4th International Workshop on Empirical Methods in Energy Economics
Program
| Wednesday, 13th July 2011 | |
| 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Opening Reception (hosted by the Canadian Consulate of Dallas) |
| Thursday, 14th July 2011 (Room 100, Collins Center, SMU) 08:45 - 09:00 a.m. Welcome and Introduction James Smith | |
| Session 1. Corporate Performance & Behavior Chair: Lester Hunt | |
| 09:00 - 09:45 "Evolution of the Efficiency of National Oil Companies," Stacy Eller, Peter Hartley, and Kenneth Medlock (discussant: Clifton Jones) | Paper Slides |
| 09:45 - 10:30 "To Disclose or Not to Disclose: What Determines Voluntary Corporate Energy and Carbon Reporting and Does it Matter?" Aoife Brophy Haney (discussant: Guido Pepermans) | Paper |
| 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break | |
| Session 2. Rebound Effects Chair: Fred Joutz | |
| 11:00 - 11:45 "Rebound Effects in German Residential Heating: Do Ownership and Income Matter?" Reinhard Madlener and Maximilian Hauertmann (discussant: Anne Neumann) | Paper Slides |
| 11:45 - 12:30 "Catching the Rebound: Determination of Rebound Effects in Energy Economics," Lester Hunt and David Ryan (discussant: Jevgenijs Steinbuks) | Paper Slides |
| 12:30 - 13:30 Bistro Box Lunch (Collins Center Dining Room) | |
| Session 3. Energy Security & Insecurity Chair: Peter Hartley | |
| 13:30 - 14:15 "Measuring Energy Security: Trends in the Diversification of Oil and Natural Gas Supplies, Gail Cohen, Frederick Joutz, and Prakash Loungani (discussant: Ted Temzelides) | Paper |
| 14:15 - 15:00 "An Application of Dichotomous and Polytomous Rasch Models for Scoring Energy Insecurity, Anthony Murray and Bradford Mills (discussant: Denise Young) | Paper Slides |
| 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break | |
| Session 4. Shorter Presentations Chair: James Smith | |
| 15:30 - 15:45 "The Willingness to Pay for Domestic Smart Metering Devices in Flanders," Guido Pepermans | Paper Slides |
| 15:45 - 16:00 "International Inter-Fuel Substitution: Do Factor Endowments Matter?" Jevgenijs Steinbuks and Badri Narayanan | Paper |
| 16:00 - 16:15 "Energy Efficiency Investments in the Home: What are the Preferences of Swiss Homeowners?" Anna Alberini, Silvia Banfi, and Celine Ramseier | Paper Slides |
| 16:15 - 16:30 "USA Total Energy Demand and Energy Efficiency: A Stochastic Demand Frontier Approach," Massimo Filippini and Lester Hunt | Slides |
| 16:30 - 16:45 "Do Higher PV Solar and Wind Energy Penetration Levels Pose a Challenge to Electric Power Reliability? Evidence from the TenneT Transmission System in Germany," Kevin Forbes, Marco Stampini, and Ernest Zampelli | Paper Slides |
| 16:45 - 17:00 "Value Creation in NOCs," Gurcan Gulen and Miranda Wainberg | Paper Slides |
| 17:00 - 18:15 EMEE Poster Reception and Review in the Collins Center Commons (see list of poster presentations on last page) 18:15 - 18:30 Bus departure from Collins Center for dinner destination. | |
| 19:00 - 21:00 Workshop Dinner (hosted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas) | |
| Friday, 15th July 2011 (Room 100, Collins Center, SMU) | |
| Session 5. Carbon Prices & Emission Taxes Chair: Mine Yucel | |
| 08:30 - 09:15 "Rockets and Feathers in CO2-power Markets? New Evidence from the Second Phase of the UE ETS," Chiara Lo Prete (discussant: Kevin Forbes) | Paper Slides |
| 09:15 - 10:00 "Emissions from Electricity Generators in Response to Environmental Taxes: Evidence from Australia," Zaida Contreras, Tihomir Ancev, and Regina Betz (discussant: Andre Plourde) | Paper Slides |
| 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break | |
| Session 6. Electric Power Markets Chair: Massimo Filippini | |
| 10:30 - 11:15 "Who Responds to Electricity Prices? New Evidence on the Takeup of Time-Varying Prices and the Magnitude of Demand Response," Cesar Cancho and Steven Puller (discussant: Adonis Yatchew) | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 "Did Residential Rates Fall After Retail Competition?" Adam Swadley and Mine Yucel (discussant: Massimo Filippini) | Paper |
| 12:00 - 13:30 Texas Buffet Lunch (Collins Center Dining Room) | |
| Session 7. Consumer Demand Behavior Chair: David Ryan | |
| 13:30 - 14:15 "How Do Consumers Respond to Gasoline Price Changes? Heterogeneity in Vehicle Choice and Driving Behavior," Kenneth Gillingham (discussant: David Ryan) | Paper Slides |
| 14:15 - 15:00 "The Effect of Feedback on Residential Electricity Consumption," Will Gans, Anna Alberini, and Alberto Longo (discussant: Steven Puller) | Paper |
| 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break | |
| Session 8. Oil Prices Chair: Andre Plourde | |
| 15:30 - 16:15 "Sources of the Volatility Puzzle in the Crude Oil Market," Christiane Baumeister and Gert Peersman (discussant: Andreas Fritz) | Paper Slides |
| 16:15 - 17:00 "What Does and Does Not Work in Forecasting the Price of Oil?" Ron Alquist, Lutz Kilian, and Robert Vigfusson (discussant: Fred Joutz) | Paper Slides |
| 17:00 - 17:15 Closing Remarks and Official Adjournment | |
| 17:30 Bus returns from SMU to Doubletree Hotel | |
| 18:15 Optional trip to Mesquite Championship Rodeo, including BBQ dinner and professional rodeo competition. Bus will depart from Doubletree Hotel and return around 10:00 pm. Extra charge ($50 estimate) payable on site. | |
| Additional Research (Poster) Presentations (Collins Center Commons, July 14-15) | |
| "Long Run Evolution of Fossil Fuel Prices: Evidence from Persistence Break Testing," Aleksandar Zaklan, Jan Abrell, and Anne Neumann. | Poster |
| "Climate, Agriculture, Energy, Forestry and the Optimal Allocation of Global Land Use in the Presence of Uncertainty and Irreversibility," Thomas Hertel and Jevginijs Steinbuks. | |
| "Mandatory vs. Voluntary Payment for Green Electricity," Elcin Akcura. | Paper |
| "European Electricity and Related Futures Markets: A Cointegrated Vector Auto-regression Analysis," Andreas Fritz. | Poster |
| "Modelling and Forecasting Residential Energy Consumption in the U.S. Mountain Region," Jason Jorgenson and Fred Joutz. | Paper Poster |
| "Innovation, Renewable Energy, and Macroeconomic Growth," Peter Hartley, Kenneth Medlock, Ted Temzelides, and Xinya Zhang. | Paper Poster |
| "OPEC’s Gains from Cartelization—Revisited," Okullo Samuel Jovan. | Paper |
| "Wind Energy, the Price of Carbon, and Carbon Emissions: The Case of Ireland," Kevin Forbes, Marco Stampini, and Ernest Zampelli. | Paper |
The workshop organizers gratefully acknowledge financial support provided by:
