The Energy Institute at Haas is a joint venture of the Haas School of Business and the UC Energy Institute that brings together research and curricular programs on energy business, policy and technology commercialization. The goal of EI @ Haas is to bridge the gap between the frontiers of economic and scientific energy research and the marketplace.
What's New:
UC Berkeley and MIT Launch
Energy-Efficiency Research Project
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Special Week of Seminars:
All seminars are open to the public. No registration is required.
Monday, June 24
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
"The Marginal Internality: Experimental Evidence on Preferences for Energy Efficiency Programs," Hunt Allcott (New York University) paper joint with Dmitry Taubinksy (Harvard Business School)
4:30 pm - 5:10 pm
Tuesday, June 25
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
"Energy Leapfrogging," Arthur van Benthem (University of Pennsylvania)
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
"Testing for Market Efficiency with Transactions Costs: An Application to Convergence Bidding in Wholesale Electricity Markets," Frank Wolak (Stanford University) paper joint with Akshaya Jha (Stanford University)
Wednesday, June 26
3:40 pm - 4:20 pm
"Who is Exposed to Gas Prices? How Gasoline Prices Affect Automobile Manufacturers and Dealerships," Florian Zettelmeyer (Northwestern University) paper joint with Meghan Busse (Northwestern University), and Chris Knittel (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
4:40 pm - 5:30 pm
"Step on It: Measuring Variation in On-Road Fuel Economy," Ashley Langer (University of Arizona) paper joint with Shaun McRae (University of Michigan)
New Working Papers:
- EI@Haas Working Paper WP-243: Carl Blumstein and Margaret Taylor, "Rethinking the Energy-Efficiency Gap: Producers, Intermediaries, and Innovation"
- EI@Haas Working Paper WP-242: Severin Borenstein, "A Microeconomic Framework for Evaluating Energy Efficiency Rebound And Some Implications"
- EI@Haas Working Paper WP-241:Katrina Jessoe and David Rapson, "Knowledge is (Less) Power: Experimental Evidence from Residential Energy Use"
- EI@Haas Working Paper WP-240: Erin Baker, Meredith Fowlie, Derek Lemoine, and Stanley S. Reynolds, "The Economics of Solar Electricity"
