Presentations
INVITED PRESENTATIONS:
2013
Tufts University: “Will Carbon
Prices Reduce Emissions in the US Electricity Industry? Evidence from the Shale
Gas Experience”, Fall.
International Industrial Organization
Conference: “Vertical Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence
from Electricity Markets,” Planned May 17.
Harvard University: “Spatial
and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric
Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” Planned May 1.
University of Maryland:
“Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for
Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” Planned April 18.
Resources for the Future:
“Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for
Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” Planned April 18.
Environmental Protection
Agency: “Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications
for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” Planned April 17.
Department of Justice:
“Vertical Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence from
Electricity Markets,” Planned April 16.
Princeton University: “Spatial
and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric
Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” April.
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Environmental and Energy Economics: “Spatial and Temporal
Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other
Electricity-Shifting Policies,” March.
Georgia Institute of
Technology: “Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions:
Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” March.
University of Tennessee at
Knoxville: “Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions:
Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” March.
Carnegie Mellon University:
“Vertical Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence from
Electricity Markets,” January.
Carnegie Mellon University:
“Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for
Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” January.
2012
University of Chicago:
“Vertical Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence from
Electricity Markets,” December.
University of Guelph: “Vertical
Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence from Electricity
Markets,” November.
Washington University in Saint
Louis: “Vertical Commitments and the Price Effects of Mergers: Evidence from
Electricity Markets,” November.
Lincoln Institute of Land
Policy: “Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of
Electricity Shortages,” October.
HEC Montreal, CIRPEE Conference
on Industrial Organization: “Vertical Position and Price Effects of Mergers in
Electricity Markets,” July.
University of California Energy
Institute: “How Stringent is the EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for
New Power Plants?” June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity in Marginal Emissions:
Implications for Electric Cars and other Electricity-Shifting Policies,” June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Vertical Position and Price Effects of Mergers in Electricity
Markets,” (presented with Jim Bushnell) June.
National Bureau of Economic
Research Climate Adaptation Conference: “Measuring Climatic Impacts on Energy
Expenditures: A Review of the Empirical Literature,” (presented with Max
Auffhammer) May.
Cornell Workshop on Energy
Policy and Environmental Economics: “Temporal and Spatial Heterogeneity in
Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and other
Electricity-Shifting Policies,” May.
Austin Electricity Conference:
“How Stringent is the EPA’s Proposed Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power
Plants?” April.
University of
2011
Yale University: “Do Local
Energy Prices and Regulation Affect the Geographic Concentration of Employment?
A Border Pairs Approach,” April.
University of Michigan: “How Do
Energy Prices, and Labor and Environmental Regulations
Affect Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression
Discontinuity Approach,” April.
University of Alberta: “How Do
Energy Prices, and Labor and Environmental Regulations
Affect Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression
Discontinuity Approach,” March.
American Economic Association
Meetings: “Vertical Targeting: Issues in Implementing Upstream versus
Downstream Regulation,” January.
American Economic Association
Meetings: “How Do Energy Prices, and Labor and
Environmental Regulations Affect Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression Discontinuity Approach,” January.
2010
Amherst College: “How Do Energy
Prices, and Labor and Environmental Regulations Affect
Local Manufacturing Employment Dynamics? A Regression
Discontinuity Approach,” December.
University of
National Bureau of Economic
Research Climate Conference, Washington DC: “Upstream versus Downstream
Implementation of Climate Policy,” May.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology:
“Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the European Carbon Market,”
April.
University of California Energy
Institute POWER Conference: “Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the
European Carbon Market,” March.
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Environmental and Energy Economics: “Costly Blackouts? Measuring
Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages,” March.
American Economic Association
Meetings: “Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the European Carbon
Market,” January.
American Economic Association
Meetings: “Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects
of Electricity Shortages,” January.
2009
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Industrial Organization: “Market Organization and Efficiency in
Electricity Markets,” July.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Firms’ Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event
Study of the EU Emission Trading Scheme,” (presented with Jim Bushnell and
Howard Chong) June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Energy Prices and Manufacturing Agglomeration,” (presented with
Matt Kahn) June.
Industry Studies Annual
Conference: “Market Organization and Efficiency in Electricity Markets,” May.
Environmental Defense Fund:
“Firms' Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event Study of the
EU Emission Trading Scheme,” (presented with Jim Bushnell) April.
International Industrial
Organization Conference: “Market Organization and Efficiency in Electricity
Markets,” April.
