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Working Papers

2025

1. Take the Load Off: Effort and Technology as Determinants of Electricity Demand Response
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Take the Load Off: Time and Technology as Determinants of Electricity Demand Response
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics

2024

3. Electric Vehicles and the Energy Transition: Unintended Consequences of a Common Retail Rate Design
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics (2024) View citations (2)
4. Electricity Market Design with Increasing Renewable Generation: Lessons From Alberta
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics

2023

5. Evaluating the Impact of Divestitures on Competition: Evidence from Alberta's Wholesale Electricity Market
   Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics View citations (9)
   See also Journal Article Evaluating the impact of divestitures on competition: Evidence from Alberta’s wholesale electricity market, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Elsevier (2023) View citations (2) (2023)
6. Show Me the Money! Incentives and Nudges to Shift Electric Vehicle Charge Timing
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
   Also in Working Papers, University of Alberta, Department of Economics (2023) View citations (5)

2018

7. Stretching the Duck's Neck: The effect of climate change on future electricity demand
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

2017

8. Location matters: daylight saving time and electricity use
   MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2025

1. Show Me the Money! A Field Experiment on Electric Vehicle Charge Timing
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2025, 17, (2), 259-84

2024

2. Market Design for the 21st Century: Recommendations for Alberta’s Power Market
   SPP Research Papers, 2024, 17, (02)

2023

3. Evaluating the impact of divestitures on competition: Evidence from Alberta’s wholesale electricity market
   International Journal of Industrial Organization, 2023, 89, (C) View citations (2)
   See also Working Paper Evaluating the Impact of Divestitures on Competition: Evidence from Alberta's Wholesale Electricity Market, Working Papers (2023) View citations (9) (2023)

2022

4. Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program: Design, results, and lessons learned
   Energy Policy, 2022, 171, (C) View citations (8)

2021

5. Make electric vehicles lighter to maximize climate and safety benefits
   Nature, 2021, 598, (7880), 254-256 View citations (17)

2020

6. Canadian Electricity Markets during the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Initial Assessment
   Canadian Public Policy, 2020, 46, (S2), S145-S159 View citations (20)
7. Misunderstanding Nonlinear Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment on Residential Electricity Demand
   American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2020, 12, (3), 433-61 View citations (19)
8. Paying for performance: The role of policy in energy storage deployment
   Energy Economics, 2020, 92, (C) View citations (3)
9. Stretching the Duck: How Rising Temperatures will Change the Level and Shape of Future Electricity Consumption
   The Energy Journal, 2020, 41, (5), 55-88
   Also in The Energy Journal, 2020, Volume 41, (Number 5), 55-88 (2020) View citations (6)

2019

10. Location matters: Daylight saving time and electricity demand
    Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, 2019, 52, (4), 1374-1400 View citations (5)
    Also in Canadian Journal of Economics, 2019, 52, (4), 1374-1400 (2019) View citations (5)
11. THE ROLE OF STORAGE IN ALBERTA’S ELECTRICITY MARKET: SUMMARY OF A SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY ROUNDTABLE EVENT
    SPP Briefing Papers, 2019, 12, (28)

2017

12. All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells
    C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2017, (492) View citations (7)

2016

13. Lifting the Hood on Alberta's Royalty Review
    SPP Briefing Papers, 2016, 9, (7)
14. The Challenge of Integrating Renewable Generation in the Alberta Electricity Market
    SPP Research Papers, 2016, 9, (25)