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"Now, this is totally irresponsible journalism on the part of Christopher Knittel at the New York Times." --- Rush Limbaugh on his radio show, March 30th, 2007 Irresponsible publicity on the part of MIT Bio Christopher Knittel is the
William Barton Rogers Professor of Energy Economics in the Sloan School
of
Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He joined
the faculty at MIT in 2011,
having taught previously at UC Davis and Boston University.
Professor Knittel received his B.A. in
economics and
political science
from the California State University, Stanislaus in 1994 (summa cum laude), an M.A. in
economics from UC Davis in 1996, and a Ph.D. in economics from UC
Berkeley in 1999. His research focuses on environmental economics,
industrial organization, and applied econometrics. He is a Research
Associate at
the National Bureau of Economic Research in
the Productivity, Industrial Organization, and Energy and Environmental
Economics groups and a Research Associate at MIT's Center for Energy
and Environmental Policy Research. Professor Knittel is an associate
editor of The American Economic
Journal -- Economic
Policy, The Journal of
Industrial Economics
and Journal of Energy Markets.
His
research
has
appeared
in
The American Economic
Review, The American Economic
Journal, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The
Journal of
Industrial Economics, The Energy Journal and other academic
journals. Available Working Papers"Cleaning the Bathwater with the Baby: The Health Co-Benefits of Carbon Pricing in Transportation," joint with Ryan Sandler (UC Davis). Paper in PDF Format."Some Inconvenient Truths About Climate Change Policy: The Distributional Impacts of Transportation Policies," joint with Stephen P. Holland (UNC), Jonathan E. Hughes (Colorado), and Nathan Parker (UC Davis--ITS). Paper in PDF Format "Pharmaceutical Use Following Generic Entry: Paying Less and Buying Less," joint with Peter Huckfeldt (RAND). In submission. Paper in PDF Format "Estimation of Random Coefficient Demand Models: Challenges, Difficulties and Warnings," joint with Konstantinos Metaxoglou (Bates and White). Revised and resubmitted to The Review of Economics and Statistics. Paper in PDF Format, Code and data associated with paper "Celebrity Endorsements, Firm Value and Reputation Risk: Evidence from the Tiger Woods Scandal," joint with Victor Stango (UCD GSM). Revised and resubmitted to Management Science. Paper in PDF Format "Caution Drivers! Children Present: Traffic, pollution and infant health," joint with Douglas L. Miller (UC Davis) and Nicholas J. Sanders (UC Davis). In submission. Paper in PDF Format. "The Implied Cost of Carbon Dioxide under the Cash for Clunkers Program" Paper in PDF Format, Spreadsheet, Updated version using the final MPG numbers with other edits, as well. Paper in PDF Format. "The Productivity Benefits of IT Outsourching," joint with Victor Stango (UC Davis GSM) Paper in PDF Format Publications
"Are Consumers
Myopic? Evidence from New and Used Car Purchases,"
joint with
Meghan Busse (Northwestern) and Florian Zettelmeyer (Northwestern).
Forthcoming in The American Economic
Review. Paper
in PDF Format. "Reducing Petroleum
Consumption from Transportation," Journal of Economic
Perspecitives, 26(1), Winter 2012, pp. 93-118. Paper
in PDF
Format. "Automobiles on Steroids: Product Attribute Trade-offs and Technological Progress in the Automobile Sector," In submission. Paper in PDF Format, NBER Digest writeup. The American Economic Review, 101(7), December 2011, pp. 3368-3399. Data used in paper (Stata format), Stata code used in paper "Challenges in Merger Simulation Analysis," joint with Konstantinos Metaxoglou (Bates and White). The American Economic Review, Papers & Proceedings, 101(3), May 2011, pp. 56-59. Paper in PDF Format "Strategic
Incompatibility
in
ATM
Markets,"
joint
with
Victor
Stango
(UC
Davis
GSM).
The
Journal of Banking and Finance, 35(10),
October 2011, pp. 2627-2636. Paper
in
PDF
Format "Caborn Prices and Automobile Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Extension and Intensive Margins," joint with Ryan Sandler (UC Davis). Forthcoming in The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy, NBER Conference Volume, University of Chicago Press. Paper in PDF Format "Tacit Collusion in the Presence of Cyclical Demand and Endogenous Capacity Levels," joint with Jason Lepore (Cal Poly). The International Journal of Industrial Organization, 28(2), March 2010. Paper in PDF Format "How Does Incompatibility Affect
Prices?: Evidence from ATMs," joint with Victor
Stango (UC
Davis
GSM). The
Journal of Industrial Economics, 57(3), September 2009. "Analysis of
the
Wealth Impact of Re-Allocation Decisions by
Institutional Plan Sponsors," joint with Jeffrey Heisler (BU),
John J. Neumann
(St. John's) and Scott Stewart (BU). The Financial Analyst
Journal 65(6), pp. 34-51.
