Catherine Wolfram

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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 Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Last Revised: 15 Apr 2023
Meredith Fowlie, Michael Greenstone and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 89 (620,933)
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Does Competition Reduce Costs? Assessing the Impact of Regulatory Restructuring on U.S. Electric Generation Efficiency

Number of pages: 57 Posted: 10 Nov 2004
Kira Markiewicz, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine Wolfram
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 23 Jan 2022
Kira Markiewicz, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine Wolfram
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 157 (401,284)
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Regulating Executive Pay: Using the Tax Code to Influence CEO Compensation

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 05 Oct 2000
Nancy L. Rose and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 07 Dec 2022
Nancy L. Rose and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Wolfram
Indiana University Bloomington - School of Informatics and Computing and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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trust, security, privacy, e-commerce

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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
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, University of Southern California, Department of Economics, Deceased, Technology Policy Institute, 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 - Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Olin Business School Center for Finance & Accounting Research Paper No. Forthcoming
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 10 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jan 2024
Paul J. Gertler, Brett Green and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Collateralized Lending, Microfinance, Moral Hazard, Adverse Selection, Education

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NBER Working Paper No. w28724
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 03 May 2021 Last Revised: 03 Jul 2023
Paul J. Gertler, Brett Green and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, Washington University in St. Louis - John M. Olin Business School and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Pharmaceutical Prices and Political Activity

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 Sep 2001
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 402 (155,671)
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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: 05 Sep 2022
Sara Fisher Ellison and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 87 (630,092)
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Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use

University of Chicago, Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Working Paper No. 2021-17
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 08 Feb 2021
Fiona Burlig, James Bushnell, David Rapson and Catherine Wolfram
University of Chicago, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 236 (274,645)
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Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use

NBER Working Paper No. w28451
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 08 Feb 2021 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2023
Fiona Burlig, James Bushnell, David Rapson and Catherine Wolfram
University of Chicago, University of California, Davis - Departments of Economics and Agricultural Resource Economics, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Machine Learning from Schools About Energy Efficiency

NBER Working Paper No. w23908
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 09 Oct 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2023
University of Chicago, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR), Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025 *

UCLA School of Law, Law-Econ Research Paper No. 24-02
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 23 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 20 Jul 2024
Stanford UniversityElectric Power Research Institute, UCLA School of Law, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Climate policy, Inflation Reduction Act, tax credits, carbon fee, decarbonization JEL Codes: H23, Q48, Q54

Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025

NBER Working Paper No. w32168
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 26 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2024
Stanford UniversityElectric Power Research Institute, UCLA School of Law, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Harvard University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 184 (349,403)
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energy, technology uptake, energy investment

Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary

Peterson Institute for International Economics Working Paper No. 23-3
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 10 Jul 2023
Kimberly A. Clausing and Catherine Wolfram
UCLA School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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carbon border adjustments, climate clubs, Pigovian taxes and subsidies, international competitiveness, trade and environment

Carbon Border Adjustments, Climate Clubs, and Subsidy Races When Climate Policies Vary

NBER Working Paper No. w31310
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 05 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 21 Jul 2023
Kimberly A. Clausing and Catherine Wolfram
UCLA School of Law and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Prices and Coupons for Breakfast Cereals

NBER Working Paper No. w6932
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 08 Jun 1999 Last Revised: 08 May 2000
Aviv Nevo and Catherine Wolfram
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 20 Aug 2022
Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 95 (589,374)
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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: 23 Jul 2022
University of California, Berkeley - Economic Analysis & Policy Group, University of California - Energy Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 12 Aug 2022
Paul L. Joskow, Nancy L. Rose and Catherine Wolfram
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 72 (704,923)
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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 Wolfram
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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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: 30 Jun 2023
Catherine Wolfram, Orie Shelef and Paul J. Gertler
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business and University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business
Downloads 69 (710,382)
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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: 20 Mar 2022
Jane Herr and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Demography and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2023
Don Fullerton and Catherine Wolfram
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Department of Finance and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 26 Oct 2022
James Bushnell, Carla Peterman and Catherine Wolfram
University of California - Energy Institute, University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 63 (745,119)
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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 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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: 12 Aug 2022
James B. Bushnell, James Bushnell and Catherine Wolfram
Iowa State University, University of California - Energy Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act

NBER Working Paper No. w31267
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 22 May 2023 Last Revised: 08 Jun 2023
Stanford UniversityElectric Power Research Institute, Federal Reserve Banks - Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Money or Power? Financial Infrastructure and Optimal Policy

NBER Working Paper No. w29086
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 27 Jul 2021 Last Revised: 23 Jun 2023
University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Yale University, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Disbursing Emergency Relief Through Utilities: Evidence from Ghana

NBER Working Paper No. w28818
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 24 May 2021 Last Revised: 30 Mar 2023
University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, Texas A&M University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Last Revised: 26 May 2023
Gilbert E. Metcalf and Catherine Wolfram
Tufts University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 Last Revised: 21 May 2023
Lucas W. Davis and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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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 2023
University of California, Berkeley, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Economics and University of California, Berkeley - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
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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: 17 Jul 2023
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 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Does Household Electrification Supercharge Economic Development?

NBER Working Paper No. w26528
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 09 Dec 2019 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Kenneth Lee, Edward Miguel and Catherine Wolfram
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 38 (938,902)
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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 Last Revised: 03 Mar 2023
Paul J. Gertler, Orie Shelef, Catherine Wolfram and Alan Fuchs
University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business, University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management and World Bank 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: 02 May 2023
Meredith Fowlie, Christopher R. Knittel and Catherine Wolfram
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research (CEEPR) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
Downloads 31 (1,010,983)
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A Theory of Price Caps on Non-Renewable Resources

NBER Working Paper No. w31347
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 12 Jun 2023 Last Revised: 26 Jun 2023
Simon Johnson, Lukasz Rachel and Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Entrepreneurship Center, University College London and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management
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Donor Contracting Conditions and Public Procurement: Causal Evidence from Kenyan Electrification

NBER Working Paper No. w30948
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 13 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2023
Catherine Wolfram, Edward Miguel, Eric Hsu and Susanna B. Berkouwer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management, University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, Yale University and University of Pennsylvania
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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 Wolfram
Northwestern University - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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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 Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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

Posted: 10 Sep 1998
Catherine Wolfram
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

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