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Federal Reserve Monetary Policy in the 21st Century
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2023-07-21)
In the 21st Century, the tools of monetary policy changed fundamentally with the onset of the Great Recession and the Covid-Pandemic, both of which led to significant asset expansions of the Federal Reserve to the tune of ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-05-20)
The Business Cycle Index decreased by 0.1% between February and March 2019, resulting in an annualized rate of -1.1%. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan increased 0.3% from February to March 2019 and has grown ...
Power to Choose? An Analysis of Consumer Inertia in the Residential Electricity Market
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-06-01)
Many jurisdictions around the world have deregulated utilities and opened retail markets to competition. However, inertial decisionmaking can diminish consumer benefits of retail competition. Using household-level data ...
Alamos Alliance XXIX Executive Summary
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-04-07)
In this summary of the 29th edition of Alamos Alliance, participants and panelists addressed the issue of isolationist policies in response to the economic conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, high inflation, and ...
County-to-County Migration Based on Tax Return Data
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, March 2023
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2023-03-23)
The Business-Cycle Index decreased 0.2% from December 2022 to January 2023. The local unemployment rate increased to 3.2% in January 2023 compared to 3.1% in December. In the March data release, January’s local nonfarm ...
The Long-Run Effects of Disruptive Peers
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-08-09)
There's a great deal of research on how classmates can affect test scores and discipline in school, but what about later in life? In Working Paper 1605, the authors look at the long-term impact of childhood peers, particularly ...
The Carrot and the Stick of Medicaid Expansion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-05-01)
Elderly Entitlements and Wealth Inequality
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-12-21)
By most measures, wealth inequality has risen significantly over the last three decades and is a growing concern. However, standard wealth definitions require that individuals possess a legal claim to assets included as ...
Has the Information Channel of Monetary Policy Disappeared? Revisiting the Empirical Evidence
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-30)
Does the Federal Reserve have an “information advantage� in forecasting macroeconomic variables beyond what is known to private sector forecasters? And are market participants reacting only to monetary policy shocks ...