Measuring Lifetime Sales Tax Progressivity: A Simulation-based Approach
Since the progressivity of the sales tax is difficult to directly measure, this paper introduces an indirect approach…
August 7, 2018 5516 Results
The Future of U.S.-Mexico Relations: A Tale of Two Crises
Nonresident fellow Jesús Velasco examines the domestic politics in the U.S. and Mexico to explore the roots of contemporary…
August 3, 2018 RYP Trivia Night August 2, 2018
The Roundtable Young Professionals hosted trivia night at Saint Arnold Brewing Company, quizzing guests over their knowledge…
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Political Economy of the Arab Gulf | Conference Report
Economic Inclusion and Sustainable Growth: New Perspectives From the Gulf Emerging scholarship on economic and sustainable development in the Gulf is presented in this report, which is the result of…
July 27, 2018 
Market Consolidation and Mortality in Patients Initiating Hemodialysis
By Kevin Erickson, Wolfgang C. Winkelmayer, Vivian Ho, Jay Bhattacharya, and Glenn M. Chertow
The authors investigate if…
July 27, 2018 
Women can finally drive in Saudi Arabia. So what does it mean for oil and gas?
Saudi Arabia recently ended its legal ban on women driving. The long-term consequences of this change on transportation…
July 25, 2018 
State Business Relations and the New Economic Agenda in Saudi Arabia
The author examines the seemingly conflicting policy outcomes that result from high unemployment and a large fiscal deficit…
July 18, 2018 
Fresh Perspectives from the GCC
Three scholars from Gulf Cooperation Council countries offer fresh perspectives on economic inclusion and sustainable growth…
July 18, 2018 
The Effects of Carbon Tax Policies on the U.S. Economy and the Welfare of Households
Public finance fellow John Diamond and Rice faculty scholar George Zodrow analyze the short- and long-term economic effects…
July 17, 2018 
The Structural Constraints of Entrepreneurship in Bahrain
Procedural reforms can further advance the development of start-ups in Bahrain, writes the author in this evaluation of the…
July 17, 2018