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Blake Shaffer
Associate Professor
Social Sciences 444
blake.shaffer@ucalgary.ca
Website:
https://www.blakeshaffer.ca/
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Energy Economics
Electricity Markets and Restructuring
Climate Change Economics
Currently Teaching
F2023 - ECON 557 - Advanced Microeconomic Theory
Details
LEC 1
TR 12:30 - 13:45
Outline
view past courses
Publications
Book Review
Shaffer, Blake
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Review of the Handbook on Electricity Markets by Jean-Michel Glachant, Paul L. Joskow, and Michael G. Pollitt, eds.
Energy Journal (to appear), Print.
Journal Article
Shaffer, Blake
, Hastings-Simon, Sara, Leach, Andrew and Weis, Tim
.
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Alberta's Renewable Electricity Program: Design, results, and lessons learned
"
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Energy Policy
171. (2022). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
, Quintero, Daniel and Rhodes, Joshua
.
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Changing sensitivity to cold weather in Texas power demand
"
. iScience
25.4 (2022). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
.
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Private Risk and Social Resilience in Liberalized Electricity Markets
"
. Joule
6.2 (2022). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
,
Winter, Jennifer
, Bailey, Megan, Galley, Emily and Joseph, Chris
.
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A multiple account benefit-cost analysis of coal mining in Alberta
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. School of Public Policy Research Paper Series
14.32 (2021). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
, Bataille, Chris and Neff, Jordan
.
"
The Role of Hydrogen in Canada’s Transition to Net-Zero Emissions
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. School of Public Policy Research Paper Series
14.30 (2021). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
, Bataille, Chris and Neff, Jordan
.
"
The Role of Hydrogen in Decarbonizing Alberta’s Electricity System
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. School of Public Policy Research Paper Series
14.31 (2021). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
, Nicholas Rivers and Andrew Leach
.
"
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
"
. Energy Economics
92. (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
.
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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
.
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Stretching the Duck: How Rising Temperatures will Change the Level and Shape of Future Electricity Consumption
"
. Energy Journal
41.5 (2020). Print.
Shaffer, Blake
.
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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.
Journal Articles - Non-Peer Reviewed
Shaffer, Blake
, Samaras, Constantine and Auffhammer, Maximilian
.
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Make electric vehicles lighter to maximize climate and safety benefits
"
. Nature
598. (2021). Print.
Technical Papers / Research Reports
Shaffer, Blake
, Clark, Jason, Bernstein, Michael, Beugin, Dale and Wadland, Jake
.
Closing the carbon pricing certainty gap
2023.
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.
Courses
Working Papers
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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