What Caused the Post-crisis Decline in Bank Lending?
Despite the period of very low interest rates since the 2008 financial crisis, bank lending has failed to recover. In this…
January 10, 2019 5522 Results
Recent Developments on the E.U.’s Digital Tax Proposal
This report reviews several fundamental challenges in cross-border taxation of the digital economy and presents recent…
January 9, 2019 
Electricity Reform and Retail Pricing in Texas
Reforms enacted by the Texas Legislature have allowed Texans to choose their own electricity provider since 2002. In this…
January 5, 2019 
When the Grid Was the Grid: The History of North America’s Brief Coast-to-Coast Interconnected Machine
Nonresident scholar Julie Cohn explores the history of the giant interconnecting machine that linked the majority of power…
December 28, 2018 
Policy Support for Biochar: Review and Recommendations
The authors examine the role that government policy can play in accelerating production and use of biochar at commercial…
December 21, 2018 
Energy and Politics in the Persian Gulf
As Persian Gulf countries consider a future in which hydrocarbons play a smaller role in their economies, much of the Arab…
December 19, 2018 
Borders on the Rise: The Unintended Evolutionary Consequences of Border Barriers on Natural Populations
The authors show that border barriers can have unintended but important biological consequences for biodiversity by, for…
December 19, 2018 
Misconceptions and Limited Awareness of Chagas Disease in Texas Among Surveyed Houston Physicians
An exploratory study of Houston physicians revealed a general lack of awareness about the presence of Chagas disease in…
December 18, 2018 
A Look at the Process of Formulating and Implementing Public Policies in Honduras, and Its Key Players
Over a decade ago, the Inter-American Development Bank led an in-depth analysis of eight South American countries that…
December 18, 2018 
Capstone Conference Report: Building Pluralistic and Inclusive States Post-Arab Spring
On Sept. 13, 2018, Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy and George Washington University’s Project on Middle…
December 18, 2018