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Whither the Trade War with China?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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. ...
Hydraulic Fracking: A Story of American Innovation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-01)
A regular misconception is that Saudi Arabia is the largest producer of energy from oil and natural gas. Despite massive oil production, Saudi Arabia produces less than 1% of total energy from oil and gas. The U.S. currently ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, December 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-12-17)
Growth remains positive, but is slowing. The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 2.4%, below the long-run average growth rate, but up slightly from the growth rate for September. The unemployment rate decreased ...
Household Debt Overhang and Transmission of Monetary Policy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-08-27)
Monetary policy was used during the Great Recession to stimulate the U.S. economy, but were its effects dependent on prevailing levels of high household debt? In working paper 1806, PERC Professor Sarah Zubairy and coauthor ...
Texas Movers - Migration and Income Along the Border
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-10-01)
Not only are Texas residents among the most mobile in the nation, but over a million Texans move from one county to another within the state. This brings important questions to the table regarding urban, education, healthcare, ...
Interview with Dr. John Cogan
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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.
Revisionist Economic History? Potential GDP in the United States
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-03-01)
U.S. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has finally caught up with the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates of potential GDP as of late 2017, even though the National Bureau of Economic Research dates the end of the Great ...
The Effect of Own-Gender Juries on Conviction Rates
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-07-11)
The right to an impartial jury is the cornerstone of the U.S. justice system and is enshrined in the Bill of Rights, but are these juries truly impartial, or do they favor defendants who are similar to themselves? In PERC ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-10-22)
The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 4.3% in August, down slightly from the revised growth rate for July. The unemployment rate remained at 2.9% in August, a full percentage point lower than the state and ...
Tax Reform...
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-01-18)
The passage of the biggest tax reform bill in decades, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, comes with a substantial cut in the corporate tax rate and vast changes to the individual income tax code. In the PERCspectives on Policy ...