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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-04)An educational dollar doesn’t stretch as far in some parts of the country as it does in others. School districts in high cost areas need additional dollars just to be able to purchase the same resources and hire the same ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-10)Leading theories of regulation assume that governments regulate profit-maximizing firms: governments set rules, to which firms respond rationally in ways that constrain their behavior. However, often the entities that ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-10-19)Not all taxes are conveniently labeled as such. For example, consider jury duty. Although it is seldom discussed in these terms, jury duty clearly fits the textbook definition of a tax—jurors are required to surrender a ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-12)Trade agreements have extended their reach far beyond simply reducing tariffs. One of the most controversial dimensions of modern trade agreements are labor standards. This brief explores the background and potential impact ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-05)In 2006, Texas faced a fiscal double whammy. Not only had the Texas Supreme Court ordered the state to pick up more of the tab for K-12 education, but the legislature promised voters significant property tax relief. To ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-06)Texans believe they own the water beneath their land and can freely sell or lease their water rights, but a patchwork of Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs) restrict such transactions. As a result, groundwater rights ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-12)The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which was initiated during the Republican administration of George H.W. Bush and completed during the Democrat administration of Bill Clinton, has been studied intensively ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2017-03)Energy policy in the United States is fatally flawed both in the process by which problems are identified and in the solutions that are chosen. It relies too heavily on subsidies, tax credits, grants, and mandates, when ...
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(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2017-09)The United States Unemployment Insurance Program is a very complex system where mistakes are inevitable, but information technology and communication innovations at the Department of Labor (DOL) have been successful at ...
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