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Christopher R. Knittel Associate
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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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Introducing Caiden Andrew Knittel!! |
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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. In 2008, Professor Knittel was one of five faculty members at UC Davis named as a Chancellor's Fellow. 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"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 "Pain at the Pump: How Gas Prices Affect Automobile Purchasing," joint with Meghan Busse (Northwestern) and Florian Zettelmeyer (Northwestern). Very Preliminary Draft in PDF Format. "The Productivity Benefits of IT Outsourching," joint with Victor Stango (UC Davis GSM) Paper in PDF Format "Tacit Collusion in the Presence of Cyclical Demand and Endogenous Capacity Levels," joint with Jason Lepore (Cal Poly). 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 (UC Davis GSM). Revisions requested fromThe International Journal of Industrial Organization. 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 FilingsArons,
S.M., A.R. Brandt, M.A.
Delucchi, A. Eggert, A.E. Farrell, B.K. Haya, J. Hughes, B.M. Jenkins,
A.D. Jones, D.M. Kammen, S.R. Kaffka, C.R. Knittel, D.M. Lemoine, E.W.
Martin, M.W. Melaina, J.M. Ogden, R.J. Plevin, D. Sperling, B.T.
Turner, R.B. Williams, C. Yang, 2007. “A Low-Carbon Fuel Standard for
California, Part 1: Technical Analysis.” Available Online: http://www.lcfs.ucdavis.edu. 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 ProgressComplementary Good Prices and Choice Sets: Evidence from Automobiles, joint with Meghan Busse (UCB, Haas) and Florian Zettelmeyer (UCB, Haas)IT Outsourcing, Mergers and Industry Exit (with Victor Stango) Pharmaceuticals, Patents and Health Outcomes (with Peter Huckfeldt) Traffic and Infant Health (with Douglas Miller and Nick Sanders) Entry in Retail Gasoline and Ethanol Markets: What Drives the Size of a Market? Corn Farmers and Ethanol Refiners: Network Externalities, Indirect Land Use Changes and Food for Fuel (with Dave Rapson) Price Ceilings in Electricity Markets (with Victor Stango) Industry Dynamics in ATM Network Markets (with Victor Stango) Durables and Changes in Software: Implications for Price Indexes and Software Firm Incentives (with Robert Feenstra) 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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