Biography
Erin Mansur is an associate professor of economics at the
Yale School of Management and a Faculty Research Fellow at the National Bureau
of Economic Research. His research interests are in the fields of industrial
organization and environmental economics, focusing primarily on questions
regarding energy markets and energy policy. In particular, he studies questions
concerning: strategic firm behavior in restructured electricity markets; the
interaction of imperfect competition in polluting markets and environmental
regulation; consumer behavior in energy markets; and various other topics in
environmental and energy economics. Professor Mansur's current research
examines how different market organizations affect firms’ ability to trade in
restructured electricity markets; how firms in restructured electricity markets
incorporate cost shocks—especially changes in pollution permit prices—into
their production decisions; whether local tradable permit markets reduce
emissions or exacerbate environmental justice concerns; and the productivity
and environmental costs of electricity blackouts in China.
Professor Mansur’s publications have appeared in the American
Economic Review, Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of
Law and Economics, Journal of
Environmental Economics and Management,
Journal of Industrial Economics, Journal
of Economics and Management Strategy, Journal of Urban Economics, Energy Journal, Contemporary Economic
Policy, and Environmental Science and Technology. He has held previous positions as
an assistant professor with a joint appointment at SOM and the Yale School of
Forestry and Environmental Studies, a visiting research associate at the
University of California Energy Institute, and a research assistant at
Resources for the Future. He has a Ph.D. in economics from the University of
California at Berkeley and a B.A. in biology, with minors in economics and
philosophy, from Colby College.