JAMES BUSHNELL
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Journal Publications

The End of Neutrality: Fuel Standards, Technology Neutrality, and Stimulating the Electric Vehicle Market

CO-AUTHORS
David Rapson, Erich Muehlegger,
​and Julie Witcover.
JOURNAL
Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy,
​Vol 13, No.1
YEAR
2023

Do Two Electricity Pricing Wrongs Make a Right?: Cost Recovery, Efficiency and Externalities

CO-AUTHOR
Severin Borenstein
JOURNAL
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Vol 14, No. 4.
YEAR
2022

Headwinds and Tailwinds: Implications of Inefficient Retail Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution

CO-AUTHOR
Severin Borenstein
JOURNAL
Energy and Environmental Policy and the Economy
Vol 3
YEAR
2022

Food vs. Fuel? Impacts of Petroleum Shipments on Agricultural Prices

CO-AUTHORS
​
Jonathan Hughes and Aaron Smith
JOURNAL
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 9, No. 1
YEAR
2022
Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use
CO-AUTHORS
Fiona Burlig, David Rapson, and Catherine Wolfram
JOURNAL
American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings.
Vol 111, pp. 430-435.
YEAR
2021

Setting with the Sun: The Impacts of Renewable Energy on Wholesale Power Markets

CO-AUTHOR
Kevin Novan
JOURNAL
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol.8, No. 4, pp. 759-796.
YEAR
2021

Expecting the Unexpected: Policy Choice and Emissions Market Design

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein, Frank Wolak, and Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins
JOURNAL
American Economic Review. ​Vol 109, No. 11
YEAR
2019

Fuel Subsidy Pass Through and Market Structure: Evidence from
​the Renewable Fuel Standard.

CO-AUTHORS
Gabe Lade
JOURNAL
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 6, No. 3
YEAR
2019

(Overly) Great Expectations: Carbon Pricing and Revenue Uncertainty in California

  
JOURNAL
National Tax Journal
YEAR
2017

​State-level Strategic Policy Choice: The EPA’s Clean Power Plan

CO-AUTHORS
Stephen Holland, Jon Hughes, and Chris Knittel
JOURNAL
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
YEAR
2017

Rethinking Trade Exposure: The Incidence of Environmental Charges in the Nitrogenous Fertilizer Industry

CO-AUTHORS
Jacob Humber
JOURNAL
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Vol. 4, No. 3
YEAR
2017

Reforming the US Coal Leasing Program

CO-AUTHORS
Kenneth Gillingham; Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone, Alan Krupnick, Charles Kolstad, Adele Morris, Richard Schmalensee, James Stock
JOURNAL
Science, Vol. 354: 1096-1098.
YEAR
2016

An Economic Perspective on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein, Lucas Davis, Michael Greenstone, Meredith Fowlie, Lawrence Goulder, Matthew Kotchen, Charles Kolstad, Christopher Knittel, Robert Stavins, Michael Wara, Frank Wolak, Catherine Wolfram
JOURNAL
Science, Vol. 346, No. 6211: 815-816.
YEAR
​
2014

The U.S. Electricity Industry after 20 Years of Reconstructing

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein
JOURNAL
Annual Review of Economics. Vol 7: 437-463.
YEAR
2015

Downstream Regulation of CO2 Emissions in California's Electricity Sector

CO-AUTHORS
Yishu Chen and Matt Zaragoza
JOURNAL
Energy Policy.  64: 313-323.
YEAR
2014

Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the EU Carbon Market

CO-AUTHORS
Howard Chong and Erin Mansur
JOURNAL
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy. Volume 5, Issue 4.
YEAR
2013

Nation-Wide Transmission Overlay Design and Benefits Assessment for the U.S.

CO-AUTHORS
Venkat Krishnan, James D McCalley, and Santiago Lemos
JOURNAL
Energy Policy. 56: 221-232. 
YEAR
2013

Regulation, Allocation and Leakage in Cap-and-Trade Markets for CO2

CO-AUTHORS
Yishu Chen
JOURNAL
Resource and Energy Economics 34.4 (2012): 647-668
YEAR
2012

Enforcement of Vintage Differentiated Regulations: The Case of New Source Review

CO-AUTHORS
Catherine Wolfram
JOURNAL
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management. Volume 64. Issue 1
YEAR
2012

Vertical Targeting and Leakage in Carbon Policy

CO-AUTHORS
Erin Mansur
JOURNAL
American Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, Volume 101, Issue 2
YEAR
2011

Upstream vs. Downstream CO2 Trading: A Comparison for the Electricity Context

CO-AUTHORS
Ben Hobbs and Frank Wolak
JOURNAL
Energy Policy. 38(7), pages 3632-3643
YEAR
2010

When it comes to Demand Response is FERC its own worst enemy?