2008
University of California Energy
Institute: “Evaluating Emissions Trading Using a Nearest (Polluting) Neighbor
Estimator,” (presented with Meredith Fowlie and Stephen Holland) June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects
of Electricity Shortages,” June.
University of
California-Berkeley / University of California Energy Institute: “Market
Organization and Efficiency in Electricity Markets,” January.
2007
University of California Energy
Institute: “Market Organization and Efficiency in Electricity Markets,”
(presented with Matt White) June.
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Environmental Economics: “Averting Enforcement: Strategic Response to
the Threat of Environmental Regulation,” (presented with Nat Keohane) April.
2006
Resources for the Future:
“Averting Enforcement: Strategic Response to the Threat of Environmental
Regulation,” November.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Market Organization, Price Discovery, and Market Efficiency:
Empirical Evidence from Electricity Markets,” June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Nearest (Polluting) Neighbor Estimates: An Empirical Assessment of
the RECLAIM Market,” (presented with Meredith Fowlie and Stephen Holland) June.
Massachusetts Institute of
Technology: “Vertical Arrangements, Market Structure, and Competition: An
Analysis of
2005
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Environmental Economics: “A Discrete-Continuous Choice Model of
Climate Change Impacts on Energy,” August.
University of California Energy
Institute: “A Discrete-Continuous Choice Model of Climate Change Impacts on
Energy,” June.
Resources for the Future: “A
Discrete-Continuous Choice Model of Climate Change Impacts on Energy,” March.
2004
National Bureau of Economic Research,
Environmental Economics: “Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets: A
Study of Electricity Restructuring,” August.
University of California Energy
Institute: “The Political Economy and Environmental Effects of Realtime Pricing Adoption in Competitive Electricity
Markets,” (presented with Stephen Holland) June.
University of California Energy
Institute: “Prices vs. Quantities for Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly
Markets,” June.
International Industrial
Organization Conference: “Market Structure and Competition: A Cross-Market
Analysis of
International Industrial
Organization Conference: “Is Real-Time Pricing Green?:
The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Demand Variance,” (presented with
Stephen Holland) April.
National Bureau of Economic
Research, Industrial Organization: “Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly
Markets: A Study of Electricity Restructuring,” February.
American Economic Association
Meetings: “Vertical Integration in Restructured Electricity Markets: Measuring
Market Efficiency and Firm Conduct,” January.
2003
University of California Energy
Institute: “Raising Rivals’ Costs in the RECLAIM Permit Market,” (presented
with Meredith Fowlie and Stephen Holland) August.
University of California Energy
Institute POWER Conference: “Is Real-Time Pricing Green?:
The Environmental Impacts of Electricity Demand Variance,” March.
2002
World Congress of Environmental
and Resource Economists: “The Impact of Retail Rate Deregulation on Electricity
Consumption in
University of
California-Irvine: “Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets: A Study of
Electricity Restructuring,” June.
University of California Energy
Institute POWER Conference: “Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets: A
Study of Electricity Restructuring,” March.
Resources for the Future:
“Environmental Regulation in Oligopoly Markets: A Study of Electricity
Restructuring,” January.
University of
Indiana-Bloomington,
2001
Electric Utilities
Environmental Conference: “Environmental Implications of Market Power in
Wholesale Electricity Markets: Examining the
1999
National Atmospheric Deposition
Program, Technical Committee Meeting: “The Environmental Effects of SO2
Trading and Banking,” October.
Electric Utilities
Environmental Conference: “The Environmental Effects of SO2 Trading
and Banking,” January.
DISCUSSANT:
2012 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Environmental and Energy Economics Summer Meetings,
Cambridge, MA
2011 Green Building, the Economy,
and Public Policy Conference, Maastricht, Netherlands
2011 Allied Social Science
Association Meetings, AEA Session, Denver, CO
2010 National Bureau of
Economic Research Climate Conference, Washington DC
2009 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Environmental and Energy Economics Spring Meetings,
Cambridge, MA
2007 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Environmental and Energy Economics Summer Meetings,
Cambridge, MA
2007 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Industrial Organization Summer Meetings,
2007 Allied Social Science
Association Meetings, TPUG Session,
2006 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Industrial Organization Summer Meetings,
2006 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Environmental Economics Spring Meetings,
2006 Allied Social Science
Association Meetings, CSWEP Session,
2005 National Bureau of
Economic Research, Regulation Conference,
2005 University of California
Energy Institute POWER Conference,
2004 International Industrial
Organization Conference,
2004 Allied Social Science
Association Meetings, TPUG Session,
2002 World Congress of
Environmental and Resource Economists,