uncertainty. We use county-level data from Texas and Wisconsin to compare our approach to conventional rankings that assign … deterministic factor weights and ignore uncertainty. Greater discrepancies in rankings emerge for Texas than Wisconsin since the … but becomes especially large in Texas after incorporating noise from imputing its considerable missing data. …

. I analyze the timing of bargaining and the causes of delay using a cross-section of insurance claims in Texas over a 20 …

By most measures the economy of the state of Texas is doing better than that of California. Texas has an unemployment … has caused immigration rates to Texas to be the highest in the nation. In this article we examine the “Texas Miracle” in …, we find that Texas is indeed doing better, but only in as much as it would be expected to do so even in the absence of …

Texas plays a key role in the United States economy. Its status as an economic driver in the national energy and … economic core regions of the northeastern United States. The question arises as to how well Texas has been able to connect its … executives from other firms and places to serve on their corporate boards. Study results show that Texas-based firms are …

which affected GED test takers in Texas. We utilize unique data from the Texas Schools Micro Data Panel (TSMP) which contain … demographic and GED test score information from the Texas Education Agency linked to pre- and post-test taking Unemployment … Insurance quarterly wage records from the Texas Workforce Commission. Comparing Texas dropouts who acquired a GED before the …

from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas decreased both retention and graduation rates of lower-ranked minority … hypothesis. These results suggest that most of the increase in the graduation gap between minorities and non-minorities in Texas …

Texas engaged in a large-scale policy experiment when it instituted the Top 10% Plan. This policy guarantees automatic …

The fate of the distressed debt issued by the 1836-1845 Republic of Texas has received surprisingly little attention …