Diamond, John W.2016-10-052016-10-05Diamond, John W.. "Houston’s Pension Shortfall: Implications of Basic Pension Analysis." (2016) James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy: <a href="http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/houstons-pension-shortfall-implications-basic-pension-analysis/">http://www.bakerinstitute.org/research/houstons-pension-shortfall-implications-basic-pension-analysis/</a>.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/91684Houston’s pension funds are in financial trouble and pose a significant risk to the financial health of the city. In this paper, public finance fellow John Diamond analyzes a subset of the city's pension plans: the defined benefit plan. A version of the paper appeared as an appendix to a report on the financial state of Houston's pensions by Rice University's Kinder Institute.eng