Search
Now showing items 1-10 of 128
The Signs of the Times
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2023-01-31)
The past year, we experienced the highest inflation rates in forty years. Recession fears have been on the rise in recent months even as inflation rates have started to turn a corner. In this issue of PERCspectives on ...
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 ...
Taxing Wealth
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-01-29)
During this presidential primary season, several candidates have proposed a tax on the wealthy to fund platform promises. There is certainly appeal for a wealth tax, as these proposed taxes are seen as a tax on someone ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, June 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-06-22)
Initial unemployment claims over the last 14 weeks topped 46 million nationally. The number of claims per week have declined since the week ending March 28. Over the same time period, 2.5 million workers in Texas filed ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, June 2021
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-06-21)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from March 2021 to April 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased from 5.4% to 5.3% in April. Local nonfarm employment decreased slightly by 0.5% in April and was 5.2% ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, July 2021
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-07-15)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.7% from April 2021 to May 2021. The revised local unemployment rate decreased from 5.3% to 5.2% in May. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.8% in May and was 4.3% below ...
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 ...
Pandemic Misery Index: States and Texas MSAs
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-09-25)
How does Texas’ response to the coronavirus pandemic compare to that of other states? In this issue of PERCspectives on Policy, Dennis W. Jansen, Carlos I. Navarro, and Andrew J. Rettenmaier discuss which states, and ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, May 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-05-31)
The Business-Cycle increased 1.2% from February 2022 to March 2022. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.4% in March 2022 from 3.6% in February 2022. Local nonfarm employment in March increased by 0.3% from February ...