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    • Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving 
      Puller, Steven; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-01-01)
      Simply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' ...
    • Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Puller, Steven L.; West, Jeremy; Meer, Jonathan (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-08-01)
      Simply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' ...
    • The Vicious Circle of Blackouts and Revenue Collection in Developing Economies: Evidence from Ghana 
      Dzansi|, James|Puller, Steven L.; Street, Brittany; Yebuah-Dwamena, Belinda (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-11-20)
      Access to reliable electricity is one of the largest barriers to economic growth in developing economies. Utilities suffer from the twin challenges of quasi-fiscal deficits and the need to implement rolling blackouts during ...
    • The Vicious Circle of Blackouts and Revenue Collection in Developing Economies: Evidence from Ghana 
      Puller, Steven; Street, Brittany; Yebuah-Dwamena, Belinda; Dzansi, James (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-02-05)
      As reliable electricity is needed to form and sustain successful businesses, power is critically important for economic growth, especially for developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In urban areas where most residences ...
    • What Happened to Rosie? 
      Carr|, Jillian Beaugez|Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-02-01)
      Identifying the relationship between wartime work and women’s lifetime outcomes is difficult due to scant work histories from the 1940s. This study identifies “Rosie the Riveters� using data from the 1973 Current ...
    • What Happened to Rosie? 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Carr, Jillian B. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-01-01)
    • Whither the Trade War with China? 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-09-21)
      In the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, the U.S. has demanded reducing or even eliminating tariff and non-tariff barriers and that China halt intellectual property theft and forced technology transfers. ...
    • Why Do Asian Students Study Harder? Implications of a Model of Academic Competition 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Liu, Liqun (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-28)
      Popularized by the OECD’s PISA rankings of a few dozen countries/regions according to the test results of their 15 year olds, Asian students’ impressive academic achievements are now well known. Each of the top five ...
    • Will Cryptocurrencies Replace the Money We Know? 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-10-08)
      Most commerce is conducted not with physical currency but by digital transfers of titles to currency, at least in the developed world. Currently there are approximately 300 digital exchanges that will exchange cryptocurrencies ...
    • Workforce Demand and the Skills Gap in Texas 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-09-06)
      Community colleges are an important provider of educational services and play a critical role in meeting the workforce demands of Texas employers. This study focuses on the role of community colleges as occupational skills ...