Browsing by Type "Data Points"

Now showing items 1-11 of 11

    • College Towns: Handle Data With Care 
      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. ...
    • County-to-County Migration Based on Tax Return Data 
      Navarro, Carlos I.; Rettenmaier, Andrew J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-09-17)
      The Internal Revenue Service has released updated county-to-county migration data based on matched household tax returns filed through 2019. In this issue of Data Points, authors Carlos Navarro and Andrew Rettenmaier compare ...
    • "Forecasting" Deficit Spending in the United States: A Look at Projections from the Congressional Budget Office 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Ross, Aaron (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-10-01)
      The Congressional Budget Office, or CBO, is the non-partisan government agency that provides projections of costs and revenues to Congress and the public. CBO projections are conditional forecasts of underlying economic ...
    • Hydraulic Fracking: A Story of American Innovation 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Sasso, John (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 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 ...
    • Japanese Government Debt: It's Not As Bad As You Might Think 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Ye, Tong (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-12-02)
      Japan, the third-largest economy in the world by GDP, is also the most heavily indebted of the highly developed countries. Its gross debt of 1,175.84 trillion yen is an eye-popping 213.7% of GDP. In this issue of Data ...
    • An Overview of the Economic Performance of States in the U.S. from 2010-2022 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Kim, Joon Hwa (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-07-18)
      Questions about economic performance are some of the most frequently asked questions posed to economists. This paper illustrates the relative performance of states over 2010-2022 in terms of RGDP growth, population growth, ...
    • An Overview of the Economic Performance of Texas MSAs from 2010-2021 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Kim, Joon Hwa (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2023-07-18)
      Questions about economic performance are some of the most frequently asked questions posed to economists. This paper illustrates the relative performance of states over 2010-2022 in terms of RGDP growth, population growth, ...
    • Revisionist Economic History? Potential GDP in the United States 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Ross, Aaron (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 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 ...
    • Taxation in the Fifty States, With Special Attention on the Lone Star State 
      Jansen, Dennis W.; Neumann, Corbin J. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-03-30)
      State taxes have been in the news nationally due to changes in the deductibility of state income taxes on federal income tax returns, as well as locally, as citizens in Texas and other states protest rising property taxes. ...
    • Texas Movers - Migration and Income Along the Border 
      Navarro, Carlos I. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 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, ...
    • Texas: Leading the Way on Wind Power 
      Iverson, Kyle; Jansen, Dennis W. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-12-03)
      Wind power is a growing source for electricity generation in the United States, and wind power now providing over 6% of our electricity. In Texas wind is responsible for 15% of electricity production, and Texas produces ...