Article: Baseball Teams in Florida, Texas and Washington Benefit from No State Income Tax, Study Says.

Byline: University of Colorado, Boulder

BOULDER, Colo., Oct. 25 (AScribe Newswire) -- Businesses have long made decisions on where to locate partly based on taxes and a new study by three university economists now says free agent baseball players do so, too.

Major League Baseball teams in Florida, Texas and Washington benefit from having no state income taxes because they are able to get free agents to accept offers of lower salaries, according to the authors of "Baseball Salaries and State Income Taxes: The 'Home Field Advantage' of Income Taxes on Free Agent Salaries."

Unlike the pre-tax salaries reported in the media, MLB players compare ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!