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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. …
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. I analyze the timing of bargaining and the causes of delay using a cross-section of insurance claims in Texas over a 20 …
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There have long been claims that compensations for noneconomic damages are random because tort law does not provide clear guidance regarding these compensations. I investigate, in both settled and tried medical malpractice cases, whether noneconomic damage payments are arbitrary and what...
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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 …
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A preliminary resource assessment, based on the best available parameters, was made to identify potentially suitable fairways. Of those examined only the Brazoria Fairway in the Frio Formation was able to produce sufficient fluid to meet the minimum requirements. These requirements are based...
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Texas has rapidly emerged as one of the leading wind power markets in the United States. This development can be … from Texas suggests that an RPS can effectively spur renewables development and encourage competition among renewable … energy producers. Initial RPS targets in Texas will be far exceeded by the end of 2001, with as much as 930 MW of wind slated …
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The following subjects are included: a geothermal resource overview, the evolution of the current Texas geopressured …
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The Community-Level Impacts Projection System includes a set of techniques for providing detailed advance information required for rational planning. The computerized system generates reports which enable the user: to describe the energy development activity in terms of its employment demands...
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Transportation-related decisions of people often depend on what everybody else is doing. For example, decisions about mode choice, route choice, activity scheduling, etc., can depend on congestion, caused by the aggregated behavior of others. From a conceptual viewpoint, this consistency problem...
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Marlin, Texas are outlined. A brief description of the existing heating system, an overview of the geothermal retrofit, and …
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