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Working Papers

2024

1. Mass Reproducibility and Replicability: A New Hope
   I4R Discussion Paper Series, The Institute for Replication (I4R) View citations (4)

2023

2. Yellow Vests, Pessimistic Beliefs, and Carbon Tax Aversion (2022): A Comment
   I4R Discussion Paper Series, The Institute for Replication (I4R)

2022

3. Intermittency or Uncertainty? Impacts of Renewable Energy in Electricity Markets
   CESifo Working Paper Series, CESifo View citations (2)

2021

4. Groundwater and Crop Choice in the Short and Long Run
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (4)

2019

5. Panel Data and Experimental Design
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (16)
   Also in MetaArXiv, Center for Open Science (2017) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Panel data and experimental design, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2017

6. Linking Carbon Markets with Different Initial Conditions
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   See also Journal Article Linking carbon markets with different initial conditions, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2023) View citations (1) (2023)

2014

7. Designing by Degrees: Flexibility and Cost-Effectiveness in Climate PolicyAbstract: Substantially reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from electricity production will require a transformation of the resources used to produce power. This paper analyzes the economic consequences of a suite of different flexible and comprehensive policies to reduce CO2 emissions from the power sector, including a carbon tax, a tradable emissions rate performance standard, and two versions of a clean energy standard (CES). A technology-based CES can bring about substantial reductions in CO2 emissions but would neglect to harvest some economic reductions because it fails to affect decisions at three margins, including emissions rate heterogeneity in the natural gas and coal generation fleets and electricity demand reductions. Natural gas emissions rate heterogeneity can be addressed by crediting clean generation based on emissions rates instead of technology. Coal emissions rate heterogeneity can be addressed by altering the policy to credit all generators instead of just a subset. Demand reductions can be harvested by removing the subsidy component of the policy and allowing retail electricity prices to rise. Harvesting emissions abatement on all three margins saves about 40 percent of the discounted cumulative economic welfare costs of a technology-based CES through 2035, although the distributional implications are different. All of the policies result in substantial increases in social welfare.Classification-JEL: Q42, Q48, Q54, Q58
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2013

8. Economic Ideas for a Complex Climate Policy Regime
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (6)
   See also Journal Article Economic ideas for a complex climate policy regime, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (6) (2013)
9. Linking by Degrees: Incremental Alignment of Cap-and-Trade Markets
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (33)
10. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards Analysis Deconstructed: Changing Assumptions, Changing Results
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
11. Technology Flexibility and Stringency for Greenhouse Gas Regulations
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (6)

2012

12. Secular Trends, Environmental Regulation, and Electricity Markets
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (9)
13. US Status on Climate Change Mitigation
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (6)

2011

14. Federal Policies for Renewable Electricity: Impacts and Interactions
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (40)
    See also Journal Article Federal policies for renewable electricity: Impacts and interactions, Energy Policy, Elsevier (2011) View citations (39) (2011)
15. Modeling a Clean Energy Standard for Electricity: Policy Design Implications for Emissions, Supply, Prices, and Regions
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Modeling a clean energy standard for electricity: Policy design implications for emissions, supply, prices, and regions, Energy Economics, Elsevier (2013) View citations (8) (2013)
16. Retail Electricity Price Savings from Compliance Flexibility in GHG Standards for Stationary Sources
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article Retail electricity price savings from compliance flexibility in GHG standards for stationary sources, Energy Policy, Elsevier (2012) View citations (11) (2012)
17. Supply Curves for Conserved Electricity
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)

Journal Articles

2023

1. Linking carbon markets with different initial conditions
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 119, (C) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Linking Carbon Markets with Different Initial Conditions, RFF Working Paper Series (2017) (2017)

2020

2. Panel data and experimental design
   Journal of Development Economics, 2020, 144, (C) View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Panel Data and Experimental Design, NBER Working Papers (2019) View citations (16) (2019)

2016

3. Flexibility and Stringency in Greenhouse Gas Regulations
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2016, 63, (2), 225-248 View citations (2)

2015

4. INCENTIVES, MARGINS, AND COST EFFECTIVENESS IN COMPREHENSIVE CLIMATE POLICY FOR THE POWER SECTOR
   Climate Change Economics (CCE), 2015, 06, (04), 1-27 View citations (6)

2014

5. Analysis of the Bingaman clean energy standard proposal
   Resource and Energy Economics, 2014, 36, (1), 113-129 View citations (4)

2013

6. Economic ideas for a complex climate policy regime
   Energy Economics, 2013, 40, (S1), S24-S31 View citations (6)
   See also Working Paper Economic Ideas for a Complex Climate Policy Regime, RFF Working Paper Series (2013) View citations (6) (2013)
7. Modeling a clean energy standard for electricity: Policy design implications for emissions, supply, prices, and regions
   Energy Economics, 2013, 36, (C), 108-124 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Modeling a Clean Energy Standard for Electricity: Policy Design Implications for Emissions, Supply, Prices, and Regions, RFF Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (6) (2011)
8. Reliability in the U.S. electricity industry under new environmental regulations
   Energy Policy, 2013, 62, (C), 1078-1091 View citations (11)

2012

9. Cost-effectiveness and Economic Incidence of a Clean Energy Standard
   Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, 2012, Volume 1, (Number 3) View citations (12)
10. Retail electricity price savings from compliance flexibility in GHG standards for stationary sources
    Energy Policy, 2012, 42, (C), 67-77 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Retail Electricity Price Savings from Compliance Flexibility in GHG Standards for Stationary Sources, RFF Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (5) (2011)

2011

11. Federal policies for renewable electricity: Impacts and interactions
    Energy Policy, 2011, 39, (7), 3975-3991 View citations (39)
    See also Working Paper Federal Policies for Renewable Electricity: Impacts and Interactions, RFF Working Paper Series (2011) View citations (40) (2011)
12. Strategies for Mitigating Climate Change Through Energy Efficiency: the RFF Haiku Electricity Market Model
    The Energy Journal, 2011, Volume 32, (Special Issue)

Software Items

2021

1. PCPANEL: Stata module to perform power calculations for randomized experiments with panel data, allowing for arbitrary serial correlation
   Statistical Software Components, Boston College Department of Economics