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Catherine D. Wolfram

University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

Berkeley, CA 94720

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1.

Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program

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Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program

Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics Working Paper No. 2621817
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 26 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 25 Jan 2018
Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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energy, efficiency investments

Do Energy Efficiency Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program

NBER Working Paper No. w21331
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 13 Jul 2015
Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Does Competition Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

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Does Competition Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 04-37
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Nov 2004
Kira Markiewicz, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Efficiency, Production, Competition, Electricity restructuring, Electric Generation, Regulation

Do Markets Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

NBER Working Paper No. w11001
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 20 Jan 2005 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2010
Kira Markiewicz, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Regulating Executive Pay: Using the Tax Code to Influence CEO Compensation

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Regulating Executive Pay: Using the Tax Code to Influence CEO Compensation

MIT Dept. of Economics Working Paper No. 00-24
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Oct 2000
Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Executive Compensation, CEO Pay, Tax Policy, Regulation, OBRA, Section 162(m)

Regulating Executive Pay: Using the Tax Code to Influence CEO Compensation

NBER Working Paper No. w7842
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 22 Aug 2000 Last Revised: 02 Apr 2001
Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Pricing Security: Vulnerabilities as Externalities

Economics of Information Security, Vol. 12, 2004
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 05 Apr 2006
L. Jean Camp and Catherine D. Wolfram
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Informatics and Computing and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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trust, security, privacy, e-commerce

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Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

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Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

MIT Department of Economics Working Paper No. 01-30
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Sep 2001
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine D. Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Reform, Political Economy

Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

NBER Working Paper No. w8482
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 17 Sep 2001 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2010
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine D. Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Supreme Court Amicus Brief Regarding Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. v. Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington

AEI-Brookings Joint Center Brief No. 07-02
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Dec 2007
William J. Baumol, Colin Blaydon, Charles J. Cicchetti, René M. Stulz, Jeffrey A. Dubin, Franklin M. Fisher, Robert W. Hahn, Jerry A. Hausman, William W. Hogan, Joseph P. Kalt, Paul R. Kleindorfer, Robert J. Michaels, Bruce M. Owen, Craig Pirrong, Michael A. Salinger, Steven Shavell, Vernon L. Smith, James L. Sweeney, Robert Willig and Catherine D. Wolfram
New York University - Stern School of Business, Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Ohio State University (OSU) - Department of Finance, California Institute of Technology - Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, University of Oxford, Smith School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics, Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), University of Pennsylvania - Operations & Information Management Department, California State University, Fullerton - Department of Economics, Stanford University, University of Houston - Department of Finance, Boston University - Questrom School of Business, Harvard Law School, Chapman University - Economic Science Institute, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Prices and Coupons for Breakfast Cereals

NBER Working Paper No. w6932
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jun 1999
Aviv Nevo and Catherine D. Wolfram
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Strategic Bidding in a Multi-Unit Auction: An Empirical Analysis of Bids to Supply Electricity

NBER Working Paper No. w6269
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 01 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 07 Oct 2010
Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Trading Inefficiencies in California's Electricity Markets

NBER Working Paper No. w8620
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 29 Nov 2001 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California - Energy Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Political Constraints on Executive Compensation: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry

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Political Constraints on Executive Compensation: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry

NBER Working Paper No. w4980
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 19 Jul 2000 Last Revised: 19 Aug 2010
Paul L. Joskow, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Political Constraints on Executive Compensation: Evidence from the Electric Utility Industry

RAND J. OF ECONOMICS, Vol. 26 No. 1
Posted: 03 Jul 1998
Paul L. Joskow, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Are the Non-Monetary Costs of Energy Efficiency Investments Large? Understanding Low Take-Up of a Free Energy Efficiency Program

Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Jan 2015
Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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energy, technology uptake, energy investment

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Work Environment and "Opt-Out" Rates at Motherhood Across High-Education Career Paths

NBER Working Paper No. w14717
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 17 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 19 Sep 2010
Jane Herr and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Demography and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Local Solutions to Global Problems: Policy Choice and Regulatory Jurisdiction

NBER Working Paper No. w13472
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 05 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 10 Dec 2007
James Bushnell, Carla Peterman and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California - Energy Institute, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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How Will Energy Demand Develop in the Developing World?

NBER Working Paper No. w17747
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 02 Nov 2014
Catherine D. Wolfram, Orie Shelef and Paul J. Gertler
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
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The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy: An Introduction

NBER Working Paper No. w17499
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 14 Oct 2011
Don Fullerton and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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The Guy at the Controls: Labor Quality and Power Plant Efficiency

NBER Working Paper No. w13215
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 03 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2013
James B. Bushnell, James Bushnell and Catherine D. Wolfram
Iowa State University, University of California - Energy Institute and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency: Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power

NBER Working Paper No. w17341
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 29 Aug 2011
Lucas W. Davis and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Sacred Cars? Optimal Regulation of Stationary and Non-Stationary Pollution Sources

NBER Working Paper No. w14504
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 25 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2014
Meredith Fowlie, Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Cursed Resources? Political Conditions and Oil Market Outcomes

NBER Working Paper No. w16614
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 18 Dec 2010
Gilbert E. Metcalf and Catherine D. Wolfram
Tufts University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Barriers to Electrification for "Under Grid" Households in Rural Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w20327
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 07 Aug 2014
Kenneth Lee, Eric Brewer, Carson Christiano, Francis Meyo, Edward Miguel, Matthew Podolsky, Javier Rosa and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley, Innovations for Poverty Action, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS), University of California, Berkeley - Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS) and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Inefficiencies and Market Power in Financial Arbitrage: A Study of California's Electricity Markets

The Journal of Industrial Economics, Vol. 56, Issue 2, pp. 347-378, June 2008
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 14 Jul 2008
Severin Borenstein, Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Machine Learning from Schools About Energy Efficiency

NBER Working Paper No. w23908
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Oct 2017
Fiona Burlig, Christopher R. Knittel, David Rapson, Mar Reguant and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California, Davis, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Default Effects and Follow-On Behavior: Evidence from an Electricity Pricing Program

NBER Working Paper No. w23553
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 04 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 11 May 2018
Meredith Fowlie, Catherine D. Wolfram, Anna Spurlock, Annika Todd, Patrick Baylis and Peter Cappers
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Stanford University and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification

NBER Working Paper No. w22292
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 01 Jun 2016
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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Appliance Ownership and Aspirations Among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya

NBER Working Paper No. w21949
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Feb 2016
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group
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How Pro-Poor Growth Affects the Demand for Energy

NBER Working Paper No. w19092
Number of pages: 54 Posted: 31 May 2013
Paul J. Gertler, Orie Shelef, Catherine D. Wolfram and Alan Fuchs
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group and World Bank Group
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Why Do Manufacturers Issue Coupons? An Empirical Analysis of Breakfast Cereals

RAND Journal of Economics, Vol. 33, No. 2
Posted: 13 May 2002
Aviv Nevo and Catherine D. Wolfram
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Regulating Executive Pay: Assessing the Impact of the Tax-Deductibility Cap on Executive Compensation

Posted: 03 Sep 1999
Nancy L. Rose and Catherine D. Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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Strategic Bidding in a Multiunit Auction: An Empirical Analysis of Bids to Supply Electricity in England and Wales

Rand Journal of Economics, Vol. 29, No. 4, Winter 1998
Posted: 10 Sep 1998
Catherine D. Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group

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