Browsing by Author "Saving, Thomas R."

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    • A general equilibrium approach to social security 
      Kleykamp, David Lee (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)
      This dissertation is concerned with two major aspects of current social security. The first is the long run effect of pay-as-you-go social security on the capital-labor ratio as understood within the context of the standard ...
    • A generalization of two leading systems of demand functions 
      Seo, Tae Kun (Texas A&M University. Libraries, )
      For theoretical as well as empirical reasons it is often useful to study special classes of systems of demand functions. Thus, in empirical studies of consumer demand several specific systems of demand functions have been ...
    • The generalized handicap wager market for football bets : theory and evidence 
      Pennington, Robert Leroy (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1977)
      Gambling is a near universal past time that takes on many varied and interesting market forms. One such interesting market is the handicap wager market for football bets, an organized market in which bets are placed on ...
    • Generalized utility and cardinality price theoretic models of costs of trade 
      Dew, James Kurt (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)
      The subject of this thesis deals with the treatment of price theoretic problems in models concerned with the effect of time on behavior. The focus of Chapter III is an application of Occam's razor: development of a general ...
    • Health Care Spending in the United States: What is Next? 
      Liu, Liqun; Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-12-01)
      Health care spending will always command public policy attention given the prominence of government payers in this market and the role played by the tax system in subsidizing health insurance purchases. But, with President-elect ...
    • Heterogeneous Beliefs, Collateralization, and Transactions in General Equilibrium 
      Hu, Xu (2012-10-19)
      This study includes two theoretical works. In both works, I assume that economic agents have heterogeneous beliefs. I study collateralized loan transactions among economic agents arising from the divergent beliefs. Moreover, ...
    • How Much Will We Spend on Health Care? 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-10-10)
      This atypical election cycle has diverted attention from the growing evidence that premiums for health insurance sold on the exchanges are rising while options have declined. Health expenditures are also again growing ...
    • Inflation targeting in emerging countries: the exchange rate issues 
      Reyes Altamirano, Javier Arturo (Texas A&M University, 2004-09-30)
      The current discussion of Inflation Targeting (IT) in emerging economies deals with the effects that nominal exchange rate movements have on the overall inflation rate. The literature has focused in the analysis of the ...
    • Is Social Security Wealth? 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-05-01)
    • Is the Federal Reserve Independent? 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-05-09)
      The power to coin money and regulate the value thereof is constitutionally delegated to Congress, preventing true Federal Reserve independence. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy, by PERC Director Thomas Saving, discusses ...
    • The law and economics of the feasibility criterion as used in section 6(b)(5) of the occupational safety and health act in the occupational noise standard 
      Gillette, James Robert (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)
      Economics has much to say about the meaning of feasible as used in the OSHA Act and as used in the occupational noise standard. The OSHA Act requires as a condition for the setting of standards that the standard be feasible. ...
    • Macroeconomic implications of the government budget identity : the case of a predetermined fiscal deficit and a pure nominal interest rate peg 
      Contreras-Astiazaran, Benjamin (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1990)
      We consider the restrictions that the government budget identity places in an economy with rational expectations and, in particular, the case in which the fiscal authorities predetermine the conventional government deficit ...
    • Market organization and product quality under asymmetric information : a comparison of monopoly and competitive market 
      Ro, Sungchull (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)
      A comparison of product qualities across different market structures has been a major issue in the economic analysis of quality determination. The literature focused in particular on the difference in product quality between ...
    • The measurement and evaluation of certain trace metal concentrations in the nearshore environment of the northwest Gulf of Mexico and Galveston Bay 
      Davis, Donald Ray (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1974)
      As a study preliminary to a future long-range program to establish water quality standards this research was directed towards the determination of manganese, nickel, copper, zinc, and lead in the nearshore environment. A ...
    • Migration Nation 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)
      Every year thousands of Americans move across county lines. In general, non-migrants experience higher average incomes than their migrant counterparts. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy explores how migrants and ...
    • A model of price search and allocation of time in the theory of consumer behavior 
      Kelly, Joel Thomas (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1972)
      In most models of consumer behavior, the effects of search for lower prices is ignored. Typically consumers are assumed to face parametrically determined prices, the knowledge of which is freely available to the consumer. ...
    • Models of agglomeration under demand uncertainty 
      Hearne, Linda Joann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1988)
      Agglomeration economies are defined as economies of scope which may result from the agglomeration of an urban area. Such economies are realized as a function of the concentration of individuals and industries in a geographic ...
    • Monetary Policy in a Zero or Negative Interest Rate World 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-12-20)
      The persistence of negative interest rates in the Euro-Zone and Japan coupled with low inflation raises the question of the efficacy of central banking in a negative interest rate world. Given that interest rates have been ...
    • Money and Banking When Reserves Pay Interest 
      Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2020-04-09)
      The Federal Reserve’s decision in 2008 to begin paying interest on bank reserves, particularly excess reserves (the IOER), has changed the role of the banking system and the determination of the nation’s money supply. ...
    • Moving Up 
      Rettenmaier, Andrew J.; Saving, Thomas R. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2015-09-01)
      America prides itself as a place where people who work hard and don't quit can move up. However, there are concerns growing economic inequality has stymied economic mobility. This issue of PERCspectives on Policy identifies ...