University of Calgary
Blake Shaffer
- Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Currently Teaching
| F2022 - ECON 557 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory | ||||||||||
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| W2023 - ECON 429 - Advanced Electricity Markets | ||||||||||
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Publications
Journal Article
- Shaffer, Blake, Nicholas Rivers and Andrew Leach. "Canadian electricity markets during the COVID-19 pandemic: An initial assessment". Canadian Public Policy 46.S2 (2020). Print.
- Shaffer, Blake and Mokhtar Tabari. "Paying for performance: The role of policy in energy storage deployment". Energy Economics 92. (2020). Print.
- Shaffer, Blake. "Misunderstanding Nonlinear Prices: Evidence from a Natural Experiment on Residential Electricity Demand". American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 12.3 (2020). Print.
- Shaffer, Blake and Rivers, Nic. "Stretching the Duck: How Rising Temperatures will Change the Level and Shape of Future Electricity Consumption". Energy Journal 41.5 (2020). Print.
- Shaffer, Blake. "Location matters: Daylight saving time and electricity demand". Canadian Journal of Economics 52.4 (2019). Print.
- Shaffer, Blake and Santos, Georgina. "Preliminary Results of the London Congestion Charging Scheme". Public Works Management & Policy 9.2 (2004). Print.
Technical Papers / Research Reports
- Shaffer, Blake. 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. All’s Well that Ends Well: Addressing End-of-Life Liabilities for Oil and Gas Wells 2017.
- Shaffer, Blake. 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. The Political Economy of Free Allocations, Ecofiscal Commission Series on Carbon Pricing Revenue Recycling 2016.
- Shaffer, Blake, Michal Moore and G Kent Fellows. The Challenge of Integrating Renewables in the Alberta Electricity Market, University of Calgary School of Public Policy Summary Paper, Vol. 9, Issue 25 2016.
Curriculum Vitae
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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