(Last updated: March 2026)
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Archana Ghodeswar, Usha Nair-Reichert, & Matthew E. Oliver (2026). Fixing the leaking bucket: Financial factors and the improved performance of India’s electricity distribution utilities. The Electricity Journal, forthcoming (accepted Feb. 2026.) Link
Matthew E. Oliver, Oliver Chapman, Santiago Grijalva, Daniel C. Matisoff, Maghfira Ramadhani, & Amanda West (2026). Managing zero-marginal-cost, intermittent renewable energy: A survey of the Engineering, Economics, and Policy. Renewable & Sustainable Energy Reviews 226 (Part C): 116334. Link
Victoria Godwin & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Wind intermittency and supply-demand imbalance: Evidence from U.S. regional power markets. The Energy Journal 46(6): 241-269. Link [Earlier version: USAEE Working Paper No. 24-517. Link]
Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz, & Kenneth Gillingham (2025). Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound under Net Metering. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 12(5): 1317-1353. Link [Earlier version: USAEE Working Paper No. 23-588 Link]
Vikrant K. Kamble, Dylan Brewer, & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Is there a trade-off between forest expansion and agriculture? Evidence from India. Land Economics 101(3): 304-329. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2023). Tipping the scale: Why utility-scale solar avoids a solar rebound and what it means for U.S. solar policy. The Electricity Journal 36(4): 107266. Link
Ross C. Beppler, Daniel C. Matisoff, & Matthew E. Oliver (2023). Electricity Consumption Changes Following Solar Adoption: Testing for a Solar Rebound. Economic Inquiry 61(1): 58-81. Link
Archana Ghodeswar & Matthew E. Oliver (2022). Trading One Waste for Another? Unintended Consequences of Fly Ash Reuse in the Indian Electric Power Sector. Energy Policy 165: 112940. Link
Matthew E. Oliver & Gregory B. Upton, Jr. (2022). Are energy endowed countries responsible for conditional convergence? The Energy Journal 43(3): 201-224. Link [Earlier version: USAEE Working Paper No. 19-414. Link]
Chris J. Kennedy, Shana McDermott, & Matthew E. Oliver (2020) Setting carbon taxes using declining discount rates: Implications for investment-based mitigation. Strategic Behavior & the Environment 8(3): 311-344. Link
Shahaboddin H. Toroghi & Matthew E. Oliver (2019). Framework for Assessment of the Direct Rebound Effect for Residential Photovoltaic Systems. Applied Energy 251: 113391. Link
Erik Paul Johnson & Matthew E. Oliver (2019). Renewable Generation Capacity and Wholesale Electricity Price Variance. The Energy Journal 40(5): 143-168. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2019). Pricing flexibility under rate-of-return regulation: Effects on network infrastructure investment. Economic Modelling 78: 150-161. Link [Earlier version available as: “Price Regulation and Pipeline Transmission Capacity.” USAEE Working Paper No. 17-295. Link]
Matthew E. Oliver & Charles F. Mason (2018). Natural Gas Pipeline Regulation in the United States: Past, Present, and Future. Foundations & Trends in Microeconomics 11(4): 227-288. Link
Eren Cifci & Matthew E. Oliver (2018). Reassessing the Links Between Economic Growth, GHG Emissions, and the UNFCCC: A Difference-in-Differences Approach. Sustainability 10(2): 334. Link
Byung-Cheol Kim & Matthew E. Oliver (2017). Taming Drillers through Legislative Action: Evidence from Pennsylvania’s Shale Gas Industry. Resource & Energy Economics 50: 15-35. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2015). Economies of Scale and Scope in Expansion of the U.S. Natural Gas Pipeline Network. Energy Economics 52 (Part B): 265-276. Link
Matthew E. Oliver & Jason F. Shogren (2015). Contests, Common Agency, and Corruption: Why the Green Candidate Seldom Wins. Strategic Behavior & the Environment 5(2): 87-109. Link
Matthew E. Oliver, Charles F. Mason, & David Finnoff (2014). Pipeline Congestion and Basis Differentials. Journal of Regulatory Economics 46(3): 261-291. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2014). Linking Zebra Mussel Invasion and Interstate Waterborne Commerce in the U.S.A. Water Policy 16(3): 536-556. Link
Aaron Strong & Matthew E. Oliver (2014). General Equilibrium Ecosystem Modeling with Alternative Preference Specifications. Natural Resource Modeling 27(2): 197-215. Link
Book Chapters & Other Publications
Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Book Review: An Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy by Massimo Filippini and Suchita Srinivasan. The Energy Journal 46(6): 299-301. Link
Gaurav Doshi & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Curtailment 101: Understanding the Basic Economic Tradeoffs. IAEE Energy Forum (1st Quarter 2025), pp. 4-6. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2025). The Economics of Integrating Distributed Energy Resources into the Electricity System. Ch. 4, pp. 71-91 in Distributed Generation – Pioneering the Future of Decentralized Energy, edited by A.F. Zobaa & M. Zobaa. IntechOpen. Link
Matthew E. Oliver (2021). Pipelines. Vol. 3, pp. 463-470 in International Encyclopedia of Transportation, edited by R. Vickerman. Elsevier Ltd. Link
Matthew E. Oliver & Charles F. Mason (2017). An Overview of Interstate Gas Pipeline Regulation in the United States. Ch. 4 in Progress in Economics Research, Vol. 39. A. Tavidze (Ed.), Nova Science Publishers.
Erik Paul Johnson & Matthew E. Oliver (2016). Renewable Energy and Wholesale Electricity Price Variability. IAEE Energy Forum (1st Quarter 2016), pp. 25-26.
Matthew E. Oliver, Jamison Pike, Shanshan Huang, & Jason F. Shogren (2014). Climate policy coordination through institutional design: An experimental examination. Ch. 8, pp. 108-127, in Toward a New Climate Agreement: Conflict, Resolution, and Governance, edited by Todd L. Cherry, John Hovi, and David McEvoy. Routledge Books, London.
Matthew E. Oliver, Charles F. Mason, & David Finnoff (2014). Natural gas expansion and the cost of congestion. IAEE Energy Forum (1st Quarter 2014), pp. 31-32.
Working & Unpublished Papers
Lindsey Alexander & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Google Trends and Going Green: Public Engagement and Energy Policy under Centralized versus Decentralized Governance Systems. [Link] (Under review. Submitted March 2026.)
Dylan Brewer & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). Presidents, Prices at the Pump, and the Difference in Perceptions between Energy Market Experts and Non-experts. [Link] (Under review. Submitted Feb 2026.)
Corey J.A. Bradshaw, Shana M. McDermott, & Matthew E. Oliver (2025). No evidence ageing or declining populations compromise socio-economic performance.
Matthew E. Oliver, Juan Moreno-Cruz, & Ross C. Beppler (2019). Microeconomics of the rebound effect for residential solar photovoltaic systems. CESifo Working Paper No. 7635 [Link]; USAEE Working Paper No. 19-403 [Link].