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James Bushnell

Research Director, University of California Energy Institute
Lecturer
Haas Economic Analysis & Policy Group
1-510-642-7316
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Academic Status: On duty
Office Hours: Thurs., 1-2:30
Office: UCEI, 2547 Channing Way
Academic Group Homepage:
http://www.ucei.org
http://haas.berkeley.edu/groups/eap/
Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format, Acrobat Reader required)

Education

B.S. Economics and Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.S. Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley
Ph.D. Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, University of California, Berkeley

Positions Held

At Haas since 1999
1999 - present Lecturer, Haas School of Business, U.C. Berkeley
1993 - present Research Director, University of California Energy Institute

External Service and Assignments

Associate Editor, Operations Research
Member, Market Surveillance Committee, California ISO
Co-Director, Center for the Study of Electricity Markets, Berkeley, CA
Former Member, Market Monitoring Committee, California Power Exchange, Pasadena, CA
Former Editor, Utilities Policy

Current Research and Interests

Industrial Organization and Regulatory Economics
Energy Policy
Environmental Economics
Game Theoretic Optimization Models

Selected Papers and Publications

James Bushnell, Erin Mansur, and Celeste Saravia. “Vertical Arrangements, Market Structure and Competition: An analysis of Restructured U.S. Electricity Markets.” American Economic Review. Forthcoming.
James Bushnell, “Oligopoly Equilibria in Electricity Contract Markets,” Journal of Regulatory Economics. Forthcoming.
Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, Christopher R. Knittel, and Catherine Wolfram. “Inefficiencies and Market Power in Financial Arbitrage: A Study of California's Electricity Markets.” Journal of Industrial Economics. Forthcoming.
James Bushnell. “Electricity Resource Adequacy: Matching Policies and Goals,” The Electricity Journal. September, 2005.
James Bushnell and Erin Mansur. “Consumption under noisy price signals: a study of electricity retail rate deregulation in San Diego.” Journal of Industrial Economics. Vol 53, No. 4: 493-513, 2005.
James Bushnell. “California’s Electricity Crisis: a market apart?” Energy Policy, Vol. 32: 1045-1052. 2004.
James Bushnell. ''A Mixed Complementarity Model of Hydro-Thermal Electricity Competition in the Western U.S.'' Operations Research. Vol. 51, No. 1: 81-93. January/February 2003.
Severin Borenstein, James Bushnell, and Frank Wolak, "Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Wholesale Electricity Industry." American Economic Review. Vol. 92, No. 5: 1376-1405, Winter 2002.

Teaching

MBA 212 - Energy and Environmental Markets, Spring 2008

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