Publications

Research Interests

Fiscal Policy, Labor Economics, Energy Economics, Free Trade Agreements, Monetary Economics, Time Series Econometrics

Select Publications

The Responsible State Budget Revolution Across the U.S., 2023.
Licensing Should Not Be Bigger in Texas: A Roadmap for Licensing Reform, TPPF, 2023.
Institutions Matter for Human Flourishing: A Comparison of States, TPPF, 2022.
Empowerment Accounts: Less Poverty and More Self-Sufficiency, TPPF, 2022.
The 2024-25 Conservative Texas Budget, TPPF, 2022.
Local Governments Need Spending Limits, TPPF, 2021.
Unleashing Opportunity: What Can Texas Learn from U.S. Poverty Relief Efforts?, TPPF, 2021
Reversing the Recovery: Analysis on Biden's Build Back Better, TPPF, 2021
Amicus Brief in State of Missouri et al. v. Biden et al., Case No. 4:21-CV-00287-AGF, 2021.
The Responsible American Budget, TPPF, 2021.
The Ginn Economic Brief: Texas & The Ginn Economic Brief: U.S., TPPF, 2021.
Lower Property Taxes, Better Texas, TPPF, 2021.
Improving Texas’s State Spending Limit, TPPF, 2021.
Do Institutions Matter for Prosperity in Texas and Beyond?, TPPF, 2018.
Occupational Licensing: Keeping People Poor, TPPF, 2018.
people Prosper from Trade: NAFTA and Texas, TPPF, 2018.
Does a Carbon Tax Support Prosperity?, TPPF, 2018.
Reducing the Burden of Texas’ State Liabilities on Current & Future Generations, TPPF, 2017.
Economic Effects of a Universal ESA Program in Texas, TPPF, 2017.
Teaching Free Enterprise in Texas: Labor Market Economics with Minimum Wage Game, 2016.
Texas School Finance: Basics and Reform, TPPF, 2016.
Economic Effects of Eliminating Texas’ Business Margin Tax, TPPF, 2015.
Texas Medicaid Reform Model: A Market-Based, Patient-Centered Approach, TPPF, 2015.

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Role of Ethanol Legislation in Oil and Gasoline Price Dynamics (with Donald Bumpass, M.H. Tuttle, & Christopher Douglas), forthcoming Oil, Gas, and Energy Quarterly, 71(4), June 2023.
"Testing for Short and Long-Run Asymmetric Reponses and Structural Breaks in the Retail Gasoline Supply Chain" (with Donald Bumpass, M.H. Tuttle, & Chris Douglass), Energy Economics, 83, 311-318, September 2019.
"Effects of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs) on Teacher Pay in Texas," (with John Merrifield), Texas Public Policy Foundation, 1-5, 2017.
"Retail and Wholesale Gasoline Price Adjustments in Response to Oil Price Changes," (with Donald Bumpass & M. H. Tuttle), Energy Economics, 52(A), 49-54, December 2015.
"An Oil-Producing State's Ability to Cope after a Regional Free Trade Agreement: The Case of Texas and NAFTA", (with Travis Roach), The International Trade Journal, 29(4), 309-336, 2015.
"Which Petroleum Prices Best Explain Retail Fuel Price Changes?," Midwestern Business and Economic Review, 50, 1-10, Spring 2015.
"Economic Effects of Eliminating Texas’ Business Margin Tax," Texas Public Policy Foundation, 1-19. March 2015.
“Are the Macroeconomic Effects Greater from an Oil Price Shock or a Global Demand for Oil Shock? United States Association for Energy Economics Dialogue, 21(1), 2013.
“Evaluating Growth Volatility Susceptibility within Regional Free Trade Agreements,” (with J. Edwards), International Journal of Finance and Economics, 16(1), 32-40, 2011.
“Special Lending Facilities of the Fed: Actions and Results,” (with R. Gilbert), Midwestern Business and Economic Review, 46, 35-41, Fall 2010.
“Can Crude Oil Futures Predict Spot Retail Unleaded Gasoline Prices?” (with R. Gilbert), Journal of Business Strategies, 26(2), 115-135, 2009.

Submitted for Publication/Works in Progress

The Role of the Ethanol Mandate in Gasoline Price Asymmetries (with Donald Bumpass, M.H. Tuttle, & Christopher Douglas), submitted to Energy Economics.
Tradeoffs Between Property and Consumption Taxes: Examining Texas’s Tax System (with E.J. Antoni)
The Effect of Oil Price Changes on the Retail Diesel Price, (with Donald Bumpass & M. H. Tuttle).

Popular Media Publications & Interviews

Research publications, Testimony, and Blog Posts can be found on this site or at:

Pelican Institute: https://pelicanpolicy.org/people/vance-ginn/
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Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/vance-ginn/articles

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Professional Conferences
Alaska Policy Forum on the Responsible Alaska Budget, 2021
American Dream Conference “Texas Model Supports Prosperity,” 2015
American Legislative Exchange Council, 2014-18, 2020-23
BDO’s Annual Meeting “Economic Update & Tax Reform Business Implications” (Keynote), 2017
Canada-Texas Chamber of Commerce “Institutions Matter: Texas & NAFTA,” 2018
Commerce Street Capital’s Annual Meeting “Weathering Economic Uncertainty” (Keynote), 2017
Cardinal Institute Policy Summit, 2021
Foundation for Economic Education “Minimum Wage Experiment,” 2016
Grassroots America—We the People (Keynote), 2018-19
Liberty & the Art of Teaching Workshop, Institute for Humane Studies, 2010-11
National Association for Business Economics, 2020
Philadelphia Society “Can We Restore Fiscal Prudence and National Solvency?” 2016
Salem Center for Policy , University of Texas (Keynote Presentation), 2022
San Angelo Chamber of Commerce—West Texas Moving Forward Conference, 2020
SMU, Bridwell Institute (Keynote Presentation), 2021
SMU, O’Neil Center for Global Markets & Freedom, 2016-18
State Policy Network, 2017, 2021-23
Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2013-19, 2020-23
Texas Tech University's Free Market Institute at Angelo State University (Keynote), 2020
The CFO Leadership Council, Austin (Keynote Presentation), 2016, 2021
United States Association for Energy Economics Conferences, 2012-13
United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (Keynote), 2018
Youth Leadership Conference, Military Order of the World Wars, 2014-18, 2021

Academic Conferences
Advancing Teaching & Learning Conference, Texas Tech University, 2009-10
Association of Private Enterprise Education “Fiscal Policy Rules: Texas Experiment,” 2018
Missouri Valley Economic Association, 2007-21
Online Teaching & Learning Conference, Sam Houston State University, 2012
Southern Economic Association, 2011-12, 21
Texas Tech University, Free Market Institute, Event for High School Students, 2017