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Are Charters the Best Alternative? A Cost Frontier Analysis
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-09-01)
Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
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 ...
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 ...
Inflation Dynamics and the Cost Channel: The Small Open Economy Case
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-05-19)
This paper investigates the cost channel of monetary policy, transmitting its effect on economic activities other than conventional demand side, in a small open economy. The innovations lie in examination of the cost ...
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, ...
Fear the Machine?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-03-30)
Advanced automation and artificial intelligence, or ‘robot’ technology use, continues to expand across many industries. Recent decreasing labor market movements fuels the question: How do these technologies affect ...
College Towns: Handle Data With Care
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 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. ...
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 ...
Methodology for Constructing an Economic Index for the College Station-Bryan Metropolitan Statistical Area
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-10-21)
This paper describes the need for timely GDP information, methodology, and data sources used to create the monthly publication, Economic Indicators.
Inter-Jurisdiction Migration and the Fiscal Policies of Local Governments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-02-04)
In this paper, authors Darong Dai, Dennis W. Jansen and Liqun Liu analyze the effects of migration on the fiscal policies of local governments. Because of the possibility of migrating to another jurisdiction later in life, ...