PUBLICATIONS

September 2010

Lithium in Bolivia: Can Resource Nationalism Deliver for Bolivians and the World?

Energy Study Working Paper - Energy Market Consequences of an Emerging U.S. Carbon Management Policy

David Mares

Sep 01

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Baker Institute Update: Reaching out to students in the classroom

Fellows and scholars educate and engage the next generation of policymakers; also, an introduction to the institute's new senior director of development and financial analyst.

Sep 01

August 2010

Baker Institute Update: Helping Houstonians beat the heat

Baker Institute interns and Rice University undergraduates help spread the word about the City of Houston's Residential Energy Efficiency Program.

Aug 18

Participation in the City of Houston's Residential Energy Efficiency Program

Researchers survey Houstonians to help the city improve its Residential Energy Efficiency Program, designed to weatherize homes to reduce energy use and costs.

Alexandra Ernst, Rebecca Jaffe, Noemie Levy, Claire O'Connor, Rachel Solnick, Robert M. Stein, Stephanie Post

Aug 10

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Baker Institute Update: Baker Institute interns awarded Fulbright scholarships

Aug 04

July 2010

Baker Institute Update: Understanding the harms of drug use and drug policy

Jul 21

Baker Institute Update: Summer in Shanghai, anyone?

Jul 07

Economics of Pricing the Cost of Carbon Dioxide Restrictions in the Production of Electricity

A discussion of the cost of a carbon dioxide constraint in the production of electricity, using modeling that replaces coal generators with natural gas generators.

Dagobert Brito, Robert Curl

Jul 02

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June 2010

Baker Institute Update: Internships offer a world of opportunity

Jun 23

Critical Infrastructure: The Water System of the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo

Joan Neuhaus Schaan testifies before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources.

Joan Neuhaus Schaan

Jun 17

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Stem Cell Research in the Greater Middle East

This poster presentation from the International Stem Cell Policy Program describes stem cell publications from countries in the Greater Middle East.

Kirstin R.W. Matthews, Jessie Flynn

Jun 09

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Baker Institute Update: Roundtable dinner focuses on Middle East policy

Jun 09

May 2010

Baker Institute Update: A new chapter for NASA

May 26

Borders Key to Peace Talks

The Honorable Edward P. Djerejian how an Israeli-Palestinian border agreement could foster progress on reaching a solution for peace. Published in the May 23, 2010, edition of the Houston Chronicle.

Edward P. Djerejian

May 23

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Health Economics Newsletter - June 2010

Are composite measures of quality useful for profiling pediatric health care providers?

Vivian Ho

May 20

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Frequently Asked Questions: Stem Cells

Kirstin Matthews, fellow in science and technology, answers questions regarding the biology, practical uses and ethical dilemmas surrounding stem cells. Updated May 19, 2010.

Kirstin R.W. Matthews

May 19

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Diplopedia Imagined: Building State's Diplomacy Wiki

How Diplopedia, the U.S. Department of State's wiki, went from idea to reality. Preconference draft to be published in the proceedings of the 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems.

Christopher Bronk

May 18

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Baker Institute Update: Happy Birthday, Mr. Baker

May 12

April 2010

Baker Institute Update: Engaging the next generation of policymakers

Apr 28

Next justice could be an alumna of UT-Austin

Diane Wood, a judge on the federal appellate court in Chicago and University of Texas law school graduate, is considered a front-runner for a seat on the Supreme Court. Daniel B. Rodriguez, the Baker Institute fellow in law and urban policy and a UT law school professor, discusses Wood's academic pedigree in this Houston Chronicle op-ed.

Daniel B. Rodriguez

Apr 22

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