Erin Baker

Professor

Director, Wind Energy IGERT

120C Marston Hall
University of Massachusetts
160 Governors Drive
Amherst, MA 01003-2210

edbaker@ecs.umass.edu

(413) 545-0670

(413) 545-1027

Energy, Environment, and Economic Decision-Making Lab

Wind Energy IGERT

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Education

B.A. U.C. Berkeley, 1986;
M.S. Stanford University, 1998;
Ph.D. Stanford University, 2002

Research

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

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

2014 Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award
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

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