Ten-Gallon Economy: Sizing Up Texas’ Growth
Agenda
Friday, Nov. 7 |
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8 a.m. |
Check-in and Continental Breakfast |
8:30 a.m. |
Welcome |
Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
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Opening Remarks |
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Mine Yücel, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas |
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8:40 a.m. |
Opening Address |
Policy Levers to Increase Jobs and Increase Income From Work After the Great Recession |
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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 Why Texas Grows Faster: The Role of Smaller Government The Evolution of Texas Banking Texas Real Estate: From the 1980s' Oil Bust to the Shale Oil Boom |
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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? Impact of Oil Booms on Human Capital Investment in Texas Employment Growth and Labor Market Polarization in Texas and the U.S. |
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12:15 p.m. |
Lunch |
Luncheon Address: |
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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? Energy Prices and the Texas Economy Texas Comparative Advantage and Manufacturing Exports |
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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 Border Economic Recovery Lags Rest of State So Close to Mexico: Economic Spillovers Along the Texas–Mexico Border |
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4 p.m. |
Outlook Panel: The Future of Texas |
Moderator: Pia Orrenius, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas Robert W. Gilmer, University of Houston |
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5 p.m. |
Closing Remarks |
Jesus Cañas |