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Has the Information Channel of Monetary Policy Disappeared? Revisiting the Empirical Evidence
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-04-30)
Does the Federal Reserve have an “information advantage� in forecasting macroeconomic variables beyond what is known to private sector forecasters? And are market participants reacting only to monetary policy shocks ...
The College Station-Bryan Economy Presentation
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-08-24)
The presentation includes information on: National real gross domestic product through the second quarter of 2021; ; Real personal consumption expenditures through June 2021; July’s National nonfarm employment; Texas ...
Networking the Yield Curve: Implications for Monetary Policy
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-06)
In this working paper, authors Tatevik Sekhposyan, Tatjana Dahlhaus, and Julia Schaumburg introduce a flexible, time-varying network model to trace the propagation of interest rate surprises across different maturities. ...
Workforce Demand and the Skills Gap in Texas
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-06)
Community colleges are an important provider of educational services and play a critical role in meeting the workforce demands of Texas employers. This study focuses on the role of community colleges as occupational skills ...
Coronavirus and the Economy Presentation, Updated 8/27
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-08-27)
This presentation includes information on: · The number of unemployment insurance claims in the U.S. and Texas for the week ending August 22, 2020 and August 15, 2020 for College Station-Bryan · June unemployment rates ...
Portfolio Choice in the Model of Expected Utility with a Safety-First Component
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-10-14)
Whereas the majority of economists interpret risk as dispersion or variation in an outcome variable, many everyday decision makers tend to associate risk with the outcome failing to meet a certain “safety� level. In ...
Property Titles of Non-Renewable Natural Resources in Mexico: An Alternative to "Constitutional Nationalism"
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2022-09-26)
Here, the authors propose the benefits of instituting a Sovereign Mexican Fund (SMF), which emulates the Alaska Trust Fund, in order to reconcile the capital investment needs of the energy sector in Mexico with the strong ...
Coronavirus Economics: The Impact of Shutting Down Meatpacking Plants
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-06-25)
Motivated by the observed beef and livestock market impacts of coronavirus-caused meatpacking plant shutdowns, this paper constructs a theoretical model to study the effects of closures among downstream producers on both ...
Economic Indicators of the College Station-Bryan MSA, February 2020
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2020-02-24)
The Business-Cycle Index decreased by 0.2% in the month of December 2019. The unemployment rate remained at the same level as the previous month, 2.7% in December 2019. Nonfarm employment decreased 0.2% in the month of ...
Disbursing Emergency Relief through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
(Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University, 2021-05-06)
Government transfer programs to distribute food, water, or electricity at low or no cost have been widespread during the COVID-19 global health crisis. How does program design affect the efficiency and distributional ...