A Sector in Transition: Transportation in the 21st Century January 23, 2018
Globally, the transportation sector is responsible for just over a quarter of total energy use. It is also a significant…
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Anti-Qatar Embargo Grinds Toward Strategic Failure
The list of 13 demands presented in June 2017 by Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates suggests a…
January 22, 2018 
Latin America Initiative | Commentary
Corruption, Impeachment and a Pardon: A Political Crisis in Peru Days after Peru's Congress nearly impeached the country's president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, he pardoned his authoritarian…
January 18, 2018 
Employment Among Patients Starting Dialysis in the United States
Nonresident scholar Kevin Erickson is a co-author of a study that examined trends in employment among patients initiating…
January 18, 2018 
Measuring Female Labor Force Participation in the GCC
This brief explores how a quirk in the measurement of women’s labor force participation and the demographic peculiarities of…
January 18, 2018 Side Effects and Complications: The Economic Consequences of Health Care Reform January 17, 2018
Due to inclement weather in the Houston area, Rice University will be closed on Wednesday, January 17. This event has been…
A Primer on Gross Receipts Taxes
At least four states are currently considering a gross receipts tax (GRT) to improve revenues, yet Texas legislators have…
January 9, 2018 
Geopolitical Dimensions of U.S. Oil Security
The United States appears less exposed to geopolitical risks affecting its oil supply than at any time since the early 1970s…
January 4, 2018 
Capuano Sworn in as EIA Admin.
Linda Capuano, former fellow in energy technology, has been sworn in as administrator of the Energy Information…
December 21, 2017 
Top 100 U.S. Startup Cities in 2016
This report uses data to examine venture capital investment in the United States for 2016 and generate a ranking for the top…
December 21, 2017