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Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Shale Renders the ‘Obsolescing Bargain’ Obsolete: Political Risk and Foreign Investment in Argentina’s Vaca Muerta

The authors evaluate Argentina’s energy sector and test the hypothesis that investments in tight oil and shale gas…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Case of the Gulf Cooperation Council

Governments in the Gulf Cooperation Council have used oil revenues to provide infrastructure to promote welfare, such as…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

The Geopolitics of FDI: Can Weak States Deter Hegemons Using Foreign Investment?

Energy fellow Jim Krane investigates the strategy of “security through investment,” in which states deliberately use foreign…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Resource Curse Dynamics, the Corporate License to Operate and the Potential of Direct Cash Dividends

To avoid the resource curse, nonresident fellow Todd Moss proposes a direct cash dividend to drive macroeconomic benefit…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Japan’s FDI to the Middle East Energy Sectors: The Objectives, Outcomes and Implications

The author highlights the historical evolution, outcomes and implications of some of Japan’s most important investments in…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Permian Basin Energy Producers Invest in Community Infrastructure: Motivation, Impacts, and Implications for Corporate Citizenship

Energy fellow Gabriel Collins investigates how some operators in the Permian Basin are unifying their efforts to solve the…

February 24, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

Does Foreign Aid Help or Hurt FDI? That is the Question

Michelle Michot Foss, fellow in energy and minerals, suggests that host governments are often not well positioned to…

February 24, 2020

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Report

The USMCA: Updating NAFTA by Drawing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

In this report, author David Gantz continues his series on the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) by discussing…

February 21, 2020

Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Commentary

When Will Americans Care About Government Debt?

How might the impending national debt crisis play out in the foreseeable future? Jorge Barro explains in the Baker Institute…

February 17, 2020

Center for Energy Studies | Issue Brief

Ford vs. Tesla: What Does a Transformational Automobile Scale-Up Look Like?

Comparing Tesla's market penetration to incumbent automakers raises questions about scale for both Tesla and the electric…

February 14, 2020