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Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

This paper builds on social network analysis (SNA) and the use of node similarity-based algorithms to make link predictions about Mexico’s network of criminal organizations.

Oscar Contreras Velasco, Nathan P. Jones, Daniel Weisz Argomedo, John P. Sullivan, Chris Callaghan August 30, 2023

McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth | Research Paper

Counting the Cost of Small Business Regulation in Texas

When Texas agencies propose new administrative rules or amendments to existing rules, they are required by law to consider…

Helen Brantley, Jennifer Rabb January 13, 2023

Center for the U.S. and Mexico | Research Paper

Mexico’s 2021 Dark Network Alliance Structure: An Exploratory Social Network Analysis of Lantia Consultores’ Illicit Network Alliance and Subgroup Data

This paper maps out the network of alliances and subgroups within the two most powerful cartels in Mexico — the Sinaloa Cartel and the Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación — and reveals key structural differences that could have important implications for policymakers.

Nathan P. Jones, Irina Chindea, Daniel Weisz Argomedo, John P. Sullivan April 11, 2022

A man closes his business due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

McNair Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth | Research Paper

McNair Center Survey: Impact of COVID-19 on Small Businesses in Houston and Their Experience With the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

Lebena Varghese, a research manager at the McNair Center, highlights the data trends gathered from a survey administered to small businesses owners in the Houston, Texas area. The goal of the survey was to determine the impact of COVID-19 on business operations and functioning and to gather small businesses’ perspectives on all aspects of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP).

Lebena Varghese January 29, 2021