Policy Briefs, White Papers, Op-eds
Ivey Energy Policy and Management Centre
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Ergs and Equilibrium
Energy, Environment and Agriculture
Demand and Oversight in Ontario's Hybrid Electricity Market. January 2025. Data and Code.
The Hidden $1.1 Billion Cost of Electricity in Ontario. November 2024.
How Confident Should We be in Ontario's Electricity Demand Forecasts? November 2024.
The Ontario Energy Board Got the Economics
Right on Enbridge Gas. February 2024.
When Housing Policy meets the Energy Regulator: Understanding the Minister of Energy's Decision to Effectively Overrule the Ontario Energy Board (with A. Fremeth). January 2024.
Submission to the Electrification and Energy Transition Panel (with A. Fremeth and B. Rivard). June 2023.
Leakage and Avoided Emissions from
Oil and Gas Production: Private Mineral Rights and Payments for Conservation. April 2022.
Measuring the Economic Impact of Alberta's Oil Curtailment Policy (with J. Winter). January 2021.
Regulating Induced Emissions from Pipelines (with A. Fremeth). June 2020.
What Do We Know About Household Energy Conservation Programs? Evidence from Medicine Hat. September 2019.
Carbon Pricing and the Canadian Beef Sector. November 2017.
Remarks to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. September 2017.
The Economic Cost of Electricity Generation in Ontario (with A. Fremeth, G. Holburn and M. Loudermilk). March 2017.
An Economic Analysis of New Upstream Emissions Requirements for Pipeline Approvals. July 2016.
The Impact of Oil Price Shocks on Canadian National and Provincial GDP. January 2016.
The Effect of British Columbia's Carbon Tax on Agricultural Trade (with N. Rivers). July 2014.
Law, Regulation and Politics
Regulating Corporate Campaign Contributions (with A. Fremeth and B. Richter). June 2019.
A Lawyer-friendly Screening Trick for Mergers. Competition Law Section, SSNIPets, Canadian Bar Association, Winter 2018.
Op-eds
Economics does not explain why Trump tariffs the world. Globe and Mail Op-ed, April 2025.
How to reduce the risk of Ontario's ambitious nuclear power expansion. Toronto Star Op-ed, September 2023.
Cold facts take the heat out of Ontario's electricity debate. Globe and Mail Op-ed (with S. Elgie and N. Rivers), June 2017.
A formula for smoothing rising Ontario hydro bills. Global and Mail Op-ed (with G. Holburn, A. Fremeth and M. Loudermilk), February 2017.
When it comes to carbon taxes, follow mainstream economics. National Post Op-ed (with N. Rivers), January 2015.
Podcast
Ergs and Equilibrium