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    • The Carrot and the Stick of Medicaid Expansion 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-05-01)
    • Cash for Corollas: When Stimulus Reduces Spending 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Puller, Steven L.; West, Jeremy (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-04-01)
      The 2009 Cash for Clunkers program aimed to stimulate consumer spending in the new automobile industry, which was experiencing disproportionate reductions in demand and employment during the Great Recession. Exploiting ...
    • The College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-08-24)
      The presentation includes information on: National real gross domestic product through the second quarter of 2021; ; Real personal consumption expenditures through June 2021; July’s National nonfarm employment; Texas ...
    • The College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation, Updated 10/26/2022 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-11-04)
      The presentation includes information on: The College Station-Bryan Business-Cycle Index, Business-Cycle, nonfarm employment, taxable sales, and unemployment rates through August 2022; Real total wages through the first ...
    • College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation, Updated 4/7/2022 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-04-11)
      The presentation includes information on: The January 2022 Business-Cycle Index and Business-Cycle for College Station-Bryan; College Station-Bryan unemployment rates dropped to 3.7% in February 2022 and was tied for the ...
    • College Towns: Handle Data With Care 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Wang, Yuanhang (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-11-18)
      Although the term ‘college town’ may invoke idyllic images from our past, government statistics paint a different picture. College towns often appear as poverty – ridden, with unaffordable housing and low incomes. ...
    • Comparative Risk Apportionment 
      Liu, Liqun; Paan Jindapon; Neilson, William S. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-01-04)
      A decision maker who would rather apportion an independent risk in a state with a good lottery than in a state with a bad lottery is said to have a preference for risk apportionment (Eeckhoudt & Schlesinger, 2006). In this ...
    • Coronavirus and the Economy Presentation, Updated 7/16 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-07-16)
      This presentation focuses on the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on College Station-Bryan and the state of Texas. The attached presentation includes information on: Updated national unemployment insurance claims for ...
    • Coronavirus and the Economy Presentation, Updated 8/27 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-08-27)
      This presentation includes information on: · The number of unemployment insurance claims in the U.S. and Texas for the week ending August 22, 2020 and August 15, 2020 for College Station-Bryan · June unemployment rates ...
    • Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-06-25)
      Motivated by the observed beef and livestock market impacts of coronavirus-caused meatpacking plant shutdowns, this paper constructs a theoretical model to study the effects of closures among downstream producers on both ...
    • Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-01)
      Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...
    • The Corporate Financing Effects of the Temporary Tax Deduction for Repatriated Dividends 
      Newhard, Joseph (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-07-01)
      With the intent of stimulating domestic investment and employment, the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 included a provision under section 965 that allowed for a one-time tax deduction on repatriated dividends. In ...
    • Corrupt Police 
      Serra, Danila; Abbink, Klaus; Ryvkin, Dmitry (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-08-21)
      PERC Professor Danila Serra, along with Klaus Abbink and Dmitry Ryvkin employ laboratory experiments to examine the effects of corrupt law enforcement on crime within a society. The authors embed corruption in a social ...
    • County-to-County Migration Based on Tax Return Data 
      Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-09-17)
      The Internal Revenue Service has released updated county-to-county migration data based on matched household tax returns filed through 2019. In this issue of Data Points, authors Carlos Navarro and Andrew Rettenmaier compare ...
    • The Covid-19 Federal Reserve 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-10-13)
      At almost the onset of the effects of the pandemic, the Federal Reserve engaged in a massive asset expansion that was truly unprecedented. In just the first three months of the pandemic, March, April and May of 2020, the ...
    • Disbursing Emergency Relief through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana 
      Puller, Steven; Berkouwe, Susanna B.r; Biscaye, Pierre E.; Wolfram, Catherine D. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-05-06)
      Government transfer programs to distribute food, water, or electricity at low or no cost have been widespread during the COVID-19 global health crisis. How does program design affect the efficiency and distributional ...
    • Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana 
      Puller, Steven; Berkouwer, Susanna; Biscaye, Pierre; Wolfram, Catherine (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-30)
      The first warnings from health officials of an oncoming wave of infections began in late 2019. As the Covid-19 public health crisis rapidly spread, it was often followed by deep economic downturns that disproportionately ...
    • Discounting Environmental Benefits to Future Generations: Implications of a Coordinating Debt Policy and Tax Distortions in the Capital Market 
      Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-04-28)
      Looking beyond today’s fiscal problems in the U.S., the debate about the how to best incorporate the well-being of subsequent generations in current public policy discussions continues. Authors Liqun Liu, Andrew J. ...
    • Diversity In Economics Seminars: Who Gives Invited Talks? 
      Doleac, Jennifer L.; Erin Hengel; Pancotti, Elizabeth (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-04-12)
      In economics, as in many other academic disciplines, it is common for departments to invite external speakers to give research talks in academic seminars. These invited seminars are a primary way that academic economists ...
    • Does Funding Create New Giving? 
      Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-05-01)
      Despite an extensive literature on the impacts of a variety of charitable fundraising tech-niques, little is known about whether these activities increase overall giving or merely cause donors to substitute away from other ...