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Paul L. Joskow

Paul L. Joskow

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
77
Citations
31357
World Ranking
322
National Ranking
233

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2013 - Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1988 - Fellows of the Econometric Society

Overview

Paul L. Joskow is affiliated with MIT in the United States and is an active contributor to research in engineering and energy. Their work primarily spans the fields of electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, and strategy and management.

Their recent publications cover topics related to electricity markets, decarbonization, and transmission expansion. Notable papers include:

  • From hierarchies to markets and partially back again in electricity: responding to decarbonization and security of supply goals, 2021, Journal of Institutional Economics
  • Electricity pricing challenges in future renewables-dominant power systems, 2023, Energy Economics
  • Facilitating Transmission Expansion to Support Efficient Decarbonization of the Electricity Sector, 2021, Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy
  • Electricity Retail Rate Design in a Decarbonizing Economy: An Analysis of Time-of-use and Critical Peak Pricing, 2023, The Energy Journal
  • Reforming retail electricity rates to facilitate economy-wide decarbonization, 2023, Joule

They frequently collaborate with several co-authors, including:

  • Richard Schmalensee
  • Dharik S. Mallapragada
  • Cristian Junge
  • Tim Schittekatte
  • Cathy Xun Wang

Paul L. Joskow has published multiple articles in several peer-reviewed venues. The most frequent publication platforms are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Energy Journal
  • Journal of Institutional Economics
  • Energy Economics
  • Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy

The main fields of study for their work include engineering and energy, with a strong focus on subfields such as electrical and electronic engineering, renewable energy, sustainability, strategy, and management.

Their research topics largely emphasize:

  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Global Energy Security and Policy

Over the course of their career, Paul L. Joskow has received several distinguished memberships and fellowships, including:

  • Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association in 2013
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1991
  • Fellow of the Econometric Society in 1988

Best Publications

  • Contract duration and relationship-specific investments: Empirical evidence from coal markets

    P.L. Joskow

  • Vertical integration and long term contracts : the case of coal burning electric generating plants

    Paul L. Joskow

  • Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies

    Paul L. Joskow

  • Asset Specificity and the Structure of Vertical Relationships: Empirical Evidence

    Paul L. Joskow

  • Markets for Power: An Analysis of Electrical Utility Deregulation

    Paul Joskow;Richard Schmalensee

  • A Quantitative Analysis of Pricing Behavior In California’s Wholesale Electricity Market During Summer 2000

    Paul Joskow;Edward Kahn

  • Lessons Learned From Electricity Market Liberalization

    Paul L. Joskow

  • A Quantitative Analysis of Pricing Behavior in California's Wholesale Electricity Market During Summer 2000

    Paul L. Joskow;Edward Kohn

  • Transmission rights and market power on electric power networks

    Paul L. Joskow;Jean Tirole

  • A Framework for Analyzing Predatory Pricing Policy

    Paul L Joskow;Alvin K Klevorick

  • Inflation and Environmental Concern: Structural Change in the Process of Public Utility Price Regulation

    Paul L. Joskow

  • An Interim Evaluation of Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Trading

    Richard Schmalensee;Paul L. Joskow;A. Denny Ellerman;Juan Pablo Montero

  • Reliability and Competitive Electricity Markets

    Paul L. Joskow;Jean Tirole

  • COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS AND INVESTMENT IN NEW GENERATING CAPACITY

    Paul L. Joskow

  • Cartels, competition and regulation in the property-liability insurance industry

    Paul L. Joskow

  • Incentive Regulation in Theory and Practice: Electricity Distribution and Transmission Networks

    Paul L Joskow

  • Regulation in theory and practice: An overview

    Paul L. Joskow;Roger G. Noll

  • Incentive Regulation For Electric Utilities

    Paul L. Joskow;Richard Schmalensee

  • Markets for Clean Air: The U.S. Acid Rain Program

    A. Denny Ellerman;Paul L. Joskow;Richard Schmalensee;Juan-Pablo Montero

  • The Market for Sulfur Dioxide Emissions

    Richard Schmalensee;Paul L. Joskow

  • Transmission Rights and Market Power on Electric Power Networks. II: Physical Rights

    Paul L. Joskow;Jean Tirole

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