Tax Competition and the Efficiency of “Benefit-related” Business Taxes
The authors construct a tax competition model in which local governments finance business public services with either a…
March 21, 2019 3343 Results
The Aftermath of the Arab Spring Protests: What a Public Opinion Survey Tells Us
Fellow for the Middle East A.Kadir Yildirim and undergraduate intern Meredith McCain explore survey data on the goals…
March 21, 2019 
Constitutional Foundations of Military Coups
How does a country’s constitutional form of governance — specifically, if it is a presidential or parliamentary system —…
March 21, 2019 
Is There a Correlation Between Vapor Pressure and the Severity of Crude Oil Transportation Incidents?
Energy fellow Rachel A. Meidl examines federal and international efforts to assess the safe transport of crude oil by rail…
March 20, 2019 
Examining the Green New Deal
In this episode of the Policy Matters podcast, Michael Maher, senior program advisor for the Center for Energy Studies…
March 18, 2019 
Why mergers can impair patient care
Hospital consolidation and acquisition of physician practices theoretically make sense by creating economies of scale and…
March 15, 2019 
The 1944 U.S.-Mexico Water Treaty as a Constitutional Document
A 1944 U.S.-Mexico water treaty still in effect is one of the world’s finest examples of binational cooperation in managing…
March 14, 2019 
The New Guardians of Religion: Islam and Authority in the Middle East
Who speaks for Islam and who holds religious authority in the Middle East? These questions strike at the heart of the…
March 12, 2019 
Increasing Property Tax Accountability in the Digital Age
The author describes how Texas legislators can bring the power of the digital age to the property tax process.
March 8, 2019 
Mexico’s Historic Opportunity to Fight Corruption: Changes, Challenges, and Opportunities
For the first time in modern history, a confluence of events has given Mexico a real chance to combat systemic government…
March 8, 2019