Ford School economics professor Justin Wolfers told Bloomberg TV's The Close that one of the biggest consequences of tariffs with Canada and Mexico could be on the many cross-border transactions that happen in the production of many consumer...

When the oil industry gets lucky and prices rise, executives reap the benefits, according to an Energy Journal analysis of pay at 78 U.S. energy companies by University of Michigan economist Catherine Hausman and UC Berkeley economist Lucas...

The Ford School's Catherine Hausman spoke on a panel for a Hamilton Project and Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability event titled "Powering a Clean Energy Future." The event focused on analyzing the ways we can move toward renewable energy...

Economists use variations in TV signal strength to demonstrate long-term impacts of the smash 80s series, ‘The...

A research paper from the Ford School's Catherine Hausman for the National Bureau of Economic Research looked at the gains and losses of the existing transmission constraints in the U.S. Utility Dive recently highlighted the paper. The paper by...

Market designs and policies can serve to promote clean energy. However, if policymakers are not careful in considering academic research on energy, negative unintended impacts could arise from policy action, specifically increasing CO2 emissions....

A recent electricity market analysis discovered that adding battery storage to enhance grid reliability caused power generation markets to favor coal over natural gas. Adding battery storage to electrical grids only increases grid reliability, not...

Debates have surfaced over whether the term "clean energy" should be a term that we continue to use in society. The argument that no energy is completely clean or the term is been increasingly misused by coal and oil does not withstand against the...

Recent federal regulations instated a shift to build more long-distance power lines. The Ford School's Catie Hausman has noted some of the benefits that could come of this transition. “We need to integrate more wind and solar, and we need to...

The Environmental Protection Agency established a new emissions standard targeting coal-fired power plants. The Ford School's Catie Hausman stated, “Energy analysts have been waiting for a ruling like this for a long time, so it is landmark." She...