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Ten-Gallon Economy: Sizing Up Texas’ Growth

November 7, 2014

Dallas Fed

Texas’ economic growth has outpaced the nation’s for two and a half decades. What accounts for the state’s economic success? And does it come at a price to be paid in the future? This conference featured experts who discussed the economics of the state’s tax system and energy sector, as well as topics in banking, labor markets, education, high tech and the border economy.

Agenda

Friday, Nov. 7
8 a.m.	Check-in and Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.	Welcome
	Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
	Opening Remarks
	Mine Yücel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
8:40 a.m.	Opening Address
	Policy Levers to Increase Jobs and Increase Income From Work After the Great Recession David Neumark, University of California, Irvine
9:15 a.m.	Panel 1: Institutions
	Moderator: Ed Skelton, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas State Tax Policy Takes a Wrong Turn: The Spread of Margin and Gross Receipts Taxes Alan Viard, American Enterprise Institute Why Texas Grows Faster: The Role of Smaller Government Jason Saving, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas The Evolution of Texas Banking Kory Killgo, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Ken Robinson, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas (retired) Texas Real Estate: From the 1980s' Oil Bust to the Shale Oil Boom* John Duca* and Michael Weiss, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Elizabeth Organ, New York University
11 a.m.	Panel 2: Human Capital and Labor Markets
	Moderator: Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Texas's Educational Challenge: Demographic Dividend or Bust? Marta Tienda, Princeton University Impact of Oil Booms on Human Capital Investment in Texas Anil Kumar, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Employment Growth and Labor Market Polarization in Texas and the U.S. Melissa LoPalo, University of Texas at Austin Pia Orrenius*, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
12:15 p.m.	Lunch
	Luncheon Address: Asleep at the Switch: Demographic Change and Policy Stasis in Texas Cal Jillson, Southern Methodist University
1:30 p.m.	Panel 3: Industry and Exports
	Moderator: Amy Jordan, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Microelectronics: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning? Sanjay Banerjee, The University of Texas at Austin Energy Prices and the Texas Economy Amy Jordan, Michael Plante* and Mine Yücel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Nicole Lake, Blue Cross Blue Shield Texas Comparative Advantage and Manufacturing Exports Jesus Cañas*, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Christina English, Equal Employment Advisory Council Luis Torres, Texas A&M University
2:40 p.m.	Panel 4: Border Economic Development
	Moderator: Jesus Cañas, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Las Colonias: Life Along the Texas-Mexico Border Jordana Barton, Elizabeth Sobel Blum and Emily Ryder Perlmeter, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Raquel Marquez, University of Texas at San Antonio Border Economic Recovery Lags Rest of State Keith Phillips* and Christopher Slijk, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch So Close to Mexico: Economic Spillovers Along the Texas–Mexico Border Roberto Coronado, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, El Paso Branch Eduardo Saucedo*, University of Texas–Pan American
4 p.m.	Outlook Panel: The Future of Texas
	Moderator: Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert W. Gilmer, University of Houston Steve Murdock, Rice University \| Presentation Keith Phillips, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, San Antonio Branch Lori L. Taylor, Texas A&M University \| Presentation
5 p.m.	Closing Remarks
	Jesus Cañas

*Presenter