U.S. Oil Producers’ Resilience Will Likely Force OPEC to Sustain Cuts
OPEC may opt to continue or deepen its oil production cuts at its upcoming May meeting, as a growing number of highly…
April 17, 2017 3351 Results
Mexican Entrepreneurial Migration to the United States: Open Questions, Policy Challenges
The migration of high-skilled professionals from Mexico to the U.S. has myriad impacts, economic and otherwise. The author…
April 13, 2017 
The Texas Voter ID Law and the 2016 Election: A Study of Harris County and Congressional District 23
Confusion over the Texas' voter I.D. law may have kept some people from casting a ballot in the 2016 elections, even though…
April 10, 2017 
Transnational Commerce and Labor Flows
Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Mexico Center, testified on transnational labor flows and commerce at an April…
April 10, 2017 
Welfare Implications of Capacity Payments in a Price-capped Electricity Sector: A Case Study of the Texas Market (ERCOT)
Scholar Raúl Bajo Buenestado examines the consumer welfare consequences of introducing capacity payments in the electricity…
April 8, 2017 
Coordination of the Regulators of the Hydrocarbon Sector: Is It Optimal for the Rule of Law?
One of the goals of Mexico's energy reform was to create a regulatory system that would foster competition in a very complex…
April 5, 2017 
Iran’s Looming Water Bankruptcy
Iran is on the brink of “water bankruptcy” in large part because the Iranian government’s aspirations for wheat self…
April 4, 2017 
Innovation as an Imperative for the Mexican Oil Industry Post Energy Reform
An intrinsic element of Mexico's 2013-2014 energy reform was the promise that transfers of technology required to exploit…
April 3, 2017 
The Double-edged Sword: Guanxi and Science Ethics in Academic Physics in the People’s Republic of China
As China continues to open up to the transnational circulation of labor, ideas, technology and capital under globalization…
March 31, 2017 
Axelrod, Rove to Lead Presidential Elections Conference
Two of America’s premier political consultants, David Axelrod and Karl Rove, will serve as honorary directors of the first…
March 24, 2017