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Kail Padgitt
Staff Economist
padgitt@taxfoundation.org
Kail Padgitt is a staff economist for the Tax Foundation. He primarily works with the Center for State Fiscal Policy on the State Business Tax Climate Index as well as developing other measures for the economic incidence of particular taxes.
Previously, Kail spent a year at the Charles G. Koch Foundation as a policy analyst. While at the Koch Foundation, Kail's primary responsibilities were financial regulation and monetary policy. Kail holds a Ph.D and Master's degree in economics from George Mason University concentrating on the areas of Public Economics, Industrial Organization and Experimental Economics. Kail has taught Public Choice and International Economics at George Mason University.
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Contributions
- State Rankings of Tax Climate Can be Misunderstood, Accidentally and Deliberately, by Kail Padgitt, November 10, 2009
- Updated State and Local Option Sales Tax, by Kail Padgitt, October 16, 2009
- 2010 State Business Tax Climate Index (Seventh Edition), by Kail Padgitt, September 22, 2009
- Some States Respond to Budget Shortfalls with Tax Increases, by Mark Robyn and Kail Padgitt, July 13, 2009
- The Pine Tree State Chops Down Income Tax: Maine Enacts Major Tax Reform, by Kail Padgitt, June 23, 2009
