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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.
Alternative Approaches to Comparative nth-Degree Risk Aversion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-07-30)
Economists have used the risk premium and the probability premium that are revealed through individual choices to compare how risk averse two individuals are. These behavioral, or choice-based, measures of risk aversion ...
Texas: Leading the Way on Wind Power
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-12-03)
Wind power is a growing source for electricity generation in the United States, and wind power now providing over 6% of our electricity. In Texas wind is responsible for 15% of electricity production, and Texas produces ...
Fear the Machine?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-07-11)
How do the technological changes caused by increased automation and A.I. affect workers’ wages and jobs? This article summarizes PERC working paper 1801, PERC’s Director Dennis W. Jansen and co-author Michael D. Bradley ...
The Relationship Between Health Insurance and Early Retirement: Evidence from the Affordable Care Act
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-08-27)
Beginning with the first round of the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansions, which specifically targeted low-income adults without dependent children, the uninsured rate reached a record low in 2015. However, the ...
U.S. Budget Woes, the CBO Projections
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-30)
The latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office are worrisome and were expected to be so. In fact, federal debt held by the public is projected to be 106% of GDP by 2028 and deficits are expected to persist ...
Federal Entitlement Spending
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-06-25)
Federal spending has hovered at around 20% of GDP for the past 50 years. Recent CBO reports forecast deficits averaging around 5% of GDP each year for the next 10 years, combined with rising federal spending continue to ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, September 2018
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-09-27)
The Business-Cycle Index rose at an annualized average of 3.9% in July, about the same growth rate as in June. The unemployment rate dropped to 2.9% in July, a slight decrease from June. Real (inflation-adjusted) wages ...
Discounting Environmental Benefits to Future Generations: Implications of a Coordinating Debt Policy and Tax Distortions in the Capital Market
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-04-28)
Looking beyond today’s fiscal problems in the U.S., the debate about the how to best incorporate the well-being of subsequent generations in current public policy discussions continues. Authors Liqun Liu, Andrew J. ...
Taxation in the Fifty States, With Special Attention on the Lone Star State
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2018-03-30)
State taxes have been in the news nationally due to changes in the deductibility of state income taxes on federal income tax returns, as well as locally, as citizens in Texas and other states protest rising property taxes. ...