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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-08-11)The authors investigate two related approaches to dealing with the possible joint repsonse bias in using Kuttner's approach to identifying monetary policy's impact on stock returns - the methodology recently suggested by ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)Can state and federal policies deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S.? In Working Paper 1604, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, and Sandra Orozco-Aleman, address this timely and critical immigration policy ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)Can state and federal policies deter undocumented workers from entering the U.S.? In Working Paper 1604, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, and Sandra Orozco-Aleman, address this timely and critical immigration policy ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-06-03)Recent years have witnessed the emergence of increasingly provocative anti-immigrant politicians in both Europe and the United States. The authors examine whether the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who made illegal immigration ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-12-01)At the end of 1998, China launched a government-run mandatory insurance program, the Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance (UEBMI), to replace the previous medical insurance system. Using the UEBMI reform in China as a ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-05-01)
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)For decades, colleges and universities have focused on increasing racial diversity on college campuses through targeted policy efforts. Authors Hoekstra, Carrell and West investigate whether diversity causes members of the ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-02-03)There is little question as to the lack of racial diversity at selective U.S. universities. However, there is considerable debate regarding the benets of various policy options to increase diversity. Proponents of ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-03-07)Election fraud is considered pervasive throughout many countries, raising concerns it can facilitate corruption and inhibit economic growth by preventing voters from holding elected officials accountable. This paper examines ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)Subject-specific gender disparities appear and widen as students advance through school. In PERC Working Paper 1509, PERC Professor Jonathan Meer and Jaegeum Lim examine test scores for South Korean middle school students ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-11-23)Gender disparities in academic performance may be driven in part by the interaction of teacher and student gender, but systematic sorting of students into classrooms makes it difficult to identify causal effects. The authors ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-02-01)One random variable is larger than another in the increasing convex order if that random variable is preferred or indifferent to the other by all decision makers with increasing and convex utility functions. Decision makers ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-07-18)Here, authors Dennis Jansen, Jui-Chuan Della Chang, and Carolina Pagliacci look at the recent experience of the United States via the lens of sign restrictions to identify shocks to aggregate demand and aggregate supply. ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2014-05-19)This paper investigates the cost channel of monetary policy, transmitting its effect on economic activities other than conventional demand side, in a small open economy. The innovations lie in examination of the cost ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-02-04)In this paper, authors Darong Dai, Dennis W. Jansen and Liqun Liu analyze the effects of migration on the fiscal policies of local governments. Because of the possibility of migrating to another jurisdiction later in life, ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-28)The relationship between migration and the economy is of great interest to researchers, especially where migration and local government fiscal policy intersect. In order to attract immigrants or retain current residents, ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-07-06)Dr. John Cogan was the spring, 2018 recipient of the Kirby Distinguished Visiting Professorship. During his visit to Texas A&M University, he was interviewed by Dr. Andrew J. Rettenmaier.
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-11-04)Stanford University economist John B. Taylor was awarded the Kirby Distinguished Visiting Professorship in October 2016 by the Private Enterprise Research Center. During his visit to Texas A&M University, he was interviewed ...
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-05-19)Dr. Liu, Dr. Rettenmaier and Dr. Saving interview Kirby Distinguished Visiting Professor Dr. Joshua Rauh during his visit to Texas A&M University.
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(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-10-01)As part of PERC's interview series, Jonathan Meer discusses his recent teaching awards, perspective on teaching undergraduates, wealth inequality, and future research in this issue of PERCspectives on Research.