Will COVID-19 Accelerate the Cashless Transition?
Driven by pandemic-related concerns, Americans are shifting away from cash toward digital payment transactions. Is COVID-19…
December 17, 2020 3349 Results
State Restrictions and the COVID-19 Death Rate
Researchers explore states' responses to the pandemic and a possible association between the strictness of lockdowns and the…
December 16, 2020 
What I Learned in 2020 December 15, 2020
In 2020, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, science went from being a niche topic only nerdy people like us follow, to a major…
Lessons From 2020: To Avoid Future Disasters, Improve Science Communication December 15, 2020
2020 will go down in history as a year of unprecedented natural disasters. Wildfires in California and Colorado were the…
COVID-19: Some Lessons Learned December 15, 2020
In a series of blogs, experts from the Science and Technology Program write about the lessons they learned as COVID-19…
Mexico Country Outlook 2021
What should businesses and investors know to successfully navigate Mexico's complicated economic, social and political…
December 15, 2020 
Financial Regulation After COVID-19
Our current economic situation is not permanent, and laws should not be altered based on the idea that domestic shutdown…
December 14, 2020 
Operating Reserve Demand Curve, Scarcity Pricing and Intermittent Generation: Lessons From the Texas ERCOT Experience
The ORDC has been proposed in some markets to solve the missing-money problem. The authors estimate the extent to which ORDC…
December 9, 2020 
Beyond the Rio Grande Water Debt
Stephen Mumme, nonresident scholar at the Center for the United States and Mexico, explores the recent Rio Grande water war…
December 8, 2020 
Mexican Consumption and the Economic Impact of the Coronavirus on Texas Border Counties
Jose Ivan Rodriguez-Sanchez, the postdoctoral research fellow in international trade for the Center for the U.S. and Mexico…
December 4, 2020