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U.S. Renewable Electricity: How Does Wind Generation Impact Competitive Power Markets?

Description: This report analyzes the impacts of wind generation on competitive power markets, including financial and economic impacts on electric power generators. Overall, the report aims to provide context for several electricity market concepts that are relevant to understanding the economic effects of wind power generation.
Date: November 7, 2012
Creator: Brown, Phillip
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Federal Crop Insurance: Background

Description: This report provides a primer on the federal crop insurance program.
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Shields, Dennis A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Distributional Effects of Taxes on Corporate Profits, Investment Income, and Estates

Description: Tax reductions enacted in 2001-2004 reduce the effective tax rate on capital income in several different ways. Taxes on capital arise from individual taxes on dividends, interest, capital gains, and income from non-corporate businesses. This report contains data on the distribution of income by type and class, shifting the incidence of taxes, the effect of the savings response, and related information.
Date: December 27, 2012
Creator: Gravelle, Jane G. & Lowry, Sean
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Defining Small Business: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues

Description: This report provides a historical examination of the SBA's size standards, assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business, and discusses how the alternative size standards adopted under the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 might affect program eligibility.
Date: February 10, 2012
Creator: Dilger, Robert Jay
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Hatch-Waxman Act: A Quarter Century Later

Description: This report provides an overview of the Hatch-Waxman Act a quarter century later.
Date: March 13, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H. & Thomas, John R.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Aviation and the European Union’s Emission Trading Scheme

Description: Beginning January 1, 2012, most carbon dioxide emissions from commercial flights to, from, and within the European Union are covered by the EU Emission Trading Scheme. This report details why there is a need to address aviation emissions, how the EU's emissions trading scheme works, estimated impacts on U.S. airlines, and related materials.
Date: August 2, 2012
Creator: Leggett, Jane A.; Elias, Bart & Shedd, Daniel T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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An Analysis of the “Buffett Rule”

Description: This report is an Analysis of the “Buffett Rule”.
Date: March 28, 2012
Creator: Hungerford, Thomas L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health Insurance: A Primer

Description: This report provides information related to health insurance. The content includes what it is, why is it needed, health insurance regulation, and how are private health benefits delivered and financed.
Date: February 16, 2012
Creator: Fernandez, Bernadette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Legal Protections for Subcontractors on Federal Prime Contracts

Description: This report provides an overview of the payment and other protections for subcontractors on certain federal prime contracts under the Miller Act, the 1988 amendments to the Prompt Payment Act, and the Small Business Act.
Date: December 10, 2012
Creator: Manuel, Kate M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business Size Standards: A Historical Analysis of Contemporary Issues

Description: This report provides a historical examination of the SBA's size standards, assesses competing views concerning how to define a small business, and discusses how the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 might affect program eligibility. It also discusses H.R. 585, the Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011, which would authorize the SBA's Office of Chief Counsel for Advocacy to approve or disapprove a size standard proposed by a federal agency if it deviates from the SBA's size standard… more
Date: December 6, 2012
Creator: Dilger, Robert J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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The Senior Executive Service: Background and Options for Reform

Description: Report that provides a history and background of the Senior Executive Service (SES), examines the central features of the SES, and discusses some areas in which advocates for SES reform have called for change.
Date: September 6, 2012
Creator: Carey, Maeve P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program

Description: This report discusses the Small Business Innovation Development Act (P.L. 97-219. The report also discusses the program's extensions and reauthorization activity over the years.
Date: November 14, 2012
Creator: Schacht, Wendy H.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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