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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% ...
Diversity In Economics Seminars: Who Gives Invited Talks?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-04-12)
In economics, as in many other academic disciplines, it is common for departments to invite external speakers to give research talks in academic seminars. These invited seminars are a primary way that academic economists ...
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 ...
The Federal Reserve In Two Crises
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-11-16)
The country has experienced two economic crises in the first two decades of the 21st century, but there are significant differences between the 2008 crisis and the 2020 crisis caused by the pandemic. In this policy study, ...
Interview with Jonathan Meer
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-10-01)
As part of PERC's interview series, Jonathan Meer discusses his recent teaching awards, perspective on teaching undergraduates, wealth inequality, and future research in this issue of PERCspectives on Research.
State Dependence of Monetary Policy Across Business, Credit and Interest Rate Cycles
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-28)
In this paper, PERC Professor Sarah Zubairy, along with co-authors Sami Alpanda and Eleonora Granziera study how phases of the business, credit and interest rate cycles affect the transmission of monetary policy using ...
Household Debt and the Effects of Fiscal Policy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-11-02)
This paper examines how the effects of government spending shocks depend on the balance-sheet position of households. Employing U.S. household survey data, the authors find that in response to a positive government spending ...
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 ...
Almost Stochastic Dominance: Magnitude Constraints on Risk Aversion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-06-01)
Almost stochastic dominance (ASD) extends conventional first and second degree stochastic dominance by placing restrictions on the variability in the first and second derivatives of utility. Such restrictions increase the ...
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 ...