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Catherine D. Wolfram

Catherine D. Wolfram

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
44
Citations
10204
World Ranking
1837
National Ranking
1084

Overview

Catherine D. Wolfram is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of economics, econometrics, and finance, with a significant focus on topics related to energy, environment, and policy.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pollution
  • Safety Research
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Key topics covered in their work are:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure

Recent publications by Catherine D. Wolfram include:

  • "Air conditioning and global inequality," 2021, Global Environmental Change
  • "Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?", 2020, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • "Default Effects And Follow-On Behaviour: Evidence From An Electricity Pricing Program," 2021, The Review of Economic Studies
  • "Machine Learning from Schools about Energy Efficiency," 2020, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • "Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary," 2023, The Journal of Economic Perspectives

The frequent co-authors associated with their research include:

  • Kimberly A. Clausing
  • Edward Miguel
  • Fiona Burlig
  • David Rapson
  • Paul Gertler

Their publications often appear in several notable venues, including:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
  • Harvard Dataverse
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Best Publications

  • Measuring Duopoly Power in the British Electricity Spot Market

    Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Strategic Bidding in a Multi-Unit Auction: An Empirical Analysis of Bids to Supply Electricity

    Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program

    Meredith Fowlie;Michael Greenstone;Catherine Wolfram

  • Strategic Bidding in a Multi-Unit Auction: An Empirical Analysis of Bids to Supply Electricity

    Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Do Markets Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on US Electric Generation Efficiency

    Kira Markiewicz;Nancy L. Rose;Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Strategic Bidding in a Multiunit Auction: An Empirical Analysis of Bids to Supply Electricity in England and Wales

    Catherine D. Wolfram

  • How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World

    Catherine Wolfram;Orie Shelef;Paul J Gertler

  • The frontiers of energy

    Robert C. Armstrong;Catherine D. Wolfram;Krijn P. de Jong;Robert Gross

  • Decomposing the Sources of Incumbency Advantage in the U. S. House

    Steven D. Levitt;Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Dynamic Pricing of Electricity

    Paul L. Joskow;Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Experimental Evidence on the Economics of Rural Electrification

    Kenneth Lee;Edward Miguel;Catherine Wolfram

  • Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

    Lucas W. Davis;Catherine Wolfram

  • Political Constraints on Executive Compensation: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry

    Paul L. Joskow;Nancy L. Rose;Catherine D. Wolfram

  • Why do manufacturers issue coupons? An empirical analysis of breakfast cereals

    Aviv Nevo;Catherine Wolfram

  • Heat exposure and global air conditioning

    Léopold T. Biardeau;Lucas W. Davis;Lucas W. Davis;Paul Gertler;Paul Gertler;Catherine Wolfram;Catherine Wolfram

  • Regulating Executive Pay: Using the Tax Code to Influence Chief Executive Officer Compensation

    Nancy L. Rose;Catherine Wolfram

  • Electrification for “Under Grid” households in Rural Kenya

    Kenneth Lee;Eric Brewer;Carson Christiano;Francis Meyo

  • Are the Non-Monetary Costs of Energy Efficiency Investments Large? Understanding Low Take-up of a Free Energy Efficiency Program

    Meredith Fowlie;Michael Greenstone;Catherine Wolfram

  • Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency

    Fiona Burlig;Christopher Knittel;David Rapson;Mar Reguant

  • INEFFICIENCIES AND MARKET POWER IN FINANCIAL ARBITRAGE: A STUDY OF CALIFORNIA'S ELECTRICITY MARKETS*

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Christopher R. Knittel;Catherine Wolfram

  • Air conditioning and global inequality

    Lucas Davis;Paul Gertler;Stephen Jarvis;Catherine Wolfram

  • Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development

    Kenneth Lee;Edward Miguel;Catherine Wolfram

  • The Demand for Energy-Using Assets among the World's Rising Middle Classes

    Paul J. Gertler;Orie Shelef;Catherine D. Wolfram;Alan Fuchs

Frequent Co-Authors

James Bushnell
James Bushnell University of California, Davis
Edward Miguel
Edward Miguel University of California, Berkeley
Paul J. Gertler
Paul J. Gertler University of California, Berkeley
Don Fullerton
Don Fullerton University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Lucas W. Davis
Lucas W. Davis University of California, Berkeley
Severin Borenstein
Severin Borenstein University of California, Berkeley
Aviv Nevo
Aviv Nevo University of Pennsylvania

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