The Affordable Care Act and changing economic conditions have encouraged the integration of physicians and hospitals. The objective of the study is to examine how hospitals and physicians have transitioned between integration levels over time.

Houston’s pension funds are in financial trouble and pose a significant risk to the financial health of the city. This paper analyzes a subset of the city's pension plans—in particular, what is normally referred to as a defined benefit (DB) plan.

This paper reports the key climate change and public policy issues addressed by guest speakers during the 2014-15 Climate Lecture Series hosted by the Center for Energy Studies.

The startling rise of Emirates, Etihad, and Qatar Airways has reshaped global aviation markets around the three hubs of Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Doha as the Gulf airlines have developed into what the Economist magazine has labelled “global super-connectors” capable of connecting any two points in the world with one stopover in the Gulf.Can the Gulf can sustain three aggressively expanding airlines within such a concentrated region (and market)?

The United States should assign a particularly high priority on science and technology over the next four years, especially for federal support of research.

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I. Introduction

Currently, much attention is…

Equity capital flows into microfinance have been increasing for many years. Despite this growth, the vast majority of equity investments are still made in the form of private placements, as there are only three publicly traded microfinance institutions. The difficulty in accessing private data and the scarcity of publicly listed entities have limited the scope of the market research available to equity investors in microfinance institutions.

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I. Introduction

The past decade has yielded…

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I. Introduction

Even a cursory glance across the…

Introduction

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The marshes, bays, and estuaries of the upper Texas Gulf Coast form a complex matrix of rich…