Transnational Commerce and Labor Flows
Tony Payan, director of the Baker Institute Mexico Center, testified on transnational labor flows and commerce at an April…
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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 Fourth Annual Undergraduate Public Policy Competition — Health Policy in the United States April 7, 2017
In September 2013, the Baker Institute Student Forum hosted its inaugural Undergraduate Public Policy Competition. This…
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 Science in Action: Advice on Convincing a Skeptical Public April 4, 2017
Scientists have the obligation to promote science as a public good worthy of taxpayers’ dollars. But how do they convince…
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 The Will to Lead: America’s Indispensable Role in the Global Fight for Freedom April 3, 2017
Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO secretary general and former prime minister of Denmark, discussed his latest book, “The…
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 
Israel, Syria and The Larger Middle East: From Rabin to the Present March 30, 2017
More than two decades have passed since the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, yet he remains an…