Research
Common Sense Institute (CSI) strives to develop insightful and educational research on the most critical debates facing Colorado. CSI employs rigorous research techniques and dynamic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of issues on the Colorado economy and individual opportunity. CSI provides elected officials, policy makers and Coloradans with facts and data-driven analysis to help make informed decisions about the biggest issues facing the state. CSI research has also sparked innovative policy solutions and bipartisan, solutions-based discussion about the future of Colorado.
The Decline of Condominium Construction in Colorado: Addressing Litigation Reform to Alleviate the Housing Affordability Crisis
Inflation in Colorado – November 2023
Colorado’s Free Enterprise Report – 2024 Edition
Colorado Budget: Then and Now
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The COVID Slide – The Impact of COVID-19 on Education featuring Luke Ragland and Brenda Bausch-Dickhoner
May 20, 2020 • < 1 min read
The Economic Impacts of Oil and Gas Setback Ballot Measures in Colorado: A Historical Review
• 17 min read
5.12 Updated Forecast for Colorado’s State Economy and Budget Outlook
May 12, 2020 • 2 min read
Earlier today, both the Colorado Legislative Council Staff (LCS) and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budget (OSPB) released an updated forecast for the state’s economy and budget outlook. You can view the CO Leg Council Staff report and presentation slides here – https://leg.colorado.gov/publications/forecast-update-may-2020 You can view the OSPB report and presentation slides here […]
Tags: budget estimates, colorado budget, covid-19
5.11 Transitioning to Safer-at-Home Guidelines
May 11, 2020 • 2 min read
As all counties in Colorado have now progressed from stay-at-home orders to safer-at-home guidelines, two questions are front of mind. Will there be another increase in cases of COVID-19 that again threatens to overwhelm our health care system? And how much of the economy will re-open? Answers to both questions remain unclear, yet over the […]
Tags: covid-19
The Colorado Option Plan: Modeling the Impacts of Government Price Controls in Health Care
May 7, 2020 • 33 min read
Tags: colorado health plan, colorado option plan, health care
4.29 Even in the Midst of Crisis, Legislators Would be Wise to Consider the Long-Run
April 29, 2020 • < 1 min read
Last week lawmakers in Illinois wrote a letter requesting a $41 Billion federal bailout to help shore up their state budget woes. Roughly ¼ of that request, or $10 Billion, was to go directly to the state pensions fund. For years, Illinois has suffered from declining pension solvency as they routinely under contributed funds to […]
Putting Students First: Strategies to Mitigate the COVID Slide
April 28, 2020 • 4 min read
4.27 The Increase in PERA’s Unfunded Liabilities Due to COVID-19 Are Likely Bigger than the Reductions in the State Budget
April 27, 2020 • < 1 min read
Newly released modeling from the Reason Foundation indicates that if PERA experiences a -10% annual return on their investment portfolio, it would add $7 Billion to its current $30 Billion unfunded liability. To pay off this increase in the unfunded liabilities, a combination of contribution increases and/or benefit cuts will be needed to put PERA […]
4.23 Weekly Unemployment Insurance Claims Update
April 23, 2020 • < 1 min read
New claims for unemployment insurance in Colorado continued to climb for the 5th straight week. 67,334 new claims were made during the week ending April 18, bringing the 5-week total of new claims to 298,944. However, the weekly claims were down from over 104,000 the week prior. While this may represent a slowing rate of […]
4.21 Reopening the State’s Economy Amidst COVID-19
April 21, 2020 • 2 min read
On Monday April 20, Governor Polis held a press conference to discuss several of his recent executive actions and the new policy guidelines Coloradans can expect for living with COVID-19. Executive Actions 1. The Governor shared his approach reopening the state in May and moving into the next phase of living with COVID-19. The Governor […]
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