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Public Pension Reforms and Fiscal Foresight: Narrative Evidence and Aggregate Implications
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-02-15)
Many OECD countries have significantly increased spending on public pensions over the last half-century. As more retirees begin to draw benefits, policymakers have placed more focus on retrenchment reforms in order to keep ...
Misdemeanor Prosecution
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-14)
Misdemeanor crimes make up 80 percent of all crimes in the criminal justice system. Meanwhile, communities across the United States are beginning to reconsider the public safety benefits of prosecuting these low-level ...
Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-30)
The first warnings from health officials of an oncoming wave of infections began in late 2019. As the Covid-19 public health crisis rapidly spread, it was often followed by deep economic downturns that disproportionately ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2022
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-02-21)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.8% from November to December 2021. The local unemployment rate decreased to 3.8% in December from 3.9% in November. Local nonfarm employment increased by 0.6% in December and was ...
Will Cryptocurrencies Replace the Money We Know?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-10-08)
Most commerce is conducted not with physical currency but by digital transfers of titles to currency, at least in the developed world. Currently there are approximately 300 digital exchanges that will exchange cryptocurrencies ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, October 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-15)
The Business-Cycle Index increased 3.5% from July to August, the fourth straight month of positive growth, Initial unemployment claims nationally were 840,000 for the week ending on October 3, the lowest initial claims ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, April 2021
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-04-19)
The Business-Cycle Index increased by 0.3% from January 2021 to February 2021. The revised local unemployment rate remained at its January 2021 level of 5.7% in February. Local nonfarm employment increased slightly by 0.4% ...
Interview with Pia Orrenius and Roberto Salinas-Leon
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-12-13)
On October 14, 2021, Dr. Pia Orrenius and Dr. Roberto Salinas-León visited the Private Enterprise Research Center and gave a presentation titled, “Immigration, Trade and the Future of the Mexican Economy.� The following ...