David B. Spence

David B. Spence: Publications

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  Climate of Contempt: How to Rescue the U.S. Energy Transition from Voter Partisanship

  Columbia University Press

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  July 2024 Forthcoming

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  Energy Economics and the Environment: Cases and Materials (6th Ed.)

  Foundation Press

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  David B. Spence, Joel Eisen, Emily Hammond, Joshua Macey, Jim Rossi, Hannah Wiseman

  January 2, 2024

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  Naïve Administrative Law: Complexity, Delegation and Climate Policy

  Yale Journal on Regulation

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  January 2, 2023

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  Tradeoffs in the American Energy Transition (book chapter)

  Hart Publishing

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  November 26, 2022

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  Regulating Competition, Both the Forest and the Trees

  Emory Law Journal Online

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  January 25, 2021

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  Energy, Economics, and the Environment: Cases and Materials (5th Ed.)

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  David B. Spence, Joel Eisen, Emily Hammond, Jim Rossi, ; Hannah Wiseman

  2015

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• contribution

  The Effects of Political Polarization on Administration in the United States (book chapter)

  Can America Govern Itself?

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  May 1, 2019

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  Climate Progress in the Energy Sector: Room for (Cautious) Optimism? (Keynote Address: 2018 Martz Symposium)

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  October 1, 2018

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  Renewable Portfolio Standards, Policy Design, and the Remaking of U.S. Renewable Energy Markets

  Nature Energy

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  David B. Spence, S. Carley, L. Davies, D. Zirogiannis

  Fall 2018

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  U.S. Climate Policy and the Regional Economics of Electricity Generation

  Energy Policy

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  David E. Adelman, David B. Spence

  Fall 2018

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• contribution

  Naive Electricity Markets

  Energy Markets and Responsive Grids (book chapter)

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  July 1, 2018

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• contribution

  Naïve Electricity Markets (book chapter)

  Springer

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  June 10, 2018

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  Paradoxes of Decarbonization

  Brooklyn Law Review

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  February 1, 2018

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  Naïve Energy Markets

  Notre Dame Law Review

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  April 1, 2017

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  Ideology vs. Interest Group Politics in U.S. Energy Policy

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  David E. Adelman, David B. Spence

  March 1, 2017

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  The Regulatory Contract in the Marketplace

  Vanderbilt Law Review

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  David B. Spence, Emily Hammond

  2016

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  The Political Economy of Local Vetoes

  Texas Law Review

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  2014

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  Old Statutes, New Problems

  University of Pennsylvania Law Review

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  David B. Spence, Jody Freeman

  2014

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  Responsible Shale Gas Production: Moral Outrage vs. Cool Analysis

  Fordham Environmental Law Review

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  2013

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  Backyard Politics, National Policies: Understanding the Opportunity Costs of National Fracking Bans

  Yale Journal on Regulation Online

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  2013

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  Federalism, Regulatory Lags, and the Political Economy of Energy Production

  University of Pennsylvania Law Review

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  2013

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  Regulation, Climate Change, and the Electric Grid

  San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law

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  2011-2012

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  The Transformation of American Energy Markets and the Problem of Market Power

  Boston College Law Review

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  David B. Spence, Robert Prentice

  2012

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  Corporate Social Responsibility in the Oil and Gas Industry: The Importance of Reputational Risk

  Chicago Kent Law Review

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  2011

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  Regulation, “Republican Moments,” and Energy Policy Reform

  Brigham Young University Law Review

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  2011

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  The Political Barriers to a National RPS

  Conneticut Law Review

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  2010

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  Can Law Manage Competitive Energy Markets?

  Cornell Law Review

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  2008

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  Introduction to ERCOT's Jurisdictional Status

  Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law

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  2008

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  Sarbanes-Oxley as Quack Corporate Governance: How Wise is the Received Wisdom

  Georgetown Law Journal

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  David B. Spence, Robert Prentice

  2007

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  Coal-Fired Power in a Restructured Electricity Market

  Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

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  2005

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  A Public Choice Progressivism, Continued

  Cornell Law Review

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  2002

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  Can the Second Generation Learn from the First? Understanding the Politics of Regulatory Reform

  Capital University Law Review

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  2001

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  The Shadow of the Rational Polluter

  California Law Review

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  2001

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  Bargaining Theory and Regulatory Reform: The Political Logic of Inefficient Regulation

  Vanderbilt Law Review

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  David B. Spence, Lekha Gopalakrishnan

  2000

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  A Public Choice Case for the Administrative State

  Georgetown Law Journal

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  2000

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  Managing Delegation Ex Ante: Using Law to Steer Administrative Agencies

  Journal of Legal Studies

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  1999

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