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October 1, 2016 at 10:30 pm

Economics Seminar | Uncovering State-Level Heterogeneity: Case of U.S. Residential Electricity Demand, Oct. 7

Dr. Daniel Karney

Dr. Daniel Karney

The Economics Seminar series presents Dr. Daniel Karney on Oct. 7 at 3 p.m. in the Bentley Annex 302 Conference Room.

Karney will discuss “Uncovering state-level heterogeneity: The case of U.S. residential electricity demand.”

He is Assistant Professor of Economics at Ohio University.

Abstract: This paper employs recently developed panel estimators to uncover state-level heterogeneity in U.S residential electricity demand elasticities. The common correlated effects estimation and cross-sectionally augmented distributed lag estimation procedures yield consistent state-specific elasticity estimates and produce a national estimate. Allowing for state-level heterogeneity economically affects policy analysis; for instance, if residential electricity prices rise due to forthcoming U.S. climate policy, then aggregate consumer surplus falls more with state-specific elasticities compared to a single, national elasticity value. The empirical technique highlighted measures heterogeneity in settings with limited cross-sectional units but a large time dimension.

Upcoming Seminars

The seminars are on Fridays from 3 to 4 p.m. in the Bentley Annex 302 Conference Room.

Sept. 23—Cortney Rodet, Ohio University, “Poor Institutions as a Comparative Advantage”

Sept. 30—Gregory DeAngelo, West Virginia University

Oct. 7—Daniel Karney, Ohio University

Oct. 21­—­Phuong Ngo, Cleveland State University

Oct. 28—Yashar Heydari, Ohio University

Nov. 4—Trevon Logan, Ohio State University

Dec. 2—Philipp Lergetporer, Ifo Institute for Economic Research

Jan.  13—Will Neilson,  University of Tennessee

Feb. 17—Nick Dadzie, Ohio University

Feb. 24—Glenn Dutcher, Ohio University

March 3—Luke Fitzpatrick, Ohio University

March 17—Klara Peter, North Carolina—Chapel Hill

March 24—Matt McGill, Ohio University

April 7—Mehrnoush Shahhosseini, University of San Francisco

April 14—Olga Belskaya, Ohio University

April 21—Rania Gihleb, Pittsburgh University

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