Bush School graduate student and Texas Lyceum Research Fellow Rebekah Barfield presented her research on Infrastructure Consequences of Exurb Growth in Texas at the Texas Lyceum’s PubCon.
Mosbacher Institute News
Bush School Hosts Chief Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez for a Talk about the Border
On March 9, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted Gloria I. Chavez, Chief Patrol Agent of the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, to give a talk entitled “Securing America’s Border in Theory and Practice.” The event was part of The Other Side of the Border: Ties That Bind and […]
Former U.S. Trade Representative to Speak to the Bush School about U.S. Economic Diplomacy
Ambassador Robert Zoellick will speak at the annual ConocoPhillips White House Lecture at Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government & Public Service about U.S. economic diplomacy.
Speaker to Discuss Border Security in Theory and Practice
As chief patrol agent of the El Paso Sector, Gloria Chavez leads all Border Patrol enforcement operations along 264 border miles with Mexico that cover West Texas and southern New Mexico. She has management oversight of 11 stations, six permanent immigration checkpoints and three Forward Operating Bases encompassing approximately 125,500 square miles. On Wednesday, March […]
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady Speaks to the Bush School about USMCA
On February 23, 2022, the Mosbacher Institute’s Borders and Migration Program hosted U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, representative of the 8th District of Texas and the Republican Leader of the House Ways and Means Committee, to talk about the domestic and international challenges related to the negotiations of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) that updated the […]
U.S. Congressman to Speak at the Bush School about USMCA
U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady will speak at Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government & Public Service about the challenges of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady, who has served the Eighth District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives for the past 25 years, will be on campus to discuss “Negotiating the […]
Higher Electricity Efficiency through Better Consumer Price Information
This issue of The Takeaway explores a practical strategy for transitioning consumers away from the inefficiency and overuse of fixed-rate electricity plans. Fixed-rate electricity plans lead to less environmentally sound outcomes because they have no incentives for consumers to limit usage during peak times when electricity generation is very expensive. Dynamic rate plans offer monetary […]
Exploring the Broken Link between Trade Liberalization and Labor Markets in Egypt
Exports have contributed to rising incomes and falling poverty around the world, but for Egypt, rising exports have not translated into better outcomes for workers, which posed an interesting research question for Dr. Raymond Robertson, an economist at the Bush School of Government & Public Service and Director of the Mosbacher Institute. In the latest […]
Dallas Fed Senior Vice President Speaks about Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World
On December 2, 2021, the Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at Texas A&M University hosted a Conversation in Public Policy with Dr. Marc Giannoni, Senior Vice President and Director of Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, titled “Economic Challenges in a Post-COVID World: Inflation, Supply Chains, and Labor Markets.” Giannoni’s […]
Mosbacher Institute Releases Report on Migration and Trade and Apparel
The report includes recommendations on how to address the root causes of migration. The Mosbacher Institute for Trade, Economics, and Public Policy at the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University has released a report on migration and trade in Central America focusing on apparel. It addresses the root causes of […]
