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Close Knit: Migration and Apparel Production in Central America
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2021-11)
Improving Labor Compliance in Developing Countries
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-10)
Infrastructure Consequences of Exurb Growth in Texas
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-04)
Working Women in Pakistan during COVID-19
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2022-09)
Bumpy Road Ahead: Bracing for Insolvency in the Highway Trust Fund
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-03)
Funding for the federal Highway Trust Fund (HTF) is not keeping up with the deteriorating condition of America’s roads and bridges. HTF outlays have exceeded revenues in almost every year since 2001, and the fund faces an ...
Stop Playing Favorites with the Tax Code
(The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2011-01)
The Great Recession has punched a gaping hole in state government budgets. California has a projected budget deficit of $21.3 billion for the 2012 fiscal year. Illinois has a projected shortfall of $17 billion; New ...
Giving an “F” to the Franchise Tax: The Texas Franchise Tax Fails to Fund
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-05)
In 2006, Texas faced a fiscal double whammy. Not only had the Texas Supreme Court ordered the state to pick up more of the tab for K-12 education, but the legislature promised voters significant property tax relief. To ...
The Time for a Carbon Tax is Now
(The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2010-09)
The U.S. needs to get its finances under control without resorting to the usual fixes of raising taxes and/or cutting spending, which would stymie recovery. The case for a carbon tax is a compelling one, given our current ...
Fairer Trade, Removing Gender Bias in US Import Taxes
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2015-03)
Tariff rates on most articles of imported apparel and footwear are classified by the gender of the intended user, and for some items the rates differ. In this issue of The Takeaway the authors describe the discriminatory ...
Phantom Capital: How Regulation Weakens Texas Groundwater Resources
(Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics & Public Policy, 2016-06)
Texans believe they own the water beneath their land and can freely sell or lease their water rights, but a patchwork of Groundwater Conservation Districts (GCDs) restrict such transactions. As a result, groundwater rights ...