Ergs and Equilibrium
Ergs and Equilibrium
Ergs and Equilibrium
Discussions about energy, environment and economics
Episode 10: Intermittency is More Complicated than you Thought
Paige Weber, assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses her paper “Intermittency or Uncertainty? Impacts of Renewable Energy in Electricity Markets,” co-authored with Matt Woerman.
Feb 3, 2023
36 min
Episode 9: Hitting the (Bench)mark when Forecasting the Price of Oil
Stephen Snudden and I discuss his paper “The New Benchmark for Forecasts of the Real Price of Crude Oil.” This research is co-authored with Amor Aniss Benmoussa and Reinhard Ellwanger.
Jan 26, 2023
39 min
Episode 8: Disclosure and Learning from your Neighbours in the US Shale Boom
Richard Sweeney and I discuss his paper “Secrecy Rules and Exploratory Investment: Theory and Evidence from the Shale Boom.” This research is co-authored with Thomas Covert.
Jan 19, 2023
38 min
Episode 7: Weather and International Trade
Leanne Cass, Part of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment based in the London School of Economics, discusses her recent paper "Weather Shocks and International Trade"
Jan 12, 2023
32 min
Episode 6: Counter-intuitive Fuelwood Collection Behaviour
Martino Pelli, Associate Professor and the Chair of the Department of Economics of the Université de Sherbrooke, discusses his paper "The Effect of Forest Access on the Market for Fuelwood in India", co-authored by Branko Boskovic, Ujjayant chakravorty, and Anna Risch.
Jan 5, 2023
40 min
Episode 5: What's your VoLL?
David Brown, Associate Professor at the University of Alberta, discusses his working paper "The Value of Electricity Reliability: Evidence from Battery Adoption", co-authored with Lucija Muehlenbachs.
Aug 18, 2022
50 min
Episode 4: Flying Over the Trap Door
Maya Papineau, associate professor in the Department of Economics at Carleton University, discusses her Journal of Environmental Economics and Management paper "Experimental evidence on heat loss visualization and personalized information to motivate energy savings" co-authored with Nicholas Rivers.
Aug 11, 2022
40 min
Episode 3: Pipeline Constraints and Price Differentials
Henry Thille, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Guelph, discusses his Canadian Journal of Economics paper "Pipeline capacity and the dynamics of Alberta crude oil price spreads", co-authored with Gregory Galay.
Aug 4, 2022
33 min
Episode 2: Echoes of Energy Prices Past
Katherine Wagner, assistant professor at the Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia, discusses her working paper "Technology Lock-in and Optimal Carbon Pricing", co-authored with Jonathan Hawkins-Pierot.
Jul 28, 2022
34 min
Episode 1: Utility Scale Batteries in the Real World
Mario Samano, Associate Professor at HEC Montreal, discusses his recent paper "Large-scale battery storage, short-term market outcomes, and arbitrage", co-authored with Stefan Lamp.
Jul 21, 2022
47 min