Browsing PERC Publications by Author "Jansen, Dennis W."
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Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-10-16)Democratic Presidential Nominee Joe Biden has proposed replacing the current tax deductions on contributions to 401(k) retirement accounts with a uniform refundable tax credit that would be deposited into the taxpayer’s ...
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Gronberg, Timothy J.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Taylor, Lori L. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-07-15)This survey includes responses from businesses in the Bryan-College Station area on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on operations, employment, and financial situations. The survey, created by staff at the Private ...
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Jansen, Dennis W.; Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-09-25)Healthcare reform in the form of Medicare for All, which promises to reduce health care spending by reimbursing providers at Medicare’s rates per procedure, is now receiving renewed interest. This, along with the delay ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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. ...
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Jansen, Dennis W.; Kim, Sei-Wan; Kim, Young-Min; Lu, Yanxin (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-07-05)In this paper, the authors investigate how the old generation income structure affects aggregate equity purchases, using Flows of Funds Accounts and Survey of Consumer Finances. Results suggest that the risk aversion that ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-04-22)The Business Cycle Index measured one point lower than the revised January 2019 value, a -4.7% annualized rate of decline. Nonfarm employment for January was revised downward by 0.1% from the value released last month, and ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-04-17)Data on initial unemployment claims indicate that Texas lost almost 8% of its nonfarm employment in the last four weeks. Nationally, the 22 million in new unemployment claims in the last four weeks is equivalent to 14.5% ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-04-19)The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from January 2021 to February 2021. The revised local unemployment rate remained at its January 2021 level of 5.7% in February. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.4% ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2022-04-25)The Business-Cycle increased 0.3% from January 2022 to February 2022. The local unemployment rate for February remained the same as in January at 3.7%. Local nonfarm employment in February decreased slightly from January ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-04-20)The Business-Cycle Index decreased 0.3% from January 2023 to February 2023. The local unemployment rate increased to 3.3% in February 2023 compared to 3.2% in January. February's local nonfarm employment decreased by 0.1% ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2024-04-17)The Business-Cycle Index increased 0.2% from January to February 2024. The local unemployment rate for February 2024 was 3.1%, unchanged from the previous month. February’s local nonfarm employment increased by 0.2% from ...
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Bullock, Ashley; Jansen, Dennis W.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Sinha, Somali Ghosh (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-19)The Business-Cycle Index rose almost 1% between May and June of 2019. The local economy is in good shape and has had positive growth for the last four months. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 2.7%, a ...