unveiled in September a comprehensive economic growth strategy to strengthen and grow New Jersey’s economy while creating well-paying private sector jobs. The strategy is designed to ensure that economic growth benefits all cities and regions of the state creating new economic opportunities for all New Jersey citizens. Report

New Jersey’s New Economy Growth Challenges, July 2006
This latest Rutgers Regional Report identifies an emerging and serious challenge confronting the New Jersey economy. While prosperity still reigns in the state, and its knowledge-based economy remains the envy of much of America, New Jersey now faces its most uncertain long term economic future since the Great Depression. The decade of the 2000s has produced a number of global, national and regional forces that have reshaped New Jersey’s competitive economic environment. Study | Press Release

New Jersey In Transition: Growing the Economy in a Corzine Administration, December 2005
Concerned that New Jersey has become less competitive in recent years in its business attraction and retention efforts, the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce commissioned a study to determine ways the state can drastically improve in this crucial area. Study | Executive Summary

This study was paid for by member donations to the Chamber's Enterprise Trust Fund.

Council On State Taxation Business Tax Burden Study, 2008
The Council On State Taxation (COST) is pleased to announce the release of the annual Business Tax Burden Study for Fiscal Year 2007, prepared in conjunction with Ernst & Young LLP. The study shows all state and local business taxes paid in each of the 50 states and by industry. Results indicate that businesses paid $577 billion in state and local taxes in fiscal year 2007, representing 44.1% of total state and local taxes. The taxes include business property taxes, sales taxes on business inputs, gross receipts taxes, corporate income taxes, and other state and local taxes that are the statutory liability of business taxpayers. Click here for the study.

Platform for Progress New Jersey Statistics: Click here.

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