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Christopher R. Knittel Associate Professor of Economics |
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| Phone: | (530) 302-1032 |
| Fax: | (530) 752-9382 |
| Address: | University of California, Davis Department of Economics One Shields Ave Davis, CA 95616 |
| E-mail: | crknittel@ucdavis.edu |
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"Now,
this is totally
irresponsible journalism on the part of Christopher Knittel at the New
York Times." --- Rush Limbaugh on his radio show, March 30th, 2007 Bio Christopher Knittel joined the faculty at UC Davis in 2002, having taught previously at Boston University from 1999 to 2002. Professor Knittel received his B.A. in economics and political science from the California State University, Stanislaus in 1994 (summa cum laude), an M.A. in economics from UC Davis in 1996, and a Ph.D. in economics from UC Berkeley in 1999. His research focuses on industrial organization, environmental, and applied econometrics. He is a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research in the Productivity, Industrial Organization and Energy and Environmental Economics groups, a visiting Research Associate at the University of California Energy Institute and a faculty associate of the Institute of Transportation at UC Davis. Professor Knittel is an associate editor of The American Economic Journal -- Economic Policy, The Journal of Industrial Economics and Journal of Energy Markets. His research has appeared in The American Economic Review, The Review of Economics and Statistics, The Journal of Industrial Economics, The Energy Journal and other academic journals. Publications
"Greenhouse Gas Reductions under
Low Carbon Fuel Standards?,"
joint with Stephen P. Holland (UNC) and Jonathan E. Hughes (ITS, UC
Davis). Forthcoming in The American Economic Journal
-- Economic Policy. "How Does Incompatibility Affect
Prices?: Evidence from ATMs," joint with Victor
Stango (Dartmouth). Forthcoming
in The
Journal of Industrial Economics. "Inefficiencies
and Market Power in Financial Arbitrage: A
Study of California's Electricity Markets," joint with Severin
Borenstein (UCB, Haas), James Bushnell (UCEI), and Catherine Wolfram
(UCB, Haas). The Journal of Industrial
Economics, LVI(2), June 2008, pp 347-378. "Diagnosing Unilateral
Market Power in Electricity Reserves Market," joint with Konstantinos
Metaxoglou (Bate White LLC). Journal of Energy
Markets, 1(1), Spring 2008. "Incompatibility,
Product
Attributes and Consumer Welfare:
Evidence from ATMs," joint with Victor Stango (Dartmouth). BE Journal of Economic
Analysis and Policy, Vol. 8
: Iss. 1 (Advances), 2008, Article 1. "Re-Assessing the U.S.
Quality Adjustment to Computer Prices: The Role of Durability and
Changing Software," Price Index
Concepts and Measurement, NBER and the Chicago Press, 2008.
(Joint
with Robert Feenstra (UC Davis)). "Why Do
Institutional Plan Sponsors Hire and Fire their
Investment Managers?," joint with Jeffrey Heisler (BU), John J. Neumann
(St. John's) and Scott Stewart (BU). Best Paper Award for the 31st NBEA
Conference. The
Journal of Business
and Economic Studies,
13(1), Spring 2007. "Biases in
Static Oligopoly Models?: Evidence from the California Electricity
Market," joint with Dae-Wook Kim
(UC Davis). The Journal of
Industrial Economics, LIV(4), December 2006. "The
Adoption of State Electricity Regulation: The Role of
Interest Groups," The Journal of Industrial Economics, LIV(2),
June 2006. "Regulatory Restructuring and Incumbent Price Dynamics: The
Case of Local Telephone Restructuring," The Review of
Economics and Statistics, 86(2), May 2004, pp. 614-625. "Price Ceilings as Focal Points for Tacit Collusion: Evidence
from the Credit Card Market," The American Economic Review,
93(5), December 2003, pp. 1703-1729. (Joint with Victor Stango
(Dartmouth)). "Market Structure and the Pricing of Electricity and Natural
Gas," The Journal of Industrial Economics, LI(2), June
2003, pp. 167-192. "Alternative Regulatory Methods and Firm Efficiency:
Stochastic Frontier Evidence the US Electricity Industry," The
Review of Economics and Statistics, 84(3), August 2002, pp.
