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Risk and Risk Aversion Effects in Contests with Contingent Payments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-01-18)
Firms seeking new products, investors backing competitors, and government agencies in search of design solutions are all examples of different models of contest design found in the marketplace. In PERC’s working paper ...
How Much Will We Spend on Health Care?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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 ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, November 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-11-19)
The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized rate of 4.1%, still above the long-run average growth rate but down slightly from the growth rate for August. The unemployment rate was unchanged in September, remaining at ...
Paying for Medicare Now and in the Future
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-03-01)
Medicare celebrated its golden anniversary this past year. The program now provides insurance coverage for over 50 million Americans, and accounts for 20 percent of the nation's health care spending. Its shares of the ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2019
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-02-25)
The Business Cycle Index for the month of December 2018 rose at an annualized rate of 4.6%, slightly above the long-run average. Nonfarm employment in College Station-Bryan rose slightly between November and December 2018 ...
Federal Liabilities: 2019 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-05-17)
The Financial Report of the United States Government (FRUSG), released at the end of March, identifies total federal liabilities of $25.4 trillion as of September 30, 2018. The debt held by the public, $15.8 trillion, ...
Federal Liabilities: They're Bigger than You May Think
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-09-01)
Is Social Security Wealth?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-05-01)
Cadillacs for All
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-09-25)
Healthcare reform in the form of Medicare for All, which promises to reduce health care spending by reimbursing providers at Medicare’s rates per procedure, is now receiving renewed interest. This, along with the delay ...
Federal Liabilities 2015 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-07-01)