Research Library

This issue brief describes the current state of brackish groundwater use and development in the United States.

China’s national diesel consumption declined in 2014 and 2015, and sustained massive oil demand growth from China can no longer be taken for granted.

This paper examines 16 Japanese, South Korean, Taiwanese, and Spanish LNG import price series to illustrate how allowing for structural breaks in the LNG-oil relationship reveals cointegration in pricing.

Latin America Initiative director Erika de la Garza blogs on the murder of Honduras activist Berta Cáceres, who was in Houston last November to receive an award for her work on behalf of Honduras’ indigenous communities.

Just a decade ago, Texas’ venture capital investment was the third largest in the United States. Today, it has fallen to fourth and is set to slide to sixth, likely before 2016 is out.

Middle East fellow Kristian Coates Ulrichsen analyzes recent government shuffles in the United Arab Emirates.

This study examines the changing trends and preferences in energy demand among Asian countries.

This report summarizes the perspectives of panelists at the conference “Confronting Climate Change: Policies and Opporturtunities,” held Oct. 22, 2015, at the Baker Institute.

This working paper studies optimal taxation in a dynamic stochastic economy in which there is uncertainty about the effects of climate change. It concludes that model uncertainty has significant quantitative implications regarding optimal greenhouse gas emissions and the optimal mix of fossil fuel used.

What structural and nonstructural solutions could better protect the Houston-Galveston area from the devastating impact of hurricanes and severe storms? Baker Institute fellows Jim Blackburn and Regina Buono studied the issue from legal, policy and governmental perspectives.