530-540. "Market Power in Electricity Markets: Beyond Concentration
Measures," The Energy Journal, 20(4), October 1999.
(Joint with Severin Borenstein (UCB, Haas) and James Bushnell
(UCEI)). "Interstate Long Distance Rates: Search Costs, Switching Costs
and Market Power," The Review of Industrial Organization,
12(4), August 1997. Available Working Papers"Estimation of Random Coefficient Demand Models: Challenges, Difficulties and Warnings," joint with Konstantinos Metaxoglou (Bates and White). In submission. Paper in PDF Format, Code and data associated with paper "The Productivity Benefits of IT Outsourcing," joint with
Victor Stango (Dartmouth). Coming soon. "Tacit Collusion in the Presence of Cyclical Demand and Endogenous Capacity Levels," joint with Jason Lepore (UC Davis). Second set of revisions requested from The International Journal of Industrial Organization. Paper in PDF Format "Strategic Incompatibility in ATM Markets," joint with Victor Stango (Dartmouth). Revisions requested from The International Journal of Industrial Organization. Paper in PDF Format "Sacred Cars: Optimal Regulation of Stationary and Non-stationary Pollution Sources," joint with Meredith Fowlie (U of Mich) and Catherine Wolfram (UCB, Haas). Paper in PDF Format "Analysis of the Wealth Impact of Re-Allocation Decisions by
Institutional Plan Sponsors," joint with Jeffrey Heisler (BU),
John J. Neumann
(St. John's) and Scott Stewart (BU). Paper
in PDF Format
Recent Regulatory Filings
Brandt, A.R., A.E. Farrell, B.K.
Haya, J. Hughes, B.M. Jenkins, A.D.
Jones, D.M. Kammen, C.R. Knittel, M.W. Melaina, M. O’Hare, R.J. Plevin,
D. Sperling, 2007. “A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for California, Part 2:
Policy Analysis.” Available Online: http://www.lcfs.ucdavis.edu. Peer Review Comments on AB 1493, California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resource Board, September 2004. Work in ProgressInformation Technology, Outsourcing, Productivity and Industry Dynamics in a Service Industry, joint with Victor Stango (Dartmouth) Price Ceilings in Electricity Markets, joint with Victor Stango (Dartmouth) Consumer's Expectations and
Automobile Demand, joint with Florian Zettelmeyer (UCB, Haas) Entry and Prices Brazilian Ethanol Policy: How Sweet is It?, joint with Jonathan E. Hughes (ITS, UC Davis) Privatization and Firm
Incentives, joint wiht Dae-Wook Kim (KIET) Point-Source versus
Mobile-Source NOx Regulation, joint with Meredith Fowlie (U of Mich)
and Catherine Wolfram (UCB, Haas) Consumer Dynamics
in the Presence of Changing Software, joint with Wie-Min Hu (UC Davis)
Recent Media CitesPrint:
Alameda
Times-Star, Arizona Daily Star,
Argus, ATMmarketplace.com, Austin-American Statesman, Boston Globe,
Buffalo
News, California Aggie, Contra Costa Times, PE.com, bankrate.com,
marketwatch.com, Crain’s Business Report (New York), Credit Card
Magazine,
Kiosk Marketplace News, LA Observed, LA Times, International Herald
Tribune, Northwestern
Herald, Oakland Tribune, Oregonian, Philadelphia Inquirer, Providence
Journal, New
York Times, Sacramento Bee, Salon.com, San Diego Union Tribune, Salt
Lake
Tribune, St. Petersburg
Times, San Diego Union Tribune, SF Chronicle,
San Mateo County Times, Santa
Rosa Press Democrat, Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Scripps News (DC),
Tuscaloosa
News Sun Herald, Quad City News (Iowa), Winston-Salem Journal,
Worcester
Telegram Radio: KQED’s
“Forum”, KXJZ, KFBK, KUOP, KCBS, KNX, WHYY with Marty Moss-Coane, WPR
with
Kathleen Dunn, Bloomberg Radio, Lambasted by Rush Limbaugh Television: KCRA-3, CBS-13
Sacramento, NBC
Nightly News,
ABC World News, CBS Evening News, ABC Good Morning America
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