Growth vs. Transactional Venture Capital in Houston, Texas
In this issue brief, the authors examine the amount of growth and transactional venture capital (VC) in Houston, finding the…
March 5, 2018 5522 Results
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Costa Ricans Vote on Sun. for New President The people of Costa Rica will face a dilemma when they vote for a new president on April 1, writes Erika de la Garza: In…
March 5, 2018 BP Energy Outlook 2018 March 2, 2018
The global energy landscape is changing. What are the key factors influencing the shift in the energy mix and the pace at…
Dynamic Estimates of the Macroeconomic Effects of the House Republican Tax Reform Blueprint
A numerical simulation of the macroeconomic effects of the House Republican Tax Reform plan, using the Diamond-Zodrow model…
March 1, 2018 
Apocalypse Now: Venezuela, Oil and Reconstruction
The outlook for the Venezuelan oil industry and the broader economic and political challenges facing the country are…
February 28, 2018 
Code Red: Venezuela’s Oil and Debt Crises
The economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela took a turn for the worse in the second half of 2017. Declines in oil…
February 28, 2018 America as a Natural Gas Exporter: Implications for Domestic and International Markets February 27, 2018
Charif Souki, co-founder of Tellurian and former CEO of Cheniere Energy Inc., visited the institute to discuss the…
Mexico Shifts Focus to Natural Gas
Since 2010, Mexico’s demand for natural gas has been accompanied by a decline in domestic production, making imports of this…
February 22, 2018 
Market Competition and Health Outcomes in Hemodialysis
This study examines whether market competition affects quality of care and health outcomes among patients receiving dialysis…
February 22, 2018 
What Can We Learn About Energy Access and Demand from Mobile-phone Surveys? Nine Findings From Twelve African Countries
The authors conducted mobile phone surveys on energy supply, demand and quality in 12 sub-Saharan African countries, finding…
February 20, 2018