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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.

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The Decline of Condominium Construction in Colorado: Addressing Litigation Reform to Alleviate the Housing Affordability Crisis

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Condo development has grinded to a near halt in Colorado.

Inflation in Colorado – November 2023

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Between September and November, prices in Denver fell by .34%. This was the first two-month period of deflation since September of last year.

Colorado’s Free Enterprise Report – 2024 Edition

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The Free Enterprise Report is a marquis report that provides an objective, non-partisan, fact-based analysis of the Colorado economic landscape and the state’s most pressing issues.

Colorado Budget: Then and Now

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Colorado Budget Then and Now illuminates the changes in Colorado state budget appropriations over the last twenty years. The figures included in the report provide a summary overview of revenue allocated to state departments through the budgeting process. The trends in appropriations reflect the shifting priorities brought on as a direct result of the laws and budgets passed each legislative session.

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Hydraulic Fracturing Ban: The Economic Impact of a Statewide Fracking Ban in Colorado

$What would a ban on fracking mean for Colorado's economy?$

March 26, 2014 • 3 min read

In November 2012, voters in the City of Longmont passed a charter amendment effectively banning the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and the storage of…

Tags: colorado, colorado fracking ban, fracking, hydraulic fracking, impact, leeds school of business, report, university of colorado boulder

Energy Regulation in Colorado

January 20, 2014 • 2 min read

Did you know? “Colorado has created the most comprehensive and stringent set of regulations around oil and gas…

Tags: air quality, energy regulation, fracking, water quality

Douglas County School District: The Impact of a World Class Education

October 18, 2013 • 11 min read

In the summer of 1981, the U.S. Secretary of Education T. H. Bell appointed an eighteen member committee called the National Commission of Excellence in Education…

Tags: colorado, douglas county, douglas county school district, education, schools

What Does Amendment 66 Mean for Colorado Taxpayers, Schools, and Jobs?

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CU Leeds School of Business studies shows that without substantial improvement in student performance, Amendment 66 is a drag on the Colorado economy…

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New study shows that without substantial improvement in student performance, Amendment 66 is drag on the Colorado economy.

October 9, 2013 • 3 min read

Leeds School of Business Report Uses State-of-the-Art Dynamic Model to Determine What Impact Amendment 66 Will Have on Our State’s Economy…

Tags: amendment 66, economy, education

Economic Impacts of Eliminating Colorado’s Fiduciary Tax on Resident Trusts

March 7, 2013 • 2 min read

While nearby states have no taxes on trusts, Colorado’s trust tax laws are unfavorable for setting up and managing trusts…

Tags: budget, economy, resident trust, taxes, trust

Don’t stifle economic recovery with new layers of regulation for energy development

June 21, 2012 • 3 min read

The continuing sluggish job numbers are a sober reminder that a full economic recovery is still well beyond the horizon. As weary job creators search for solutions…

Tags: business, colorado, colorado jobs, economic recovery, energy, energy industry, industry, job creators, jobs, regulations, tax, unemployment

Wyoming Trusts for Colorado Residents: Reduced Income Tax, Asset Protection, and Other Advantages

June 7, 2012 • 30 min read

Colorado does not offer the ideal location for settlors seeking to use trusts to preserve dynastic family wealth, particularly in comparison to Wyoming…

Tags: asset protection, taxes, trust, wyoming

CSPR 2012 Colorado Legislative Candidate Surveys

May 10, 2012 • < 1 min read

Read where the candidates for State House and State Senate stand on the important issues facing Colorado’s economic well-being…

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Increasing Tax Revenues & Creating Jobs by Growing Colorado’s Trust Industry

May 8, 2012 • 2 min read

Wealth Transfer and Trusts as a Growth Industry – The United States is entering a period of one of the largest wealth transfers in its history…

Tags: jobs, resident trusts, taxes

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