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Religion and Public Policy | Journal

Heaven and Health: How Black, Latino, and Korean Christians View the Relationship Between Faith and Health

The authors compare views on the relationship between faith and health for two groups that are overrepresented in American…

November 28, 2017

Latin America Initiative | Issue Brief

The Consequences of Preferential Trade Agreements: Lessons for U.S.-Latin America Trade Relations

While academic and popular debates tend to focus on differential benefits and costs of trade across countries or industries…

November 21, 2017

Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Working Paper

Nonlinear Taxation in an Economy With Heterogeneous Firms and Heterogeneous Households

In an economy with heterogeneous firms and heterogeneous consumers, the authors describe a general equilibrium where firm…

November 21, 2017

Center for Health Policy | Journal

Adherence to Treatment Guidelines and Survival for Older Patients With Stage II or III Colon Cancer in Texas From 2001 Through 2011

The authors examine adherence to treatment guidelines for colon cancer among elderly patients in Texas.

November 15, 2017

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

State-building, the Modernization of the Legal System, and Institutional Effectiveness in Mexico: Notes on the 2013–2014 Energy Reform

Nobody can ensure that the economic gamble underlying the 2013–2014 energy reform will achieve the desired or expected…

November 14, 2017

Center for Tax and Budget Policy | Research Paper

The Dynamic Effects of Eliminating or Curtailing the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction

The authors examine the potential dynamic fiscal effects of revising or completely eliminating the home mortgage interest…

November 6, 2017

Center for Energy Studies | Journal

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

Center for Energy Studies | Testimony

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

Center for Health Policy | Health Economics | Journal

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

Center for Energy Studies | Working Paper

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