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Center for Health Policy | Health Economics | Journal

Can Postoperative Process of Care Utilization or Complication Rates Explain the Volume-cost Relationship for Cancer Surgery?

Higher costs for complex cancer surgery may be an indicator for worse, rather than better, quality of care, according to new…

April 21, 2017

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Issue Brief

Managing the U.S.-Mexico Border First Requires Defining It

A universally agreed-upon definition of the U.S.-Mexico border region is elusive, to say the least. The boundaries vary…

April 20, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Journal

Climate Change and Fossil Fuel: An Examination of Risks for the Energy Industry and Producer States

Krane finds that the coal industry is at greater risk of being targeted by climate-related regulation amid decreasing social…

April 18, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Issue Brief

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

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Research Paper

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

Texas Politics | Research Paper

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

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Testimony

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

Center for Energy Studies | Journal

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

Claudio X. González Center for the US and Mexico | Research Paper

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

Center for Energy Studies | Research Paper

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