Erin Baker
Associate Professor, Director, Wind Energy IGERT
120C Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210
Phone:
(413) 545-0670
Fax:
(413) 545-1027
Email:
edbaker@ecs.umass.edu EDUCATION:
B.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986;
M.S. Stanford University, 1998;
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Applying operations research methods to environmental and energy economics and policy; how uncertainty impacts global climate change policy in a strategic environment; the economics of distributed generation; the interplay between energy and development in Africa
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Baker, E. and Olaleye, O., Combining Experts: Decomposition and Aggregation Order , Risk Analysis, 33 (6), 1116-1127 (2013)
- Baker, E. and Solak, S., Management of Energy Technology for Sustainability: How to Fund Energy Technology R&D, Production, Operations, and Management Science, Forthcoming (Online Supplement)
- Baker E., Option Value and the Diffusion of Fuel Efficient Vehicles, The Energy Journal, Vol. 33, No. 4, p 49-59 (2012)
- Baker, E. and Solak, S., Climate Change and Optimal Energy Technology R&D Policy, European Journal of Operations Research, 213: 442 – 454 (2011)
- Shrimali, G. and Baker, E. Optimal Feed in Tariff Schedule, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, Vol. 59, No. 2, p 310 – 322 (2012)
- Baker, E. and Peng, Y., The value of better information on technology R&D projects in response to climate change, Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 17 (1): 107-121 (2012)
- Baker, E. and Keisler, J. Cellulosic Biofuels: Expert Views on Prospects for Advancement, Energy, 36(1) Pages 595-605 (2011). Supplementary Material
- Baker, E., Chon H. and Keisler, J. Battery Technology for Electric and Hybrid vehicles: Expert views about prospects for advancement, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 77: 1139-1146 (2010)
- Shittu, E., and Baker, E. Optimal Energy R&D Portfolio Investments in Response to a Carbon Tax. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 57(4) 547 – 559 (2010)
- Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Carbon Capture and Storage: Combining Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Climatic Change 96 (3) Page 379 (2009)
- Baker, E., Optimal Policy under Uncertainty and Learning in Climate Change: A Stochastic Dominance Approach, Journal of Public Economic Theory 11 (5): 721 - 747, (2009)
- Ewing, B., and Baker, E. Development of a Green Building Decision Support Tool: A Collaborative Process. Decision Analysis 6 (3): 172 – (2009)
- Kalowekamo, J. and Baker, E. Estimating the Cost of Manufacturing for Purely Organic Solar Cells. Solar Energy 83 (8), p.1224-1231, (Aug 2009)
- Nemet G., and Baker, E. Demand subsidies versus R&D: Comparing the uncertain impacts of policy on a pre-commercial low-carbon energy technology. The Energy Journal 30(4): 49 - 80 (2009)
- Baker, E., Chon, H. and Keisler, J. Advanced Solar R&D: Applying Expert Elicitations to Inform Climate Policy. Energy Economics 31:S37-S49 (2009)
- Baker, E., Clarke, L., and Shittu, E., Technical Change and the Marginal Cost of Abatement, Energy Economics 30 (2008)
- Baker, E. and Shittu, E. Uncertainty and Endogenous Technical Change in Climate Policy Models, Energy Economics 30 (2008).
- Baker E. and Adu-Bonnah, K., Investment in Risky R&D Programs in the face of Climate Uncertainty. Energy Economics, 30:465-486 (2008).
HONORS & AWARDS:
- The 2009 Campbell Watkins Energy Journal Best Paper Award
- NSF CAREER Award, 2008
- IEOR Advisor of the Year, 2005, 2006
- Runner-Up, Decision Analysis Society Student Award, INFORMS 2003
- Food Research Institute Fellowship, Stanford, 1995-1998
- Second Year Honors awarded to the most outstanding second-year mathematics student at U.C. Berkeley, 1984
