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The Program on Energy and Sustainable Development is part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies.

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Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-Grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial

Ognen Stojanovski, Mark C. Thurber, Frank Wolak, George Muwowo, Kat Harrison

Working Paper

Solar lanterns are promoted across rural Sub-Saharan Africa to improve both lighting in homes and educational outcomes. We undertake a randomized controlled trial in Zimba District, Zambia, to...
Reports of the Demise of Carbon Pricing are Greatly Exaggerated

Frank Wolak

Policy Brief

AbstractPoliticians in a number of jurisdictions with cap-and-trade markets for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions or carbon taxes have argued that the evidence is in and the conclusion is clear: Carbon...
Promoting Energy Efficiency in Emerging Economies Through Consumer Education: Results From a Field Experiment in Mexico

Ognen Stojanovski, Gordon Leslie, Frank Wolak, Juan Enrique Huerta Wong, Mark C. Thurber

Working Paper

AbstractWe report on the results of a field experiment in Puebla, Mexico that informed randomly-selected households facing a nonlinear price schedule about how different electricity-consuming actions...
The strategic effects of lack of transparency and forward contracting by generators with market power

Ekaterina Moiseeva, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, Derek W. Bunn, Darryl R. Biggar

Working Paper

The ability of an electricity-generating firm with market power to influence the market price depends strongly on the volume the firm has pre-sold in the forward, or hedge, markets. However, the...
Rural energy access through solar home systems: Use patterns and opportunities for improvement

Ognen Stojanovski, Mark C. Thurber, Frank Wolak

Journal Article

Abstract Solar photovoltaic (PV) products are touted as a leading solution to long-term electrification and development problems in rural parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet there is little available...

Commentary

Why federal regulation is not the answer

Working Paper

Quantifying the Benefits of Nodal Market Design in the Texas Electricity Market

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What Kinds of Distributed Generation Technologies Defer Network Expansions? Evidence from France

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The Future of Electricity Retailing and How We Get There

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Market Design in a Zero Marginal Cost Intermittent Renewable Future

Journal Article

Learning about Electricity Market Performance with a Large Share of Renewables from the COVID-19 Lock-Down

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Breaking routine for energy savings: An appliance-level analysis of small business behavior under dynamic prices

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An Experimental Comparison of Carbon Pricing Under Uncertainty in Electricity Markets

Commentary

The cost of climate policy uncertainty

Commentary

Don't blame energy speculators for rising cost of crude oil

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Commentary

Viewpoints: Cap and trade should look to broader goals

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Policy Brief

Careful What You Wish For: The Shale Gas Revolution and Natural Gas Exports

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Commentary

Be Part of the Solution

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Journal Article

The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Integrating International Coal and Natural Gas Markets

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Commentary

California climate policy: Showing the way for the world

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Commentary

Frank Wolak: Tight electricity regulation only sensible option

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Commentary

A Revenue Neutral Carbon Tax for Stanford (Not Divesting Coal)

Working Paper

Managing Demand-Side Economic and Political Constraints on Electricity Industry Re-structuring Processes

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Report on Market Performance and Market Monitoring in the Colombian Electricity Supply Industry

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Does China Underprice Its Oil Consumption?

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An Ancillary Services Payment Mechanism for the Chilean Electricity Supply Industry

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Diagnosing the Causes of the Recent El Niño Event and Recommendations for Reform

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Freight Rail Costing and Regulation: The Uniform Rail Costing System

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Comparing auction designs where suppliers have uncertain costs and uncertain pivotal status

Working Paper

Assessing the Impact of the Diffusion of Shale Oil and Gas Technology on the Global Coal Market

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Locational Marginal Network Tariffs for Intermittent Renewable Generation

Journal Article

The benefits of purely financial participants for wholesale and retail market performance: lessons for long- term resource adequacy mechanism design

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High Frequency Evidence on the Demand for Gasoline

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Benchmark Regulation of Multiproduct Firms: An Application to the Rail Industry

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Designing Nonlinear Price Schedules for Urban Water Utilities to Balance Revenue and Conservation Goals