David B. Spence

University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

Professor

727 East Dean Keeton Street

Austin, TX 78705

United States

University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of Business – Department of Business, Government & Society

Professor of Law, Politics & Regulation

2110 Speedway, B6000

CA 5.202

Austin, TX 78705

United States

https://law.utexas.edu/faculty/dspence/

University of Texas at Austin - Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law & Business

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727 East Dean Keeton Street

Austin, TX 78705

United States

  • University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

  • University of Texas at Austin – McCombs School of Business – Department of Business, Government & Society

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  • University of Texas at Austin - Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law & Business

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1.

Energy, Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials

ENERGY, ECONOMICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CASES AND MATERIALS, Foundation Press, 2006
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 22 Dec 2008
Fred Bosselman, Joel B. Eisen, Jim Rossi, David B. Spence and Jacqueline Lang Weaver
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago-Kent College of Law (Deceased), University of Richmond - School of Law, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Houston Law Center
Downloads 1,556 (13,051)

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Energy Law, Environmental Law, Regulated Industries

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Federalism, Regulatory Lags, and the Political Economy of Energy Production

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, 2012, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 222
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 06 Mar 2012
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Regulation, Federalism, Energy, Environment

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The New Political Economy of Regulation: Looking for Positive Sum Change in a Zero Sum World

University of Texas at Austin, Graduate School of Business Working Paper No. 990415
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 May 1999
David B. Spence and Lekha Gopalakrishnan
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Texas Law School
Downloads 581 (53,551)
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Can Law Manage Competitive Energy Markets?

Cornell Law Review, 2008, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 137
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 09 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2014
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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energy, public utilities, restructuring, law, competition

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Introduction: Themes in Energy Law

Energy, Economics & the Environment, 4th Edition, Foundation Press, Forthcoming, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2014-38, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-38, FSU College of Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 694, U of Houston Law Center No. 2014-A-73, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 618
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2016
Joel B. Eisen, Emily Hammond, Jim Rossi, David B. Spence, Jacqueline Lang Weaver and Hannah Jacobs Wiseman
University of Richmond - School of Law, George Washington University - Law School, Vanderbilt University - Law School, University of Texas at Austin - School of Law, University of Houston Law Center and Penn State Law – University Park
Downloads 434 (76,818)

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energy, environmental, textbook, casebook, governance, ownership, externalities, monopoly, risk

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Old Statutes, New Problems

University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 553
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 10 Feb 2014 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2014
Jody Freeman and David B. Spence
Harvard Law School and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 399 (84,744)
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Sarbanes-Oxley as Quack Corporate Governance: How Wise is the Received Wisdom?

Georgetown Law Journal, 2007, McCombs Research Paper Series No. IROM-10-06
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 18 Nov 2006
Robert A. Prentice and David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 381 (89,407)
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Ideology vs. Interest Group Politics in U.S. Energy Policy

North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 95, p. 339, 2017, KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2017-1, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. E560, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. UTPUB635
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 13 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2017
David E. Adelman and David B. Spence
University of Texas School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 281 (125,107)

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Energy, Regulation, Public Utility, Environment

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Responsible Shale Gas Production: Moral Outrage vs. Cool Analysis

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 403
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 05 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2015
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Energy, Environment

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The Political Economy of Local Vetoes

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The Political Economy of Local Vetoes

Texas Law Review, Forthcoming, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 552
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 09 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 04 Apr 2014
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Political Economy of Local Vetoes

Texas Law Review, Vol. 93, 2014, KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2015-08
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Jul 2015
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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state law, local zoning decisions, regulatory takings claims, state-local disputes, local vetoes, fracking, natural gas or oil from shale formations, cost and benefits of development, distributional concerns

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The Effects of Partisan Polarization on the Bureaucracy

SSRC Anxieties of Democracy Projects, Working Group on Polarization (2016)
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 07 Jun 2017
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The Transformation of American Energy Markets and the Problem of Market Power

University of Texas Law, Law and Economics Research Paper No. 202, McCombs Research Paper Series No. BGS-01-11
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 16 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 07 Nov 2014
David B. Spence and Robert A. Prentice
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - McCombs School of Business
Downloads 204 (171,497)

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The Regulatory Contract in the Marketplace

Vanderbilt Law Review, Forthcoming, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2015-11, GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2015-11, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. UTPUB626, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper, KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2016-3
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 10 Apr 2015 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2016
Emily Hammond and David B. Spence
George Washington University - Law School and University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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wholesale, electricity markets, grid, green energy, nuclear, regulatory contract, regulatory compact, ISO, RTO, FERC, NRC, EPA, Clean Power Plan

14.

A Public Choice Progressivism, Continued

Cornell Law Review, 2001
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 26 Mar 2001 Last Revised: 04 Mar 2014
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
Downloads 176 (195,775)
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Administrative law, Nondelegation doctrine, Public choice, Regulation

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Fuels for Electric Power Generation: Regulatory, Policy, and Economic Pressures

Global Climate Change and U.S. Law (2d ed., Michael B. Gerrard & Jody Freeman, eds.) (Forthcoming), Wake Forest Univ. Legal Studies Paper No. 2188906
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 15 Dec 2012
David B. Spence and Emily Hammond
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and George Washington University - Law School
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greenhouse gas, electricity, natural gas, renewables, energy, climate change, nuclear, coal

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A Public Choice Case for the Administrative State

Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 31 Mar 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
David B. Spence and Frank B. Cross
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and Deceased
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Naive Energy Markets

U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. E563, KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2016-10
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2016
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Regulation, energy, law and economics

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Regulation, 'Republican Moments,' and Energy Policy Reform

University of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 201
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 16 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2013
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Energy, Law, Politics

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Paradoxes of Decarbonization

KBH Energy Center Research Paper No. 2016-11, U of Texas Law, Law and Econ Research Paper No. 565
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 30 Jun 2016 Last Revised: 08 Dec 2016
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The New Politics of (Energy) Market Entry

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The New Politics of (Energy) Market Entry

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 18 Mar 2019
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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The New Politics of (Energy) Market Entry

Notre Dame Law Review, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 11 Mar 2019
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Energy Law, Administrative Law, Public Utility Law

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The Shadow of the Rational Polluter: Rethinking the Role of Rational Actor Models in Environmental Law

California Law Review, Volume 89 Issue 4 Article 1, U of Texas Law, Public Law Research Paper No. 17
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 06 Dec 2000 Last Revised: 06 Mar 2013
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law
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Environmental Law, Environmental Policy, Regulation, Criminal Law, Regulatory Reform, Public Policy

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Bargaining Theory and Regulatory Reform: The Political Logic of Inefficient Regulation

Posted: 30 Mar 2000
David B. Spence and Lekha Gopalakrishnan
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Texas Law School

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Agency Discretion and the Limits of Procedural Reform

Posted: 23 Mar 1999
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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The Law, Economics and Politics of Federal Preemption Jurisprudence

Posted: 23 Mar 1999
David B. Spence and Paula C. Murray
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law and University of Texas at Austin - Department of Information, Risk and Operations Management

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Managing Delegation Ex Ante: Using Law to Steer Administrative Agencies

Posted: 01 Feb 1999
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Imposing Liability as a Policy Choice: Holmesian 'Intuitions' and Superfund Reform

Posted: 02 Nov 1998
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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Administrative Law and Agency Policymaking: Rethinking the Positive Theory of Political Control

Yale Journal on Regulation (1997)
Posted: 29 Jul 1998
David B. Spence
University of Texas at Austin - School of Law

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