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The political economy of school reform
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Improving public school financing in Texas
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Regional update
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The economics of prosperity : a Texas tale
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The interest rate sensitivity of Texas industry
A key factor in forecasting a region's growth is anticipating how a region will respond to changes in national policy. One important way national policy affects a region is through real interest rates. Forecasting regional growth, therefore, requires good estimates of the interest rate sensitivity of regional industries. In this study, Lori Taylor and Mine Yucel use vector autoregression analysis to examine the relationship between changes in real short-term interest rates and changes in Texas industry employment. They find that while a few industries are moderately sensitive to interest rate ...
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The Southwest's stop-and-go economy
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What wages and property values say about Texas
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Southwest outlook brighter in 1994
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The uneven distribution of health insurance
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Regional update