Latin American Energy and Politics
Latin America represents the largest energy resource base outside of the Middle East. The region’s vast energy resources —…
May 25, 2023 3334 Results
Stock buyback taxes could do more harm than good, argue Baker Institute experts May 25, 2023
HOUSTON – (May 25, 2023) – The idea that stock buybacks are a manipulation by executives to benefit themselves at the…
More Humane Immigration Policies Will Reduce Migrant Trauma: A Conversation with Dr. Alfonso Mercado
Hostile immigration enforcement policies and anti-immigrant actions against refugees and asylum seekers are causing trauma…
May 25, 2023 Understanding Stock Buybacks — Should We Tax Them?
This report examines how and why corporations buy back shares and whether an excise tax on share buybacks is efficient.
May 23, 2023 
A Pricing Mechanism to Jointly Mitigate Market Power and Environmental Externalities May 23, 2023
By Lamia Varawala, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, György Dán, Derek Bunn and Juan Rosellón
Abstract
The electricity industry…
Houston, a Microcosm of America’s Demographic Future
Houston is the most ethnically diverse city in the U.S. It has been called a “microcosm of America’s future” based on its…
May 18, 2023 
World Bank Group president to discuss geoeconomic challenges at Baker Institute May 18, 2023
HOUSTON – (May 18, 2023) – David Malpass, World Bank Group president, will speak at a May 22 event hosted by Rice University…
War Rooms and Bailouts: How Banks and the Fed are Preparing for a U.S. Default
Convening war rooms, planning speedy bailouts and raising "house-on-fire" alarm bells: Those are a few of the ways the…
May 16, 2023 
US LNG Exports: Supply, Siting and Bottlenecks
As global energy markets continue their inexorable transition to a lower GHG future, sources of energy supply that are…
May 16, 2023 
Governing Parties Prevail In 4 Argentine Mining & Petro Province Election May 16, 2023
On May 7 and May 14, the respective governing parties in the Argentine provinces of Jujuy, La Pampa, Salta and Tierra del…