2026 Severin Borenstein: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	62	737	665	462	408	170	21531

Overview

Severin Borenstein is affiliated with the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. Their research spans multiple intersecting domains, primarily focusing on energy and economics with an emphasis on policy and management aspects of electricity and renewable energy.

Their recent publications address a variety of topics related to electricity pricing, energy policy, and sustainability. Notable papers include:

Do Two Electricity Pricing Wrongs Make a Right? Cost Recovery, Externalities, and Efficiency (2022) published in American Economic Journal Economic Policy
The Economics of Electricity Reliability (2023) published in The Journal of Economic Perspectives
Headwinds and Tailwinds: Implications of Inefficient Retail Energy Pricing for Energy Substitution (2022) published in Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
It's time for rooftop solar to compete with other renewables (2022) published in Nature Energy
Carbon Pricing, Clean Electricity Standards, and Clean Electricity Subsidies on the Path to Zero Emissions (2022) published in SSRN Electronic Journal

Borenstein frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Regular coauthors include:

James Bushnell
Ryan Kellogg
Lucas W. Davis
Erin T. Mansur
Patrick Baylis

Publications by Borenstein appear most often in the following venues:

SSRN Electronic Journal
Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy
Nature Energy
American Economic Journal Economic Policy
The Journal of Economic Perspectives

Their academic output spans key fields of study, including:

Energy
Economics, Econometrics and Finance
Engineering

Within these fields, Borenstein's subfields of study include:

Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Economics and Econometrics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

Core topics addressed in Borenstein's work cover:

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

Best Publications

Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market

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

1344
Citations
Do Gasoline Prices Respond Asymmetrically to Crude Oil Price Changes

Severin Borenstein;A. Colin Cameron;Richard Gilbert

1301
Citations
Hubs and High Fares: Dominance and Market Power in the U.S. Airline Industry

Severin Borenstein

1062
Citations
The Long-Run Efficiency of Real-Time Electricity Pricing

Severin Borenstein

934
Citations
On the Efficiency of Competitive Electricity Markets With Time-Invariant Retail Prices

Severin Borenstein;Stephen Holland

888
Citations
An Empirical Analysis of the Potential for Market Power in California's Electricity Industry

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

781
Citations
Dynamic Pricing, Advanced Metering, and Demand Response in Electricity Markets

Severin Borenstein;Michael Jaske;Arthur Rosenfeld

712
Citations
The Trouble With Electricity Markets: Understanding California's Restructuring Disaster

Severin Borenstein

700
Citations
The Evolution of US Airline Competition

Severin Borenstein

684
Citations
Competition and Price Dispersion in the U.S. Airline Industry

Severin Borenstein;Nancy L. Rose

682
Citations
THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ECONOMICS OF RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION

Severin Borenstein

675
Citations
The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Steven Stoft

651
Citations
Sticky Prices, Inventories, and Market Power in Wholesale Gasoline Markets

Severin Borenstein;Andrea Shepard

618
Citations
AIRLINE MERGERS, AIRPORT DOMINANCE, AND MARKET POWER

S Borenstein

600
Citations
Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Christopher R. Knittel

586
Citations
Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration Measures

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell;Christopher Knittel

561
Citations
ON THE EFFICIENCY OF COMPETITIVE ELECTRICITY MARKETS WITH TIME-INVARIANT RETAIL PRICES

Severin Borenstein;Stephen P Holland

487
Citations
Dynamic Pricing in Retail Gazoline Markets

Severin Borenstein;Andrea Shepard

481
Citations
Electricity Restructuring: Deregulation or Reregulation?

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

463
Citations
The U.S. Electricity Industry After 20 Years of Restructuring

Severin Borenstein;James Bushnell

452
Citations
Dynamic Pricing in Retail Gasoline Markets

Severin Borenstein;Andrea Shepard

438
Citations
Price discrimination in free-entry markets

Severin J Borenstein

420
Citations
On the Efficiency of Competitive Electricity Markets with Time-Invariant Retail Prices

Severin Borenstein;Severin Borenstein;Stephen P. Holland;Stephen P. Holland

419
Citations
The Evolution of U.S. Airline Competition

Severin Borenstein

396
Citations
How Airline Markets Work...Or Do They? Regulatory Reform in the Airline Industry

Severin Borenstein;Nancy L. Rose

392
Citations
The Competitive Effects of Transmission Capacity in a Deregulated Electricity Industry

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

139
Citations
Do Gasoline Prices Respond Asymmetrically to Crude Oil Price Changes

Severin Borenstein;A. Cameron

12
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

James Bushnell University of California, Davis

Frank A. Wolak Stanford University

Christopher R. Knittel MIT

Lucas W. Davis University of California, Berkeley

Catherine D. Wolfram MIT

Joseph Farrell University of California, Berkeley

Richard J. Gilbert University of California, Berkeley

Charles D. Kolstad Stanford University

Michael Greenstone University of Chicago

Matthew J. Kotchen Yale University

External Links

Personal website of Severin Borenstein Google Scholar page

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