Order # Title Available Online 08-02 The True Cost of Garbage Collection in Pittsburgh: Can the City Compete with Private Contractors? Yes 08-01 Measuring the Impact of Act 1 in Allegheny County Yes 07-09 Allegheny Institute Issue Summaries Volume II Yes 07-08 Pittsburgh's 2008 Budget: Still a Long Way to Go Yes 07-07 Pennsylvania'a Property Assessment System Needs Change Yes 07-06 Pennsylvania Teachers: Number One in Strikes Yes 07-05 Pittsburgh's Finances: An Updated Comparison with the Benchmark City Yes 07-04 Solving the Port Authority's Financial Problems Yes 07-03 Population Loss in Allegheny County and How to Stop it Yes 07-02 An Analysis of Local Government Pension Plans in Pennsylvania Yes 07-01 Allegheny Institute Issue Summaries Yes 06-04 Pittsburgh's 2007 Budget: Few Signs of Recovery Yes 06-03 Pennsylvania’s Business Tax Climate: Current Competitive Issues and Prospects for Reform Yes 06-02 Competitive Contracting of Bus Services: The International Experience Yes 06-01 Pennsylvania's Ever-Expanding Economic Development Industry Yes 05-07 A Blueprint for the New Mayor of Pittsburgh Yes 05-06 Leaving Distressed Status: Lessons from Municipalities in Allegheny County Yes 05-05 Contracting and Consolidation: New Directions for the Port Authority Yes 05-04 Merging Governments: Lessons from Louisville, Indianapolis, and Philadelphia Yes 05-03 Port Authority Bus Operations: Costly and Inefficient Yes 05-02 Addressing the Imbalance in Pennsylvania's Act 111 Yes 05-01 Space for Rent: The State of the Commercial Real Estate Market in the Golden Triangle Yes 04-06 The Upcoming Property Reassessment: What to Expect Yes 04-05 A Benchmark City for Pittsburgh to Emulate Yes 04-04 Pittsburgh's Finances: A Comparison with Northern and 'Rust Belt' Cities Yes 04-03 Recruiting Immigrants: A Solution in Search of a Problem Yes 04-02 Commercial Construction in Southwestern Pennsylvania: 1998-2003 Yes 04-01 Pittsburgh Finances: A Comparison of Peer Group Cities Yes 03-04 Hoping For Growth: An Analysis of Government Development Expenditures Yes 03-03 Cost and Performance of Allegheny County School Districts Yes 03-02 Unionism and Economic Performance: Pennsylvania and Peer States Yes 03-01 Tax-Exempt Property in the City of Pittsburgh: 1993-2003 Yes 02-12 Attracting and Retaining Urban Residents: Some Lessons From Pittsburgh Neighborhoods Yes 02-11 Pittsburgh's Pension Plan: The Black Hole That Won't Go Away Yes 02-10 The Case for Reining in Governmental Authorities Yes 02-09 Parking In The Golden Triangle: How Pittsburgh Compares To Similar Cities Yes 02-08 Private Financing For A New Penguins Arena Yes 02-07 Economic Development: The Failure of Creative Policy Yes 02-06 Study Of Aircraft Maintenance Supply and Demand Yes 02-05 Allegheny County Assessments: Problems and Recommendations Yes 02-04 Explaining Variability in School Performance: The Case of Pennsylvania Yes 02-03 Pittsburgh's New Convention Center in the National Context Yes 02-02 Prevailing Wages: Costly to State and Local Taxpayers Yes 02-01 Pennsylvania's Electric Choice Program: Progress Through 2001 Yes 01-07 Factors Important to High-Tech Firms: A Survey Yes 01-06 Residency Requirements: A Case of Politics Over Economics Yes 01-05 River Dredging: An Important Industry in Western Pennsylvania Yes 01-04 An Analysis of Key Issues Facing the Airline Industry Yes 01-03 The Importance of USAirways to the Pennsylvania Economy Yes 01-02 Pennsylvania's Electric Choice Program: Progress Through 2000 Yes 01-01 An Analysis of the Demand for Taxicabs in the Pittsburgh Area Yes 00-10 Implications Of Property Tax Reform in Allegheny County Yes 00-09 Row Office Professionalism and Accountability: A Comparative Study Yes 00-08 Why Living Wage is Wrong For Allegheny County Yes 00-07 Universal Tuition Tax Credits Yes 00-06 Charter Schools: An Irresistable Force Yes 00-05 Identifying and Dealing With Pittsburgh International Airport's Problems Yes 00-04 Westmoreland County: Competitive-Contracting Options Yes 00-03 Scared Yellow: An Analysis Of Taxicab Competition In Allegheny County Yes 00-02 Mandating Broadband Access: Are Structural Solutions Appropriate? Yes 00-01 Pennsylvania's Charter Schools: Do They Offer A Real Choice? Yes 99-19 Alternative Plan For Pittsburgh Stadiums Yes 99-18 A Tale of Two Cities: Pittsburgh Then and Now Yes 99-17 Answering the Call: An Analysis of the PUC Ruling on Local Telephone Competition Yes 99-16 Dauphin County: Fiscal Situation and Privatization/Compettitive Contracting Options Yes 99-15 Ethics Code For Allegheny County Yes 99-14 Eminent Domain Code For Allegheny County Yes 99-13 A Study Of Airfares And Economic Growth At Pittsburgh International Airport Yes 99-12 Hung Up: Three Years Is Too Long For Pennsylvania to Wait For Local Phone Competition Yes 99-11 Markets or Monopolies in Local Telephone? How the Regulatory Monopoly Model Has