Potential Pennsylvania Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Tax/Fee Proposals, 2011–2015

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Presentation made in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, by Rose Baker & David Passmore (Penn State) at Regional Economic Models, Inc., Seminar held on May 18, 2011

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Potential Pennsylvania Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Tax/Fee Proposals, 2011–2015

Rose M. Baker

David L. Passmore

May 18, 2011

Institute for Research in Training & Development

HTTP://TAX-FEE-IMPACTS.NOTLONG.COM

Two–page summary and slides from this presentation

Some Preliminaries

Five Ways to Consider a Tax or Fee

| Morality | Effectiveness | Efficiency | Equity | Impact |

MORALITY

Ways to Consider a Tax

EFFECTIVENESS

Ways to Consider a Tax

EFFICIENCY

Ways to Consider a Tax

EQUITY

Ways to Consider a Tax

IMPACT

Ways to Consider a Tax

IMPACT

Way We Considered Taxes/Fees

Four Tax/Fee ProposalsSummarized by Pennsylvania Budget & Policy Center

VITALI (HB 33)

5% gross value + $0.046/MCF

Exemption for ≤60 MCF/day

YUDICHAK (SB 905)

5% gross value

2% in years 1-3

2% when 90 to 150 MCF/day

Exemption for ≤90 MCF/day

HARPER (HB 1406)

5% gross value

1.5% years 1-5

Exemption for ≤ 90 MCF/day

SCARNATI FEE(AS OF APRIL 28)

$10,000/well/year.

Price & volume could increase to $25,000 or more in early years

Exemption for ≤60 (or 90) MCF/day

Economic & Population ImpactsNo consideration of impacts of distribution of revenue generated.

| Employment | Gross State Product | Income | Population |

Tax/Fee Treated as Production Cost

• Gas producers are price-takers.• Henry Hub sets national prices.• Producers absorb cost of tax/fee.• Added costs reduce margins between

prices and costs.• Reduced margins affect Pennsylvania

competitiveness.• Production is slowed or eliminated as

production moves elsewhere.

State and Local Government Spending

Investment

(1) Output(1) Output

Output

Exports

Consumption

Real Disposable Income

(4) Wages, Prices, and Production Costs(4) Wages, Prices, and Production Costs

Employment Opportunity

Housing Price

Wage Rate Composite Wage Rate Production Costs

Composite PricesReal Wage RateConsumer Price

Deflator

(3) Demographic(3) Demographic (2) Labor & Capital (2) Labor & Capital DemandDemand

Optimal Capital Stock

Employment

Labor/Output Ratio

(5) Market Shares(5) Market Shares

Domestic Market Share

International Market Share

Population

ParticipationRate

Migration

Labor Force

REMI PI+ Model Linkages

Estimation of Impacts

REMI PI+ Model Simulation

HOW LARGE ARE IMPACTS?

IN PA, 7.1 MILLION IN 20117.6 MILLION IN 2015

Range in Four Proposals From

-120 Jobs in 2011 (Harper)

-3,239 Jobs in 2015 (Vitali)

Employment

IN PA, $519 BILLION IN 2011$598 BILLION IN 2015

Range in Four Proposals From

-$10 million in 2011 (Harper)

-$272 million in 2015 (Vitali)

Gross State Product

IN PA, $446 BILLION IN 2011$490 BILLION IN 2015

Range in Four Proposals From

-$10 million in 2011 (Harper)

-$200 million in 2015 (Vitali)

Real Disposable Income

IN PA, 12.8 MILLION IN 201113.1 MILLION IN 2015

Range in Four Proposals From

-35 people in 2011 (Harper)

-1,647 people in 2015 (Vitali)

Population

Potential Pennsylvania Economic Impacts of Natural Gas Tax/Fee Proposals, 2011–2015

Rose M. Baker

David L. Passmore

May 18, 2011

Institute for Research in Training & Development