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» Blake Shaffer
Blake Shaffer
Assistant Professor
Social Sciences 444
blake.shaffer@ucalgary.ca
Website:
http://blakeshaffer.ca/
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Energy Economics
Electricity Markets and Restructuring
Climate Change Economics
Currently Teaching
F2022 - ECON 557 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory
Details
LEC 1
TR 12:30 - 13:45
SB 105
W2023 - ECON 429 - Advanced Electricity Markets
Details
LEC 1
MWF 14:00 - 14:50
EDC 280
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Publications
Journal Article
Shaffer, Blake, Nicholas Rivers and Andrew Leach
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Canadian electricity markets during the COVID-19 pandemic: An initial assessment
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. Canadian Public Policy
46.S2 (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake and Mokhtar Tabari
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Paying for performance: The role of policy in energy storage deployment
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. Energy Economics
92. (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
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Misunderstanding Nonlinear Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment on Residential Electricity Demand
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. American Economic Journal: Economic Policy
12.3 (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake and Rivers, Nic
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Stretching the Duck: How Rising Temperatures will Change the Level and Shape of Future Electricity Consumption
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. Energy Journal
41.5 (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
.
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Location matters: Daylight saving time and electricity demand
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. Canadian Journal of Economics
52.4 (2019). Print.
Shaffer, Blake and Santos, Georgina
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Preliminary Results of the London Congestion Charging Scheme
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. Public Works Management & Policy
9.2 (2004). Print.
Technical Papers / Research Reports
Shaffer, Blake
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The role of storage in Alberta's electricity market: Summary of a School of Public Policy roundtable event
2019.
Shaffer, Blake, Dachis, Ben and Thivierge, Vincent
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All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells
2017.
Shaffer, Blake
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Lifting the Hood on Alberta's Royalty Review, University of Calgary School of Public Policy Briefing Paper Series, Vol. 9, Issue 7
2016.
Shaffer, Blake, Purdon, Mark and Houle, David
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The Political Economy of Free Allocations, Ecofiscal Commission Series on Carbon Pricing Revenue Recycling
2016.
Shaffer, Blake, Michal Moore and G Kent Fellows
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The Challenge of Integrating Renewables in the Alberta Electricity Market, University of Calgary School of Public Policy Summary Paper, Vol. 9, Issue 25
2016.
Courses
Curriculum Vitae
blake-shaffer-cv.pdf
Degrees
PostDoctoral Fellowship
Stanford University
, 2019
PhD - Economics
University of Calgary
, 2018
MPhil - Economics
University of Cambridge
, 2003
BSc (Hons) - Environmental Sciences
Queen's University
, 2000
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