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Browsing Strom Thurmond Institute Documents by Issue Date

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    • State pension funds : assets and obligations 

      Lewis, Bryan E.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1997-10-23)
      This paper examines the fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina Retirement Systems through fiscal year 2009-10. The trust funds of the South Carolina Retirement Systems are separate from the state general fund, the ...

    • State expenditures : projections to 2010 

      Strom Thurmond Institute; Hite, James C. (South Carolina State Library, 1997-10-23)
      What is offered here are not expenditure forecasts, which require forecasts of political decisions that no one can make with reliability. Rather, expenditure projections are offered given certain basic and plausible ...

    • The fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina revenue and expenditure system, 1997-2010 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1997-11-17)
      This fiscal sustainability project was undertaken in order to offer a basis for assessing the budgetary impact of recent and proposed legislative policy actions that might affect either state revenue or state expenditures. ...

    • Land use conflicts on the urban fringe : causes and potential resolution 

      Hite, Jim; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1998)
      The outline of the paper is as follows: We begin with a brief section defining the main terms. We will then examine globalization in history, its causes and its consequences for urban land uses. We will then turn to ...

    • The fiscal sustainability of the South Carolina revenue and expenditure system, 1998-2010 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1999-03-15)
      In 1997, a team of researchers from the Strom Thurmond Institute generated projections of South Carolina General fund revenues and expenditures through fiscal year 2009-10, based on plausible assumptions about inflation, ...

    • A GIS-based analysis and prediction of parcel land-use change in a coastal tourism destination area 

      Allen, Jeffery S.; Lu, Kang Shou; Potts, Thomas D,; Strom Thurmond Institute; World Congress on Coastal and Marine Tourism (South Carolina State Library, 1999-10-13)
      As an integrated part of the NASA/SC-EPSCoR Wetland Research Project involving three institutions in South Carolina, this study focuses on the land-use change and its impacts. The overall purpose is to better understand ...

    • Economic variables that influence plantation sustainability in South Carolinas’ coastal zone 

      Reynolds, Carolyn; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 1999-12-09)
      The main focus of this study is to identify the key factors that have a significant impact on plantation land conversion in South Carolina. There are many factors that are influential in determining land conversion: land ...

    • South Carolina revenues and expenditures, historical trends and projections to 2010-11 

      Lanier, Louis R.; Saltzman, Ellen Weeks; Jim Self Center on the Future (South Carolina State Library, 2001-08-29)
      This report looks at South Carolina’s general fund revenues and expenditures— past, present, and future. It examines historical trends in the major components of state general fund revenues and expenditures and how the ...

    • Analysis of the S.C. Accountability Act & No Child Left Behind 

      Nielsen, Barbara Stock,1942-; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2003-08-28)
      This paper gives the particulars of the S.C. Accountability Act and the No Child Left Behind Act.

    • Status of tree ordinances in South Carolina 

      London, Donna; Duffy, Eileen.; Strom Thurmond Institute; South Carolina State Commission of Forestry. (South Carolina State Library, 2003-10)
      In order to support citizens’ efforts to move closer to healthy, stable, and tree-canopied surroundings, it is helpful to know which communities have ordinances and what they are regulating. A number of local governments ...

    • North Korea : through the looking glass 

      Hetherington, Jay A.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2004-04)
      A key to management of the current confrontation over the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) nuclear program and long range missile developments is to dispassionately assess DPRK: perception of the military ...

    • Residential fiscal impact assessment, Lancaster County, South Carolina : a report to the Council of Lancaster County 

      Strom Thurmond Institute; Molnar, William E.; Taylor, Charles (South Carolina State Library, 2005-01)
      This report estimates the future public cost to Lancaster County, South Carolina resulting from rapid population growth over the coming decade. It was prepared in response to a request from the council of Lancaster County.

    • Funding and managing America's transportation systems 

      Whitehurst, Clinton H.,1927-; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2005-11)
      America’s civilian, private sector transportation assets serve both the domestic economy and military requirements while military transportation assets serve to insure the nation’s security and national interests. The ...

    • Hurricane relief from the sea 

      Strom Thurmond Institute; Whitehurst, Clinton H.,1927- (South Carolina State Library, 2005-11-10)
      When preparing for, and recovery from, a hurricane seaports in the past have generally focused on securing the port’s infrastructure such as protecting container cranes and other equipment from high winds and tidal surges, ...

    • Ensuring a competitive revenue system for South Carolina : findings and conclusions from an evaluation of the South Carolina revenue system 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2005-11-18)
      The Strom Thurmond Institute explored government revenue in South Carolina from multiple perspectives: theoretical, historical, institutional, economic, political, and statistical. The research compared levels and distribution ...

    • An assessment of the fiscal impact of the Clarendon Farms and McLeod Farm Developments on Beaufort County, South Carolina : a report to the County Council of Beaufort County 

      Molnar, William E.; Taylor, Charles; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2006-04)
      The City of Beaufort has announced plans to annex two properties comprising over 5,000 acres. At the request of Beaufort County, the Strom Thurmond Institute analyzed the impact of this proposed development on the finances ...

    • South Carolina's state revenue sources 

      Ulbrich, Holley H.; Strom Thurmond Institute; Saltzman, Ellen Weeks (South Carolina State Library, 2006-05)
      The state of South Carolina relies on a diverse group of own-source revenue instruments, including individual and corporate income taxes, a retail sales tax, excise taxes, and other taxes, fees, and service charges, to ...

    • Planning for the community forest in South Carolina 

      London, Donna S.; Ham, Donald L.; Strom Thurmond Institute; Jim Self Center on the Future (South Carolina State Library, 2006-07)
      South Carolina’s cities and counties are authorized to prepare and implement a comprehensive plan within their jurisdiction under the SC Local Government Comprehensive Planning Enabling Act. The comprehensive plan ...

    • The South Carolina tax swap : the estimated impact of Act 388 on homeowners and renters 

      Saltzman, Ellen Weeks; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2006-07-20)
      This analysis estimates the impact of South Carolina’s new property tax reform legislation on homeowners and renters at different income levels and living in different school districts. Table 1 shows the financial profiles ...

    • Land cover classification in the Upstate South Carolina and the Saluda-Reedy Watershed 

      Allen, Jeffery; Sperry, Stephen; Pasula, Arvind; Patki, Vrunda; Lu, Kang Shou; Strom Thurmond Institute (South Carolina State Library, 2006-08)
      The study addressed land use and land cover changes in the Upstate region of South Carolina over a 15-year period. This region consists of the following counties: Abbeville, Anderson, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Newberry, ...