Modeling U.S. and Foreign Multinationals in an OLG-CGE Model
In this working paper, fellow John Diamond and Rice faculty scholar George Zodrow describe the Diamond-Zodrow model, which…
December 9, 2015 5516 Results
Women in STEM in the Middle East and North Africa December 7, 2015
Women in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have made remarkable strides in education, but they remain grossly…
Summary: Water and Energy Workshop
This paper summarizes the presentations and discussions at May 14, 2015, workshop on water-energy interdependence and…
December 7, 2015 
Robust Dynamic Energy Use and Climate Change
This working paper studies optimal taxation in a dynamic stochastic economy in which there is uncertainty about the effects…
December 4, 2015 Egyptian Liberals at a Crossroad December 3, 2015
The world watched in 2011 as an uprising in Egypt ousted the autocratic regime of Hosni Mubarak and appeared to open the…
Making HIV Testing Routine
Why don't physicians talk to their patients about recommended HIV screening tests?
December 3, 2015 
Edward P. Djerejian Center for the Middle East | Women’s Rights, Human Rights, and Refugees | Issue Brief
Contraceptive Choice Among Women in the Middle East Modern contraceptive methods, such as condoms, can be stigmatized in Middle Eastern culture due to their perceived…
December 3, 2015 Cross-Examining History: An Interview with James A. Baker, III, by Talmage Boston December 2, 2015
James A. Baker, III, was recognized as “the man who made Washington work” while serving under Presidents Ronald Reagan and…
From Forrest Gump to General Patton: An Evening with Winston Groom December 1, 2015
Best known as the author of the acclaimed novel “Forrest Gump,” Winston Groom is also a noted historian and Vietnam veteran…
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Social Conflicts and Environmental Liabilities in Peru Social unrest over the extraction of Peru’s natural resources has increasingly heightened, as evident in the intensity of…
December 1, 2015