Vance Ginn Economics
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  • Home
  • About
  • CV
  • Media
  • Podcast/Speeches
  • Blog/Research
  • Research
  • Teaching
    • ECON 2301-Princ of Macro
    • ECON 2302-Princ of Micro
    • ECON 3352-Energy Eco

Research Interests

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

Select Publications

  • 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.
  • 2022-23 Conservative Texas Budget, TPPF, 2020.
  • 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

  • "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 at:
  • TPPF: https://www.texaspolicy.com/issues/?experts=vance-ginn-ph-d
  • SSRN: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1883155
  • Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/vance-ginn/articles
  • The Cannon Online: https://thecannononline.com/commentaries/?experts=vance-ginn-ph-d

​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, 2020-21
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
Texas Public Policy Foundation, 2013-19, 2020-21
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
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