Peer Reviewed Articles
The Economics of Natural Gas Flaring in US Shale: An Agenda for Research and Policy. With Mark Agerton and Ben Gilbert. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, volume 17, number 2, summer 2023. link download
Financial Liabilities and Environmental Implications of Unplugged Wells for Gulf of Mexico and Coastal Waters. With Mark Agerton, Brian Snyder, and Sid Narra. Nature Energy (2023). link
Oil & Gas Induced Economic Fluctuations and Self-Employment. With Bulent Unel. Labour Economics. 82 (2023) 102362. link download
Electricity Market Restructuring and Retail Rates. With Kenneth Rose and Brittany Tarufelli. The Energy Journal. link preprint download
Boom Town Business Dynamics. With Ryan Decker and Meagan McCollum. The Journal of Human Resources. volume 59, number 1. link. FEDS Working Paper. download
Local Labor Market Shocks and Employment and Earnings Differentials: Evidence from Shale Oil and Gas Booms. Energy Economics 102 (2021) 105462. With Han Yu. link / download / replication files / appendix
Are Energy Endowed Countries Responsible for Conditional Convergence? With Matthew E. Oliver. The Energy Journal, Vol. 43, (3) 201-224. link / replication files / appendix
Assessing distribution networks sensitivity to voltage rise and flicker under high penetration of behind the meter solar. With Farzad Ferdowsi and Shahab Mehraeen. Renewable Energy 152 (2020) 1227-1240. download / link
Decomposing crude price differentials: Domestic shipping constraint or the crude oil export ban? With Mark Agerton. The Energy Journal 40 (3) 155-172. download / link
Local labor market shocks and residential mortgage payments: Evidence from shale oil and gas booms. With Meagan McCollum. Resource and Energy Economics 53 (2018) 162-197. download / link
Funding renewable energy: An analysis of renewable portfolio standards. With Brian F. Snyder. Energy Economics 66 (2017) 205-216. download / link / replication files
Asymmetric effects of housing wealth on college enrollment. With Meagan N. McCollum. Applied Economics Letters. April 2017. p. 1-5. download / link
The effect of merit-based scholarships on education outcomes. An analysis of the Arizona AIMS scholarship. Journal of Labor Research 37 (2016) 235-261. download / link
Renewable energy potential and renewable portfolio standard adoption. With Brian F. Snyder. Utilities Policy 36 (2015) 67-70. download / link
Economies of scale, learning effects and offshore wind development costs. With David E. Dismukes. Renewable Energy 83 (2015) 61-66. download / link
Peer Reviewed Conference Proceedings
Integration of Behind-the-Meter Solar into Distribution Feeders: The Importance of Time Resolution on Model Results. With Farzad Ferdowsi and Shahab Mehraeen. 2019 IEEE Green Technologies Conference. April 2019. download / link
Economic and Policy Issues in Sustaining an Adequate Oil Spill Contingency Fund in the Aftermath of a Catastrophic Incident. With David E. Dismukes and Stephen R. Barnes. Proceedings of the Thirty-seventh AMOP Technical Seminar on Environmental Contamination and Response. June 2014. download
Reports and White Papers
Considering a Federal Program to Permanently Plug and Abandon Offshore Oil and Gas Wells. With Mark Agerton, Siddhartha Narra, and Brian Snyder. April 2022. Columbia Center on Global Energy Policy. link
Comment: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Proposed RFS Small Refinery Exemption Decision. With Cody Nehiba. EPA Docket No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2021-0566. link
2022 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. With David E. Dismukes. November 2021. link
Description of Helicopter Operations and Utilization in the Gulf of Mexico. With Cody Nehiba and Siddhartha Narra. July 2021. link
2021 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. With David E. Dismukes. November 2020. link
Louisiana Economic Outlook. 2021-2022. With Loren C. Scott. October 2020.
Mineral Revenues in Louisiana. LSU Center for Energy Studies White Paper. With James A. Richardson. March 2020. link
2020 Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. With David E. Dismukes and Dek Terrell. November 2019. link
Louisiana Economic Outlook. 2020-2021. With Loren C. Scott. October 2019.
The Future of Solar in Louisiana. An Analysis of the Technical and Economic Implications of Solar P.V. Growth on Louisiana's Economy and Electric Grid (2019). With Farzad Ferdowsi, Amin Kargarian, Shahab Mehraeen. LSU Center for Energy Studies White Paper. link
Mineral Revenues in Louisiana: Status Report Submitted to Senate Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs and House Committee on Ways and Means of the Louisiana Legislature (2019). With Dr. James A. Richardson. link
Gulf Coast Energy Outlook (2019). With David E. Dismukes and Dek Terrell. LSU Center for Energy Studies and Economics & Policy Research Group. download
Gulf Coast Energy Outlook. LSU Center for Energy Studies and Economics & Policy Research Group. With Christopher K. Coombs, David E. Dismukes, and Dek Terrell. June 2017. download / addendum
Oil Prices and the Louisiana Budget Crisis: Culprit or Scapegoat? An Analysis of the Implications of the Oil Price Drop on the Louisiana Budget. LSU Center for Energy Studies. October, 2016. download
Crude Oil Exports and the Louisiana Economy. A discussion of U.S. policy of restricting crude oil exports and its implications for Louisiana. LSU Center for Energy Studies. November, 2015. download
Trade Journal Articles
Industrial Decarbonization: A Balanced Approach. Louisiana Chemical Industry Insights. June 2023. link
Pipeline Constraints, Not Export Ban, Cause Big Price Differentials. Pipeline & Gas Journal. August 2019. download
Can Rooftop Solar Survive Declining Subsidies? A Case Study in Louisiana. Public Utilities Fortnightly. April 2019. download
Jobs, Electricity Prices, and Renewable Energy Policies. Costs versus Benefits. Public Utilities Fortnightly. September 2017. download / link
The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Renewable Portfolio Standards. IAEE Energy Forum. Antalya Special Issue 2015. With Brian F. Snyder. download
Chapters in Books
“Mineral Revenues”. Chapter in Exploring Long-Term Solutions for Louisiana’s Tax System. James A. Richardson, Steven M. Sheffrin, and James Alm. Purchase on Amazon.