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<strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit;">—David W. Kreutzer, PhD,&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is Senior Research Fellow for Energy Economics and Climate Change in the Center for Data Analysis, of the Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity, at The Heritage Foundation.&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit;">Nicolas D. Loris</strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in the <b>Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, </b>of the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);"> Institute for Economic Freedom and Opportunity</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">.&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit;">Katie Tubb</strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;is a Policy Analyst for the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">&nbsp;Roe</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">&nbsp;Institute.&nbsp;</span><strong style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); box-sizing: inherit;">Kevin D. Dayaratna, PhD,&nbsp;</strong><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is Senior Statistician and Research Programmer in the Center for Data Analysis. The authors would like to thank Paul C. “</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Chip” Knappenberger&nbsp;</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">for his very helpful comments.</span>