Failed Pennsylvania Consumers Yes 99-10 The Economic Impact On Pennsylvania Of FCC Audit Findings of Missing Telephone Equipment Yes 99-09 Prison Privatization in Pennsylvania: The Case of Delaware County Case Yes 99-08 The Dismal Record Of Public Housing In Pittsburgh Yes 99-07a Economic Freedom in the 50 States: How Pennsylvania Ranks and Why (PA Analysis Only) Yes 99-07 Economic Freedom in the 50 States: How Pennsylvania Ranks and Why Yes 99-06 A Primer on Tax Increment Financing Yes 99-05 21 Steps Public Officials Can Take to Support Pittsburgh's Police Yes 99-04 Welfare to Work in Pennsylvania: A Progress Report Yes 99-03 Michigan Renaissance Zones Performance: With Implications for Pennsylvania Yes 99-02 Expanding Natural Gas Competition In Pennsylvania Yes 99-01 The Dark Side Of Growth Controls: Some Lessons From Oregon Yes 98-11 Economic Impact Analysis of Global Climate Change In Pennsylvania Yes 98-10 School District Based Vouchers Yes 98-09 A Primer on Enterprise Zones and Proposed Legislation In Pennsylvania Yes 98-08 Allegheny County Council Districts: A Voter Performance Analysis Yes 98-06 Rethinking Public Housing In Allegheny County Yes 98-05 Paycheck Protection: Giving Workers A Voice in Political Spending Yes 98-04 Measuring County Government Citizen Access: A Survey of Pennsylvania and National Counties Yes 98-03 Electricity Deregulation Takes Shape In Pennsylvania: A Look at Two Important Cases Yes 98-02 Private Stadium Financing Sources: Options For The Pirates And Steelers Yes 98-01 Charting the Best Course for Home Rule in Allegheny County Yes 98-00 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Yes 97-12 Is There An 'Authority Wage Premium' in Allegheny County? Yes 97-11 The Twilight of Unionism Yes 97-10 An Analysis of the Westmoreland County Waste-To-Energy Facility Yes 97-09 Academic Standards in Pennsylvania Yes 97-08 The Three Year Effect of NAFTA on Pennsylvania and the Pittsburgh Region Yes 97-07 Taxation with Misrepresentation: A Guide to the Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Renaissance Initiative Yes 97-06 Fleet Management In Allegheny County: The Case For Privatization Yes 97-05 Forced Busing: A Pittsburgh and National Failure Yes 97-04 Inland Waterways as Vital National Infrastructure: Refuting 'Corporate Welfare' Attacks Yes 97-03 Westmoreland Manor: Privatization Options Yes 97-02 The Case For Privatizing The Kane Regional Centers Yes 97-01 The Regionalism Debate Revisited: Why Metrpolitan Government Is Wrong For Allegheny County Yes 96-22 'Poison Pills' for Privatization: Legislative Attempts at Regulating Competitive Contracting Yes 96-21 Dealing With Stranded Costs In Electric Utility Deregulation Yes 96-20 Educational Rebirth in Wilkinsburg: The Turner Elementary School Initiative Yes 96-19 The 'Privilage' of Doing Business in Pittsburgh: A Taxing Experience Yes 96-18 The Case For Competitive Contracting Of Residential Refuse Collection In The City Of Pittsburgh Yes 96-17 The Pittsburgh Business Improvement District-A Constructive Critique Yes 96-16 The I-279 HOV: A Solution in Search of a Problem Yes 96-15 The Impact of a Tax Cut on Allegheny County's Bond Rating Yes 96-14 Public-Private Promises #1-Three Rivers Stadium Yes 96-13 Field of Bad Dreams: An Analysis of the Forbes Field II Task Analysis Final Report Yes 96-12 ComPAC 21 Recomendations Ignore Evidence Yes 96-11 Rightsizing Government: Lessons From America's Public-Sector Innovators Yes 96-10 Raising the Minimum Wage: Good Politics, Bad Economic Policy for Philadelphia Yes 96-09b Understanding Electricity Deregulation in Philadelphia Yes 96-09 Understanding Electricity Deregulation in Pittsburgh Yes 96-08 Addressing the City of Pittsburgh's Workers' Comp Crisis Yes 96-07 How Pension Planning Can Help Downsize Allegheny County Government Yes 96-06 Railroaded: A Look at the Airport Busway/Wabash HOV Project, Spine Line, and the Future of Light Rail Transit in Allegheny County Yes 96-05 Privatizng ALCOSAN-Cutting Costs and Improving Waste Water Treatment In Allegheny County Yes 96-04 Minimum Wages: Economics 101 Revisited Yes 96-03 Assesment Privatization in Allegheny County Yes 96-02 Designing Competitive Privatization Options for Cities: Pittsburgh Yes 96-01 Study of the Economic Consequences of the Proposed Liberty Borough Area Particulate Matter Nonattainment Reclassifications Yes 95-09 Public Versus Private: Stadium Financing, Operation and Development Yes 95-08 Competitive Contracting of Transit Services Yes 95-07 Political Patronage in Allegheny County Yes 95-06 Allegheny Regional District Asset Tax Yes 95-04 A Financial Valuation of the Pittsburgh Water & Sewer System Yes 95-03 An Analysis of the Benchmarks Special Report: Black & White Economic Conditions in the City of Pittsburgh Yes 95-02 Taxpayer Impact Analysis of the Pirates Sale Yes 95-01 The Economic Impact of the Pirates Yes