Publications

Fueling Alternatives: Gas Station Choice and the Implications for Electric Charging
(with Jackson Dorsey and Ashley Langer)
Conditionally accepted at American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
NBER Digest

Residential Electricity Consumption and Adaptation to Climate Change by Colombian Households
Economics of Disasters and Climate Change, Vol. 7, July 2023, 253–279.

Retail Pricing in Colombia to Support the Efficient Deployment of Distributed Generation and Electric Stoves
(with Frank Wolak)
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 110, October 2021, 102541.
Journal website

Self-regulation vs state regulation: Evidence from cinema age restrictions
(with Ryan Lampe)
International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 75, March 2021, 102708.

An Economic Perspective on Mexico’s Nascent Deregulation of Retail Petroleum Markets
(with Lucas Davis and Enrique Seira)
Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2, September 2019, 181-200.
Journal website

Infrastructure Quality and the Subsidy Trap
American Economic Review, Vol. 105, No. 1, January 2015, 35-66.
Journal website

Book review: ‘The Economics of Electricity Markets: Theory and Policy’
Journal of Economic Literature, Vol. 52, No. 2, 554–5.

How Do Firms Exercise Unilateral Market Power? Evidence from a Bid-Based Wholesale Electricity Market
(with Frank Wolak)
In Manufacturing Markets: Legal, Political and Economic Dynamics, Eric Brousseau and Jean-Michel Glachant (eds), Cambridge University Press, 2014.

Merger Analysis in Restructured Electricity Supply Industries: The Proposed PSEG and Exelon Merger (2006)
(with Frank Wolak)
In The Antitrust Revolution: Economics, Competition and Policy, John E. Kwoka and Lawrence J. White (eds), Oxford University Press, 2009.

Testing the convergence hypothesis: a new approach
(with Erkin Bairam)
Economics Letters, Vol. 64, 1999, 351-355.

Working papers

Competitive Effects of Entry in Gasoline Markets
(with Lucas Davis and Enrique Seira)

Market Power and Incentive-Based Capacity Payment Mechanisms (with Frank Wolak).

Why Are Connection Charges So High? An Analysis of the Electricity Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
(with Moussa Blimpo and Jevgenijs Steinbuks).

Crude Oil Price Differentials and Pipeline Infrastructure.

Market Power in a Hydro-Dominated Wholesale Electricity Market
(with Frank Wolak).

Price Perceptions and Electricity Demand with Nonlinear Prices
(with Robyn Meeks).

Vertical Integration and Price Differentials in the U.S. Crude Oil Market.

Step on It: A New Approach to Improving Vehicle Fuel Economy
(with Ashley Langer).

Efficiency and Equity Effects of Electricity Metering: Evidence from Colombia.

Technical reports

Diagnosing the Causes of the Recent El Niño Event and Recommendations for Reform
(with Frank Wolak).