The Trump Administration, Trade and Energy
Ken Medlock, senior director of the Center for Energy Studies, explores how the Trump administration’s approach to…
November 1, 2017 3344 Results
Energy in Africa Promotes U.S. Economic and Security Interests
In testimony before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral…
November 1, 2017 
Freestanding Emergency Departments Preferentially Locate in Areas With Higher Household Income
The author determines that in 2016, freestanding emergency departments in Texas were more likely to be in areas that could…
October 31, 2017 
The Cost of Displacing Fossil Fuels: Some Evidence From Texas
Texas' ERCOT ISO is used as a model for examining the costs of replacing fossil fuels by wind generation and storage, and…
October 26, 2017 
The Moral Limits of the Market: Science Commercialization and Religious Traditions
The authors investigate whether stance of a religious tradition toward capitalism will help shape individual scientists’…
October 23, 2017 
Frac Ranching vs. Cattle Ranching: Exploring the Economic Motivations Behind Operator-surface Owner Conflicts Over Produced Water Recycling Projects
This issue brief examines how produced water recycling in Texas oilfields threatens landowners’ ability to earn revenue from…
October 17, 2017 
The Role of Public and Private Stakeholders in “Solving” Houston’s Flooding Problem
This paper addresses the role of both the private sector and the public sector in altering Houston’s current situation…
October 13, 2017 
Producing Sacredness and Defending Secularity: Faith in the Workplace of Taiwanese Scientists
Data from a survey of 892 scientists in Taiwan demonstrate that while scientists perceive religion and scientific research…
October 9, 2017 
Whose Authority? Perceptions of Science Education in Black and Latino Churches
Both black Americans and Latinos have concerns about science teachers being biased. Yet, the groups differ in their…
October 3, 2017 
Rising Together: A Roadmap to Confront Inequality in Houston
In early 2017, Mayor Sylvester Turner appointed Baker Institute fellow Quianta Moore to his newly created Task Force on…
September 30, 2017