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Research Interests
Sustainable Budgeting, Tax Reform and Elimination, Healthcare Freedom, Deregulation, Occupational Licensing, Mainline Economics, Energy Economics, Free Trade, School Finance and Choice, Poverty Relief, Monetary Economics, & more.
Select Publications
- The Economics of Banning Hemp-Derived THC in Texas, Ginn Economic Consulting, 2025
- Trump's Opportunity to Unleash Technology By Replacing Biden's Antitrust Agenda, Ginn Economic Consulting, 2025
- Ensuring Fiscal Sustainability for America's Future, Ginn Economic Consulting, 2024
- Immigration, Medicare, and Fiscal Crises in America, Tholos Foundation, 2024
- Eliminating Property Taxes in Texas, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, 2024
- Examining OK’s Energy Discrimination Elimination Act, American Energy Institute, 2024
- Bold Reform to Rein in Wyoming’s Property Taxes, Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, 2024
- Responsible State Budget Revolution Across the U.S., 2023-24
- The Sustainable Budget Project, Americans for Tax Reform, 2023-24
- Sustainable CO Budget to Help Eliminate State Income Taxes, Independence Institute, 2023
- A Tax Plan for Our Brighter Future, Pelican Institute, 2023
- Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work, Pelican Institute, 2023
- IRA’s Costly New Tax Credits for Electric Vehicle Batteries, Americans for Tax Reform, 2023
- Economic Effects of Arizona’s 2019 Universal Recognition, Goldwater Institute, 2023
- Licensing Should Not Be Bigger in Texas, TPPF, 2023
- Empowerment Accounts: Less Poverty and More Self-Sufficiency, TPPF, 2022
- Unleashing Opportunity: What Can Texas Learn from U.S. Poverty Relief Efforts, TPPF, 2022
- 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
- Lower Taxes, Better Texas: Eliminating Property Taxes, TPPF, 2021
- Do Institutions Matter for Prosperity in Texas and Beyond?, TPPF, 2018
- people Prosper from Trade: NAFTA and Texas, TPPF, 2018
- Does a Carbon Tax Support Prosperity?, TPPF, 2018
- Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) of Texas, TPPF, 2018
- 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
- More research publications, testimonies before legislative committees, and blog posts available at:
Website: https://www.vanceginn.com/letpeopleprosper
SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1883155
Peer-Reviewed Publications
- "Structural Breaks and Long-Run Adjustment in the Diesel Fuel Market" (with Donald Bumpass, M.H. Tuttle, & Christopher Douglas), Oil, Gas & Energy Quarterly, 73(4), 757–769, June 2025.
- 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 Responses and Structural Breaks in the Retail Gasoline Supply Chain" (with Donald Bumpass, M.H. Tuttle, & Chris Douglas), 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.
Popular Media Publications & Interviews
Research publications, Testimony, and Blog Posts can be found on this site or at:
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES & SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Professional Conferences
Alaska Policy Forum on the Responsible Alaska Budget, 2021
American Legislative Exchange Council, 2014-18, 2020-24
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, 2016, Spring 2025
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, 2023-25
SMU, O’Neil Center for Global Markets & Freedom, 2016-18
State Policy Network, 2017, 2021-25
Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2013-19, 2020-25
Texas Tech University's Free Market Institute at Angelo State University (Keynote), 2020
The CFO Leadership Council, Austin (Keynote Presentation), 2016, 2021
United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (Keynote), 2018
Youth Leadership Conference, Military Order of the World Wars, 2014-18, 2021, 2023
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, 24-25
Online Teaching & Learning Conference, Sam Houston State University, 2012
Southern Economic Association, 2011-12, 21, 23
Texas Tech University, Free Market Institute, Event for High School Students, 2017
Alaska Policy Forum on the Responsible Alaska Budget, 2021
American Legislative Exchange Council, 2014-18, 2020-24
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, 2016, Spring 2025
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, 2023-25
SMU, O’Neil Center for Global Markets & Freedom, 2016-18
State Policy Network, 2017, 2021-25
Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2013-19, 2020-25
Texas Tech University's Free Market Institute at Angelo State University (Keynote), 2020
The CFO Leadership Council, Austin (Keynote Presentation), 2016, 2021
United States-Mexico Chamber of Commerce (Keynote), 2018
Youth Leadership Conference, Military Order of the World Wars, 2014-18, 2021, 2023
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, 24-25
Online Teaching & Learning Conference, Sam Houston State University, 2012
Southern Economic Association, 2011-12, 21, 23
Texas Tech University, Free Market Institute, Event for High School Students, 2017