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Working Papers

2006

1. Efficient bidding for hydro power plants in markets for energy and ancillary services
   Working Papers, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

2004

2. CAFE Increases: Missing the Elephant in the Living Room
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (1)

2003

3. The Economics of CAFE Reconsidered: A Response to CAFE Critics and A Case for Fuel Economy Standards
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (5)

2002

4. Estimating the Hidden Costs of Environmental Regulation
   Working Papers, U.S. Census Bureau, Center for Economic Studies View citations (7)

1996

5. Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation: A Statement of Principles
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (18)
6. Is There a Role for Benefit-Cost Analysis in Environmental, Health, and Safety Regulation?
   Working paper, Regulation2point0 View citations (28)
   See also Journal Article in Environment and Development Economics (1997)

Journal Articles

2012

1. Preparing for smart grid technologies: A behavioral decision research approach to understanding consumer expectations about smart meters
   Energy Policy, 2012, 41, (C), 790-797

2010

2. Optimizing transmission from distant wind farms
   Energy Policy, 2010, 38, (6), 2806-2815 View citations (1)

2008

3. Impacts of Responsive Load in PJM: Load Shifting and Real Time Pricing
   The Energy Journal, 2008, Volume 29, (Number 2), 101-122 View citations (1)
4. The Real Problem with Merchant Transmission
   The Electricity Journal, 2008, 21, (2), 9-19

2007

5. A Quantitative Analysis of the Relationship Between Congestion and Reliability in Electric Power Networks
   The Energy Journal, 2007, Volume 28, (Number 4), 73-100 View citations (4)
6. Demand Response and Electricity Market Efficiency
   The Electricity Journal, 2007, 20, (3), 69-85 View citations (6)
7. Deregulation/Restructuring Part I: Reregulation Will Not Fix the Problems
   The Electricity Journal, 2007, 20, (8), 9-22 View citations (1)
8. Deregulation/Restructuring Part II: Where Do We Go From Here?
   The Electricity Journal, 2007, 20, (9), 10-23 View citations (1)
9. The Aging Workforce: Electricity Industry Challenges and Solutions
   The Electricity Journal, 2007, 20, (2), 71-80
10. The long-term life cycle private and external costs of high coal usage in the US
    Energy Policy, 2007, 35, (12), 6225-6234 View citations (1)

2006

11. Lessons from the Failure of U.S. Electricity Restructuring
    The Electricity Journal, 2006, 19, (2), 15-32 View citations (3)
12. Planning for natural disasters in a stochastic world
    Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, 2006, 33, (1), 117-130 View citations (3)
13. The authors respond
    The Electricity Journal, 2006, 19, (5), 4-6

2004

14. Rethinking Electricity Deregulation
    The Electricity Journal, 2004, 17, (8), 11-26 View citations (2)

2003

15. Cascading Failures: Survival versus Prevention
    The Electricity Journal, 2003, 16, (9), 25-31 View citations (1)

2002

16. Market Power in Deregulated Wholesale Electricity Markets: Issues in Measurement and the Cost of Mitigation
    The Electricity Journal, 2002, 15, (9), 11-24 View citations (3)
17. Risk-based decision analysis in support of precautionary policies
    Journal of Risk Research, 2002, 5, (4), 391-417

1998

18. Perceiving and managing business risks: differences between entrepreneurs and bankers
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1998, 33, (2), 207-225 View citations (33)

1997

19. Is there a role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, and safety regulation?
    Environment and Development Economics, 1997, 2, (02), 195-221 View citations (30)
    See also Working Paper (1996)

1996

20. A free lunch at higher CAFE? A review of economic, environmental and social benefits
    Energy Policy, 1996, 24, (3), 253-264 View citations (3)
21. How Many Kilowatts are in a Negawatt? Verifying Ex Post Estimates of Utility Conservation Impacts at the Regional Level
    The Energy Journal, 1996, Volume17, (Number 4), 59-87 View citations (6)

1991

22. Formulating Greenhouse Policies in a Sea of Uncertainty
    The Energy Journal, 1991, Volume 12, (Number 1), 9-22 View citations (7)

1990

23. In search of safety: Chemicals and cancer risk, by John D. Graham, Laura C. Green, and Marc J. Roberts. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1988, 260 pp. Price: $59.75 cloth
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1990, 9, (1), 110-113
24. Technology and politics, edited by Michael E. Kraft and Norman J. Vig. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1988,358 pp. Price: $59.75 cloth. $17.95 paper
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1990, 9, (1), 108-110
25. The risk professionals, by Thomas M. Dietz and Robert W. Rycroft. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 1987, 153 pp. Price: $8.95 paper
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1990, 9, (1), 113-114

1989

26. Lead as a public health problem: Is it overestimated?
    Journal of Health Economics, 1989, 8, (2), 247-250

1987

27. The greenhouse effect: What government actions are needed?
    Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987, 7, (3), 460-470 View citations (4)

1984

28. Controlling Contradictions among Regulations
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (3), 471-75 View citations (6)

1983

29. Viscusi's Risk by Choice: Regulating Health and Safety in the Workplace
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1983, 14, (2), 607-610 View citations (1)

1982

30. Mitigating Strategies for Carbon Dioxide Problems
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 257-61 View citations (1)
31. The Cost of Automobile Safety and Emissions Regulation to the Consumer: Some Preliminary Results
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (2), 324-27
32. The health effects of air pollution: A reanalysis
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1982, 12, (3), 346-376 View citations (4)

1980

33. Helium: Investments in the Future
    Bell Journal of Economics, 1980, 11, (2), 617-630 View citations (1)

1978

34. Energy and Economic Growth: Discussion
    American Economic Review, 1978, 68, (2), 128-30

1977

35. Dynamic aspects of air quality control costs
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1977, 4, (4), 313-334
36. Highway congestion and congestion tolls
    Journal of Urban Economics, 1977, 4, (3), 340-359 View citations (6)
37. Tolls: Efficiency and Equity Issues for Inland Waterways
    Management Science, 1977, 23, (8), 811-819

1970

38. Hospital Cost Functions
    American Economic Review, 1970, 60, (3), 379-95 View citations (9)

1968

39. Congestion, Tolls, and the Economic Capacity of a Waterway
    Journal of Political Economy, 1968, 76, 375 View citations (2)

Undated

40. Residential and Regional Electricity Consumption in the U.S. and EU: How Much Will Higher Prices Reduce CO2 Emissions?
    The Electricity Journal, 24, (1), 21-29 View citations (4)

Chapters

1989

1. The economics of health, safety, and environmental regulation
   Chapter 26 in Handbook of Industrial Organization, 1989, vol. 2, pp 1507-1550 View citations (9)

1975

2. Acute Relationships Among Daily Mortality, Air Pollution, and Climate
   A chapter in Economic Analysis of Environmental Problems, 1975, pp 325-350 View citations (1)