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Peer Quality and Benefits to Attending Better Schools
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2017-05-01)
Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. The authors estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative ...
Tax Prices and Charitable Giving: Projected Changes in Donations Under the 2017 TCJA
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-02-25)
The Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017 made significant changes to the rate structure of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States, including the near-doubling of the standard deduction. Many taxpayers who normally itemize ...
What Happened to Rosie?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-01-01)
Schools, Neighborhoods, and the Long-Run Effect of Crime-Prone Peers
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2019-10-10)
Although it is well known that childhood peers affect future outcomes, little is known about the effects of different neighborhood factors. In working paper 1909, PERC’s Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra and coauthor ...
The Time Varying Effect of Monetary Policy Surprise on Stock Returns: Bursting Bubble Beating Forward Guidance
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-09-01)
Generally, stock prices react negatively to unanticipated and restrictive monetary policies. In PERC Working Paper 1505, Jordan Professor of Economics, Dennis W. Jansen, and Anastasia S. Zervou test to what extent surprises ...
Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-01)
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Covid-19 infections at meatpacking plants led to shutdowns across the United States. Beef became scarcer and with higher consumer prices, while ranchers received lower prices for their beef. ...
Is Social Security Wealth?
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2016-05-01)
Rising income inequality in recent years has been linked to a rise in wealth inequality. However, in many studies, anticipated retirement benefits such as Social Security are often not included in wealth calculations. In ...
Impact of China's Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance on Heath Care Expenditures and Health Outcomes
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-05-01)
The Probability Premium Approach to Comparative Risk Aversion
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2015-05-01)
Generosity Across the Income and Wealth Distributions
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-01)
Discussing how the rich spend their income is a topic of popular interest among the public and policymakers, yet little evidence exists that the wealthy are less likely to donate than other income groups, and the results ...