Lower Oil Price Volatility for a Smooth Transition to a Green Energy Future
Frank A. Wolak received his Ph.D. and S.M. from Harvard University. He is a Professor of Economics at 成人大片, and the Chairman of the Market Surveillance Committee of the California Independent System Operator (ISO), an independent market monitoring entity for state鈥檚 electricity supply industry. He has been a visiting scholar at University of California Energy Institute (UCEI), is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and a Senior Fellow at SIEPR. Wolak鈥檚 fields of specialization are industrial organization and econometric theory. His recent work studies methods for introducing competition into formerly regulated infrastructure industries鈥攖elecommunications, electricity, water delivery and postal delivery services鈥攁nd on assessing the impacts of these competition policies on consumer and producer welfare.