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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 ...
Free Banking Is Back?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-11-15)
While none of the current cryptocurrencies, themselves, currently circulate in general commerce, many crypto exchanges have arisen that exchange the various cryptocurrencies for one another and for titles to U.S. dollars. ...
Risk and Risk Aversion Effects in Contests with Contingent Payments
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-03-01)
Contests by their very nature involve risk, winning and losing are both possible, and the gain from winning can itself be uncertain. The participants in a contest use resources to increase their chance of winning. The main ...
Are We Taming Health Care Spending
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2014-01-01)
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. ...
A Neglected Aspect of Tax Reform: Improving the Efficiency of Tax Expenditures on Employer-Provided Health Insurance
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-11-01)
The House recently passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act and the Senate now begins debate on its version of tax reform. Debate has centered on the tax reform's potential negative revenue effects and its disparate treatment of ...
Money and Banking When Reserves Pay Interest
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-09)
The Federal Reserve’s decision in 2008 to begin paying interest on bank reserves, particularly excess reserves (the IOER), has changed the role of the banking system and the determination of the nation’s money supply. ...
Federal Liabilities: 2017 Update
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-06-01)
The official federal liabilities of the United States federal government totaled $22.8 trillion as of September 30, 2016. They include the debt held by the public of $14.2 trillion, federal employees; accrued retirement ...
The Pandemic Federal Reserve: The First Two Years
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-06-07)
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, developed world governments engaged in unprecedented spending. Federal Reserve securities holdings were an astounding 36.5% of the nation’s Gross Domestic Product after two pandemic years. ...
Can Cryptocurrencies Successfully Compete in the Money Market?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-03-17)
The cryptocurrency revolution began with the introduction of Bitcoin in 2009. Today, there are now more than 4,000 cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin has a market capitalization of over $1 trillion. While these new digital ...