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James Bushnell is a researcher affiliated with the University of California, Davis, specializing in the intersection of energy systems, environmental impact, and economic policies. Their work primarily spans the fields of engineering and energy, with notable focus areas including electrical and electronic engineering as well as renewable energy, sustainability, and environmental studies.

The scholar's research covers a broad range of topics related to energy and the environment. Frequent themes in their publications include:

  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Energy and Environment Impacts

In recent years, James Bushnell has contributed to several academic papers across leading journals. Selected publications include:

  • Setting with the Sun: The Impacts of Renewable Energy on Conventional Generation, 2021, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • Do Two Electricity Pricing Wrongs Make a Right? Cost Recovery, Externalities, and Efficiency, 2022, American Economic Journal Economic Policy
  • Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use, 2021, AEA Papers and Proceedings
  • The Economics of Electricity Reliability, 2023, The Journal of Economic Perspectives
  • Headwinds and Tailwinds: Implications of Inefficient Retail Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution, 2022, Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy

Their frequent collaborators include David Rapson, Severin Borenstein, Fiona Burlig, Catherine Wolfram, and Erich Muehlegger. James Bushnell's publications are often found in venues such as the SSRN Electronic Journal, the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy, AEA Randomized Controlled Trials, and the American Economic Journal Economic Policy.

Best Publications

  • Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market

    Severin Borenstein;James B. Bushnell;Frank A. Wolak

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

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

  • The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

    Severin Berenstein;James Bushnell;Steven Stoft

  • Vertical Arrangements, Market Structure, and Competition: An Analysis of Restructured US Electricity Markets

    James B. Bushnell;Erin T. Mansur;Celeste Saravia

  • The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Steven Stoft

  • Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Christopher R. Knittel

  • Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Christopher Knittel

  • Electricity Restructuring: Deregulation or Reregulation?

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

  • The U.S. Electricity Industry After 20 Years of Restructuring

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

  • Expecting the Unexpected: Emissions Uncertainty and Environmental Market Design

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Frank A Wolak;Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins

  • A Mixed Complementarity Model of Hydrothermal Electricity Competition in the Western United States

    James Bushnell

  • Profiting from Regulation: Evidence from the European Carbon Market

    James B. Bushnell;Howard Chong;Erin T. Mansur

  • Electric grid investment under a contract network regime

    James B. Bushnell;Steven E. Stoft

  • Market power in California electricity markets

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Edward Kahn;Steven Stoft

  • Oligopoly equilibria in electricity contract markets

    James Bushnell

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

    Severin Borenstein;James B. Bushnell

  • Improving private incentives for electric grid investment

    James B. Bushnell;Steven E. Stoft

  • Electricity Restructuring: Deregulation or Reregulation?

    Severin Borenstein;Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;James Bushnell

  • Diagnosing Market Power in California's Deregulated Wholesale Electricity Market

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Frank Wolak

  • Transmission Rights and Market Power

    James Bushnell

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

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

  • The U.S. Electricity Industry after 20 Years of Restructuring

    Severin Borenstein;Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

  • The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

    Severin Borenstein;Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;James Bushnell;Steven Stoft

  • Bidder cost revelation in electric power auctions

    James B. Bushnell;Shmuel S. Oren

  • Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures

    Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Chris Knittel

Frequent Co-Authors

Severin Borenstein
Severin Borenstein University of California, Berkeley
Frank A. Wolak
Frank A. Wolak Stanford University
Erin T. Mansur
Erin T. Mansur Dartmouth College
Benjamin F. Hobbs
Benjamin F. Hobbs Johns Hopkins University
Shmuel S. Oren
Shmuel S. Oren University of California, Berkeley
Dallas Burtraw
Dallas Burtraw Resources For The Future
Michael Greenstone
Michael Greenstone University of Chicago
Charles D. Kolstad
Charles D. Kolstad Stanford University

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