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          American 
          Economics Group, Inc. offers the following economic products and services: 
           
        RevCast: 
          State and Local Government Revenue Forecasting   
          AEG's customized revenue forecasting models generate comprehensive monthly 
          forecasts of revenue collections from state or municipal tax structures. 
          Use your own economic assumptions or automatically drive the revenue 
          models with AEG's exclusive state and local economic forecasts. Either 
          way, our approach simultaneously accounts for the full interaction
        between each tax and key economic variable to forecast your entire revenue structure 
          consistently and accurately.  
        SimTax: 
          Personal Income Tax Simulator  
          This powerful income tax simulator lets state and municipal governments 
          determine precisely how changes in either the federal personal income 
          tax code or the national and regional economy will affect income tax 
          collections. Customized for each state or municipality, it comes pre-loaded 
          with a database weighted for all taxpayers plus the formulas in your 
          tax code. SimTax provides the tools to adjust the tax code in any way 
          and see the change in collections, the distribution of taxpayer burden, 
          and the effects of incentives, credits, and other tax devices.  
        Economic 
          Impact Analysis 
          AEG 
          is expert at measuring the total employment, sales, and income that 
          an industry or large corporation creates and presenting this information 
          by state, county, or legislative district. In addition, we calculate 
          the state and local tax revenue derived from all aspects of a company's 
          or industry's operations and from its workers' spending. Our exclusive 
          BriefingsNet calculators translate this information into effective, 
          easy-to-understand reports. Our materials have been used to lobby decision 
          makers in matters ranging into the billions of dollars at both the federal 
          and state levels.  
        LaborNet 
          and Collective Bargaining Support  
          With AEG's LaborNet software, state and local governments can see how
        their pay and benefits compare to other jurisdictions'. 
          Use it to bargain, analyze offers, or prepare counter-offers. Take the 
          next step and do multi-year costing of contract provisions that accounts 
          for attrition, hiring, retirement, pay schedule changes, and other changes. 
          LaborNet also provides access to comparative data on employers in specific 
          labor markets. Our easy-to-use templates will help you prepare clear 
          and convincing exhibits.  
        Corporate 
          Affairs Economics  
          Today, businesses in every industry need to be able to respond with 
          clear and effective solutions to a wide variety of issues. AEG can help 
          develop the tools to steer clear of a crisis before it happens or manage 
          and contain a current crisis. Our unique ability to analyze economic 
          issues clearly and communicate results effectively helps our clients 
          negotiate difficult situations. The corporate affairs support tools 
          we offer include economic impact analysis, tax policy analysis, analysis 
          of economic development programs and policies, and specialized industry 
          studies.  
        Economic 
          Development  
          AEG can help businesses work with state and local governments and economic 
          development agency officials to construct the best package of incentives 
          for both the firm and the community. Our exclusive tools clearly explain 
          how adding an enterprise will affect local employment, taxes, and even 
          the existing business community. AEG's online economic development forecasting 
          model allows firms seeking economic development benefits or governments 
          analyzing the potential of a specific project to quickly and clearly 
          determine both the cost savings for the enterprise and the impact on 
          the local community.  
        
  
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