CO-AUTHORS
Ben Hobbs and Frank Wolak
JOURNAL
The Electricity Journal
YEAR
2009

Local Solutions to Global Problems: Climate Change Policy Choice and Regulatory Jurisdiction

CO-AUTHORS
Carla Peterman and Catherine Wolfram
JOURNAL
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Vol 2, pp. 175-193
YEAR
2008

Implementation of California AB 32 and its Impact on Electricity Markets

JOURNAL
Climate Policy. Vol. 8, pp. 277-292
YEAR
2008

Vertical Arrangements, Market Structure and Competition: An analysis of Restructured U.S. Electricity Markets

CO-AUTHORS
Erin Mansur and Celeste Saravia
JOURNAL
American Economic Review. Vol. 98, No. 1
YEAR
2008

Oligopoly Equilibria in Electricity Contract Markets

JOURNAL
Journal of Regulatory Economics. Vol. 32: 225-245
YEAR
2008

Inefficiencies and Market Power in Financial Arbitrage: A Study of California's Electricity Markets

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein, Christopher R. Knittel, and Catherine Wolfram
JOURNAL
Journal of Industrial Economics. Vol. 56, No. 2
YEAR
2008

Electricity Resource Adequacy: Matching Policies and Goals

JOURNAL
The Electricity Journal
YEAR
2005

Consumption under noisy price signals: a study of electricity retail rate deregulation in San Diego

CO-AUTHORS
Erin Mansur
JOURNAL
Journal of Industrial Economics. Vol 53, No. 4: 493-513
YEAR
2005

California's Electricity Crisis: a market apart?

JOURNAL
Energy Policy, Vol. 32: 1045-1052
YEAR
2004

A Mixed Complementarity Model of Hydro-Thermal Electricity Competition in the Western U.S.

JOURNAL
Operations Research. Vol. 51, No. 1: 81-93
YEAR
2003

Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Wholesale Electricity Industry

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein and Frank Wolak
JOURNAL
American Economic Review. Vol. 92, No. 5: 1376-1405
YEAR
2002

Electricity Restructuring: Deregulation or Reregulation?

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein
JOURNAL
Regulation, Vol. 23, No. 2
YEAR
2000

The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein and Steven Stoft
JOURNAL
Rand Journal of Economics, Vol 31, No. 2
YEAR
2000

Transmission Rights and Market Power

JOURNAL
The Electricity Journal
YEAR
1999

An Empirical Analysis of the Potential for Market Power in California's Electricity Market

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein
JOURNAL
Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol 47, No. 3
YEAR
1999

Market Power in Electricity Markets, Beyond Concentration Measures

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein and Christopher Knittel
JOURNAL
The Energy Journal, Vol. 20, No. 4
YEAR
1999

Transmission Pricing in California's Proposed Electricity Market

CO-AUTHORS
Shmuel Oren
JOURNAL
Utilities Policy, Vol. 16, No. 3
YEAR
1997

Improving Private Incentives for Electric Grid Investment

CO-AUTHORS
Steven Stoft
JOURNAL
Resource & Energy Economics. Vol. 19, No. 1-2
YEAR
1997

Market Power in California Electricity Markets

CO-AUTHORS
Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Edward Kahn, and Steven Stoft
JOURNAL
Utilities Policy, Vol 5, No. 3-4
YEAR
1996

Electric Grid Investment: Can a Market do the Job?

CO-AUTHORS
Steven Stoft
JOURNAL
Electricity Journal. Vol. 9, No. 1
YEAR
1996

Electric Grid Investment Under a Contract Network Regime

CO-AUTHORS
Steven Stoft
JOURNAL
Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 10, No.1
YEAR
1996

Internal Auctions for the Efficient Sourcing of Intermediate Products

CO-AUTHORS
Schmuel Oren
JOURNAL
Journal of Operations Management, Vol. 12:311-320
YEAR
1995

A Guide to the Blue Book: Issues in California's Electric Industry restructuring and Regulatory Reform

CO-AUTHORS
Carl Blumstein
JOURNAL
The Electricity Journal, Vol. 7, No. 7
YEAR
1994

Incentive Effects of Environmental Adders in Electric Power Auctions

CO-AUTHORS
Schmuel Oren
JOURNAL
The Energy Journal, Vol. 15, No. 3
YEAR
1994

Bidder Cost Revelation in Electric Power Auctions

CO-AUTHORS
Shmuel Oren
JOURNAL
​Journal of Regulatory Economics, Vol. 6, No. 1
YEAR
1994
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