edited by Pia M. Orrenius, Jesús Cañas, and Michael Weiss.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
First edition.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 248 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, map ;
Dimensions
25 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Introduction -- Tipping our hats to the ten-gallon economy / Pia M. Orrenius, Jesús Cañas and Michael Weiss -- Public policy and business climate -- Increasing jobs and income from work : the role and limitations of public policy / David Neumark -- Why Texas grows faster : the role of smaller government / Jason Saving -- The shortcomings of the Texas margin tax / Alan D. Viard -- Human capital and labor markets -- Texas' education challenge : a demographic dividend or bust? / Marta Tienda -- Oil boom lowers human capital investment in Texas / Anil Kumar -- Employment growth and labor market polarization in the United States and Texas / Melissa LoPalo and Pia M. Orrenius -- Industry and exports -- Texas real estate : from the 1980s oil bust to the shale oil boom / John V. Duca, Michael Weiss and Elizabeth Organ -- The evolution of Texas banking / Kory Killgo and Kenneth J. Robinson -- The impact of changing energy prices on the Texas economy / Mine K. Yücel, Michael Plante, Amy Jordan and Nicole Lake -- Texas comparative advantage and manufacturing exports / Jesús Cañas, Luis Bernardo Torres Ruiz and Christina English -- Border and economic development -- So close to Mexico : economic spillovers along the Texas-Mexico border / Roberto Coronado, Marycruz De León and Eduardo Saucedo -- Border economic recovery lags rest of state / Keith R. Phillips and Christopher Slijk -- Las colonias along the Texas-Mexico border / Jordana Barton, Elizabeth Sobel Blum, Emily Ryder Perlmeter and Raquel R. Márquez.