Research Library

The UK recently announced that it will pursue commercial arrangements with up to 20 individual U.S. states, beginning with Texas. In this brief, fellow David Gantz explores what these arrangements could achieve and the potential legal and constitutional constraints that may limit their reach.

Can either side find a way out of the war in Ukraine? Joe Barnes considers the options in the Baker Institute Blog.

A regulation from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) required that, starting January 1, 2021, all U.S. hospitals publicly display the cash price as well as the minimum and maximum negotiated charge for 300 “shoppable services.”

Entrepreneurs contribute to job growth, innovation and economic resiliency. In this brief, public finance fellow Joyce Beebe reviews five tax benefits commonly used, and sometimes overlooked, by entrepreneurs.

The author reviews recent developments in organized retail crime, as well as federal and state policy responses. Read the post on the Baker Institute Blog.

The authors articulate an approach for reducing COVID-19 vaccine inequity through globally distributed manufacturing of vaccines. Read the commentary published in The Lancet.

The Saudi leadership has repeatedly rebuffed requests from President Biden and leaders of oil-importing countries to accelerate production increases. But recent price differentials could signal an intent to quietly steer crude into Europe to replace Russian supplies, writes the author. Read the post on the Baker Institute Blog.  This article originally appeared in the Forbes blog on May 4, 2022.