COLLEGE OF
BUSINESS
SOUTH TEXAS ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Review of South Texas Economy is published by
South Texas Economic Development Center and
the College of Business at Texas A&M UniversityCorpus Christi. Material from this report may be
reprinted if the source is credited. This publication
is available online at STEDC.tamucc.edu.
Published June 2015
Editorial Team
Dr. John Gamble, Dean, College of Business
Dr. Jim Lee, Co-Editor
Dr. Elwin Myers, Co-Editor
Susan McReynolds, Graphic Designer
Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi
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Corpus Christi, TX 78412
SU 2015