Winner of the Graham and Dodd Award of Excellence. Paper
in PDF Format "Greenhouse Gas Reductions under
Low Carbon Fuel Standards?,"
joint with Stephen P. Holland (UNC) and Jonathan E. Hughes (Colorado). The American Economic
Journal: Economic Policy, 1(1), Februrary 2009,
pp. 106-146. "Inefficiencies
and Market Power in Financial Arbitrage: A
Study of California's Electricity Markets," joint with Severin
Borenstein (UCB, Haas), James Bushnell (UC
Davis), and Catherine Wolfram
(UCB, Haas). The
Journal of Industrial Economics,
LVI(2), June 2008, pp 347-378. "Diagnosing Unilateral
Market Power in Electricity Reserves Market," joint with Konstantinos
Metaxoglou (Bate White LLC). Journal of Energy
Markets, 1(1), Spring 2008. "Incompatibility,
Product
Attributes and Consumer Welfare:
Evidence from ATMs," joint with Victor Stango (UC
Davis
GSM). BE
Journal of Economic
Analysis and Policy, Vol. 8
: Iss. 1 (Advances), 2008, Article 1. "Re-Assessing the U.S.
Quality Adjustment to Computer Prices: The Role of Durability and
Changing Software," Price Index
Concepts and Measurement, NBER and the Chicago Press, 2008.
(Joint
with Robert Feenstra (UC Davis)). "Why Do
Institutional Plan Sponsors Hire and Fire their
Investment Managers?," joint with Jeffrey Heisler (BU), John J. Neumann
(St. John's) and Scott Stewart (BU). Best Paper Award for the 31st NBEA
Conference. The
Journal of Business
and Economic Studies,
13(1), Spring 2007. "Biases in
Static Oligopoly Models?: Evidence from the California Electricity
Market," joint with Dae-Wook Kim
(UC Davis). The Journal of
Industrial Economics, LIV(4), December 2006. "The
Adoption of State Electricity Regulation: The Role of
Interest Groups," The Journal of Industrial Economics, LIV(2),
June
2006. "Regulatory Restructuring and Incumbent Price Dynamics:
The
Case of Local Telephone Restructuring," The Review of
Economics and Statistics, 86(2), May 2004, pp. 614-625. "Price Ceilings as Focal Points for Tacit Collusion:
Evidence
from the Credit Card Market," The American Economic Review,
93(5),
December
2003,
pp.
1703-1729.
(Joint
with
Victor
Stango
(UC
Davis
GSM)). "Market Structure and the Pricing of Electricity and
Natural
Gas," The Journal of Industrial Economics, LI(2), June
2003, pp. 167-192. "Alternative Regulatory Methods and Firm Efficiency:
Stochastic Frontier Evidence the US Electricity Industry," The
Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(3), August 2002, pp.
530-540. "Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond
Concentration
Measures," The Energy Journal, 20(4), October 1999.
(Joint with Severin Borenstein (UCB, Haas) and James Bushnell
(UC
Davis)). "Interstate Long Distance Rates: Search Costs, Switching
Costs
and Market Power," The Review of Industrial Organization,
12(4),
August
1997.
Recent Regulatory FilingsBushnell,
J,
L.
Goulder,
C.R.
Knittel,
S.
Levy,
N.E.
Ryan,
N.
Sidhu,
J.
Sweeney.
"EAAC Economic Impacts Subcommittee Report on Air Resources Board's
Updated AB 32 Scoping Plan Analysis.", March 2010. Goulder, L., J.
Adams, V. Arroyo, M. Barger, J.K. Boyce, D. Burtraw, J. Bushnell, R.
Fisher, R. Frank, R. Frank, D. Kamman, C.R. Knittel, S. Levy, J.
Nation, N.E. Ryan, N Sidhu, J.L. Sweeney. "Allocating
Emissions
Allowances
Under
a
California
Cap-and-Trade
Program:
Recommendations
to
the
California
Air
Resources
Board
and
California
Environmental
Protection
Agency
from
the
Economic
and
Allocation
Advisory
Committee", March 2010. Arons,
S.M., A.R. Brandt, M.A.
Delucchi, A. Eggert, A.E. Farrell, B.K. Haya, J. Hughes, B.M. Jenkins,
A.D. Jones, D.M. Kammen, S.R. Kaffka, C.R. Knittel, D.M. Lemoine, E.W.
Martin, M.W. Melaina, J.M. Ogden, R.J. Plevin, D. Sperling, B.T.
Turner, R.B. Williams, C. Yang, 2007. “A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for
California, Part 1: Technical Analysis.” Available Online: http://www.lcfs.ucdavis.edu. Brandt,
A.R., A.E. Farrell, B.K.
Haya, J. Hughes, B.M. Jenkins, A.D.
Jones, D.M. Kammen, C.R. Knittel, M.W. Melaina, M. O’Hare, R.J. Plevin,
D. Sperling, 2007. “A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 2:
Policy Analysis.” Available Online: http://www.lcfs.ucdavis.edu. Peer Review Comments on AB 1493, California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resource Board, September 2004. Work in ProgressCash for Clunkers and Market Outcomes, joint with Meghan Busse (Northwestern) and Florian Zettelmeyer (Northwestern)Scarcity Rents and Climate Change Policy, joint with Severin Borenstein (UC Berkeley) and James Bushnell (Iowa State) Corn Farmers and Ethanol Refiners: Network Externalities, Indirect Land Use Changes and Food v. Fuel (with Dave Rapson) IT Outsourcing, Mergers and Industry Exit (with Victor Stango) Who Merges with Whom? (with Victor Stango) Price Ceilings in Electricity Markets (with Victor Stango) Industry Dynamics in ATM Network Markets (with Victor Stango) Recent Media CitesUse
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