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Interview with Steven Puller
No full textEconomicStudies_AnalysisIn this issue of PERCspectives on Research, Steven Puller, PERC's Professor in Free Enterprise, discusses how experiences in his youth sparked his interest in studying energy and economics, as well as travels abroad
Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving
No full textMacroeconomicsSimply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' health to the global impact of vehicle emissions on climate change. So what makes households drive less? In Working Paper 1607, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, PERC's Professor of Free Enterprise Steven L. Puller, UC Santa Cruz's Jeremy West, and Texas A&M University's Jonathan Meer, examine the effects of drivers' behaviors on gasoline consumption
Steven Johnson Author Talk Poster
No full textK-State Book NetworkA poster advertising an author talk by Steven Johnson at Kansas State University on September 3, 2014. Steven Johnson's book "The Ghost Map" was the 2014-2015 common book
Effects of Mandatory Energy Efficiency Disclosure in Housing Markets
No full textHealthCarePolicymakers are increasingly using mandated information disclosures as a way to increase market efficiency by providing information on quality to buyers. In the housing market in Austin, Texas, home sellers are required to perform a standardized energy audit and provide home efficiency information to prospective buyers. In working paper 1916, Steven Puller, PERC��������s Professor of Free Enterprise, along with coauthors Erica Myers and Jeremy West investigate whether the audit and disclosure policies mandated by the City of Austin have the intended effect of improving the energy efficiency quality of homes. To read a summary of this working paper in the Winter 2020 issue of PERCspectives on Research, click on View or Download below
Vehicle Miles (Not) Traveled: Fuel Economy Requirements, Vehicle Characteristics, and Household Driving
No full textRetirement_SavingsSimply put, the less Americans drive, the less gas they use. More driving, more gas. The negative effects of gasoline consumption are well-documented, ranging from local effects of automobile pollution on individuals' health to the global impact of vehicle emissions on climate change. So what makes households drive less? In Working Paper 1607, PERC's Rex Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, PERC's Professor of Free Enterprise Steven L. Puller, UC Santa Cruz's Jeremy West, and Texas A&M University's Jonathan Meer, examine the effects of drivers' behaviors on gasoline consumption
The Vicious Circle of Blackouts and Revenue Collection in Developing Economies: Evidence from Ghana
No full textMacroeconomicsAs reliable electricity is needed to form and sustain successful businesses, power is critically important for economic growth, especially for developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. In urban areas where most residences and businesses are connected to the power grid, utilities that are hampered by revenue shortfalls must implement load shedding, or rolling blackouts, to meet rising demand. In working paper 1809, PERC Professor Steven Puller, PERC Graduate Fellow Brittany Street and co-authors Belinda Yebuah-Dwamena and James Dzansi investigate whether revenue shortfalls from low bill collection rates contribute to a negative feedback loop that results in power supply shortages and a weaker electric utility
Steven Bialer and Patti Smith, July 1978
No full textMusician, poet, and author Patti Smith sits on a bed in a hotel room in July 1978. The photograph was taken by Don Hamerman as part of a session for "Unicorn Times," an alternative performing arts periodical in Washington, D.C. Steven Bialer, the Design Director for "Unicorn Times," is seated on the bed next to Smith
Steven Garber
No full textSteven Garber speaks on the importance and value of truth.
Steven Garber is the principal of The Washington Institute for Faith, Vocation & Culture, which is focused on reframing the way people understand life, especially the meaning of vocation and the common good. A consultant to foundations, corporations and educational institutions, he is a teacher of many people in many places. The author of The Fabric of Faithfulness: Weaving Together Belief and Behavior, and Visions of Vocation: Common Grace for the Common Good, he is also a contributor to the books, Faith Goes to Work: Reflections from the Marketplace, and Get Up Off Your Knees: Preaching the U2 Catalogue. He lives with his wife Meg in Virginia
Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana
No full textFinance_The first warnings from health officials of an oncoming wave of infections began in late 2019. As the Covid-19 public health crisis rapidly spread, it was often followed by deep economic downturns that disproportionately affected the world's poorest. Many governments responded by expanding or introducing social protection programs, or transfer programs, to provide for the needs of their residents. The aid provided by these transfer programs materialized in different forms, such as providing food or food subsidies, direct cash payments, or energy relief programs. This issue of PERCspectives on Research summarizes working paper 2108, where Steven Puller, PERC's Professor in Free Enterprise, along with coauthors Susanna B. Berkouwer, Pierre E. Biscaye and Catherine D. Wolfram, explore how program design affects the efficiency and distributional implications of these policies, as well as political popularity, by studying an electricity transfer program in Accra, Ghana
Steven Yedinak Interview
No full textLTC (RET) Steven M. Yedinak commissioned in the U. S. Army Infantry in 1963 and subsequently spent 26 years in Special Forces and Airborne Infantry. He served two combat tours in Vietnam (1966-67 & 1971-1972), and started the Mobile Guerrilla Force. He is the author of Hard to Forget: An American with the Mobile Guerrilla Force in Vietnam (Random House, 1998). He retired from the Army in 1989
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