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Economics and Finance
UK
2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
68
Citations
16428
World Ranking
519
National Ranking
61

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Michael G. Pollitt is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Engineering, with a significant emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, alongside contributions to Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, and Environmental Engineering.

Their work covers several core topics, including:

  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • ICT Impact and Policies
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Renewable energy and sustainable power systems

Michael G. Pollitt has published articles in various academic venues, notably:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Apollo (University of Cambridge)
  • The Energy Journal
  • Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy
  • Energies

Frequent co-authors include Karim L. Anaya, Victor Oluwatosin Ajayi, Daniel Duma, Andrei Covatariu, and Chi Kong Chyong.

Some recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael G. Pollitt are:

  • "Competition in Markets for Ancillary Services? The Implications of Rising Distributed Generation" (2020) - The Energy Journal
  • "Recommendations for a future-proof electricity market design in Europe in light of the 2021-23 energy crisis" (2024) - Energy Policy
  • "Reactive power procurement: A review of current trends" (2020) - Applied Energy (authored by Karim L. Anaya)
  • "How to Procure Flexibility Services within the Electricity Distribution System: Lessons from an International Review of Innovation Projects" (2021) - Energies (authored by Karim L. Anaya)
  • "Modelling flexibility requirements in deep decarbonisation scenarios: The role of conventional flexibility and sector coupling options in the European 2050 energy system" (2024) - Energy Strategy Reviews (authored by Chi Kong Chyong)

Best Publications

  • Electricity Market Reform in the European Union - Review of Progress toward Liberalization & Integration

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael Pollitt

  • Benchmarking and regulation: international electricity experience

    T Jamasb;M Pollitt

  • The restructuring and privatisation of Britain's CEGB--was it worth it?

    David M. Newbery;Michael G. Pollitt

  • Electricity Market Reform in the European Union: Review of Progress toward Liberalization & Integration*

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael G. Pollitt

  • International benchmarking and regulation: an application to European electricity distribution utilities

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael Pollitt

  • Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities: The International Evidence on Privatization and Efficiency

    Michael G. Pollitt

  • Benchmarking and incentive regulation of quality of service: an application to the UK electricity distribution networks

    Dimitrios Giannakis;Tooraj Jamasb;Michael Pollitt

  • Incorporating both undesirable outputs and uncontrollable variables into DEA: The performance of Chinese coal-fired power plants

    Hongliang Yang;Michael G. Pollitt

  • Market design for a high-renewables European electricity system

    David Newbery;Michael G. Pollitt;Robert A. Ritz;Wadim Strielkowski

  • Incentive Regulation of Electricity Distribution Networks: Lessons of Experience from Britain

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael Pollitt

  • Incentive regulation of electricity distribution networks : Lessons of experience from Britain

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael G. Pollitt

  • Efficiency Analysis of Energy Networks: An International Survey of Regulators

    Aoife Brophy Haney;Michael G. Pollitt

  • The arguments for and against ownership unbundling of energy transmission networks

    Michael G. Pollitt

  • The role of policy in energy transitions: Lessons from the energy liberalisation era

    Michael G. Pollitt

  • The restructuring and privatisation of British Rail: was it really that bad?

    Michael G. Pollitt;Andrew S. J. Smith

  • Electricity reform in Chile : lessons for developing countries

    Michael G. Pollitt

  • The necessity of distinguishing weak and strong disposability among undesirable outputs in DEA: Environmental performance of Chinese coal-fired power plants ☆

    Hongliang Yang;Michael Pollitt

  • Liberalisation and R&D in network industries: The case of the electricity industry

    Tooraj Jamasb;Michael G. Pollitt

  • Electricity sector reform in developing countries : a survey of empirical evidence on determinants and performance

    Tooraj Jamasb;Raffaella Mota;David M Newbery;David M Newbery;David M Newbery;Michael Pollitt

  • Electricity Reform in Chile Lessons for Developing Countries

    Michael G. Pollitt

  • Electricity sector reform in developing countries : a survey of empirical evidence on determinants and performance

    Tooraj Jamasb;Raffaella L. Mota;David Newbery;David Newbery;David Newbery;Michael G. Pollitt

  • Ownership and Performance in Electric Utilities

    Joseph A. Doucet;Michael G. Pollitt

  • The restructuring and privatisation of the electricity distribution and supply businesses in England and Wales: a social cost-benefit analysis

    Preetum Domah;Michael G. Pollitt

Frequent Co-Authors

Tooraj Jamasb
Tooraj Jamasb Copenhagen Business School
David M Newbery
David M Newbery University of Cambridge
Michael Grubb
Michael Grubb University College London
Goran Strbac
Goran Strbac Imperial College London
Victor O. K. Li
Victor O. K. Li University of Hong Kong
Patrick Devine-Wright
Patrick Devine-Wright University of Exeter
Janusz Bialek
Janusz Bialek Imperial College London
Sanford V. Berg
Sanford V. Berg University of Florida
Kevin J. Lomas
Kevin J. Lomas Loughborough University
Daniel S. Kirschen
Daniel S. Kirschen University of Washington

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