Research
Journal Articles
J. Callejas, J. Linn, and J. Steinbuks. 2025. "The Implications of Pre-Existing Market
Power Distortions for Electric Vehicle Tax Policies: Evidence from Colombia." Journal
of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 12(4), 837–879. Download. Download
Working Paper
R. Chen and J. Steinbuks. 2024. "Assessing the Potential for Energy Efficiency Improvements in Latin America and Caribbean." Energy Policy, 192 (114224). Download.
J. Steinbuks, Y. Cai, J. Jägermeyr, and T. Hertel. 2024. "Assessing Effects of Climate and Technology Uncertainties in Large Natural Resource Allocation Problems." Geoscientific Model Development, 17(12), 4791–4819. Download. Download Working Paper
C. Galeazzi, J. Steinbuks, and L. Anadón. 2024. "Assessing the Impact of Renewable Energy
Policies on Decarbonization in Developing Countries." Renewable and Sustainable Energy
Reviews, 199(114444). Download.
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A. Alberini, J. Steinbuks, and G. Timilsina. 2022. "How Valuable is the Reliability of
Residential Electricity Supply in Low-Income Countries? Evidence from Nepal." The
Energy Journal, 43(4). Download. Download
Working Paper
G. Timilsina and J. Steinbuks. 2021. "Economic Costs of Electricity Load Shedding in
Nepal", Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 146(111112). Download. Download
Working Paper
M. Sievert and J. Steinbuks. 2020. "Willingness to Pay for Electricity Access in Extreme
Poverty: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa", World Development, 128(104859). Download. Download
Working Paper
M. Hyland and J. Steinbuks. 2019. "Capital Adjustment and the Optimal Fuel Choice", Energy
Journal, 40(5), pp. 73-96. Download. Download
Working Paper
J. Steinbuks. 2019. "Assessing the Accuracy of Electricity Production Forecasts in Developing
Countries", International Journal of Forecasting, 35(3), pp. 1175-1185. Download. Download
Working Paper
Y. Cai, H. Selod, and J. Steinbuks. 2018. "Urbanization and Land Property Rights", Regional
Science and Urban Economics, 70, pp. 246-257. Download. Download
Working Paper
L. Orea and J. Steinbuks. 2018. "Estimating Market Power Using a Composed Error Model: Application to the California Electricity Market", Economic Inquiry, 56(2), pp. 1296–1321. Download. Download Working Paper
J. Steinbuks, G. Satija and F. Zhao. 2017. "Sustainability of Solar Electricity: The Role of Endogenous Resource Substitution and Cross-Sectoral Responses", Resource and Energy Economics, 49, pp. 218–232. Download. Download Working Paper
G. Sharafutdinova and J. Steinbuks. 2017. "Governors Matter: A Comparative Study of State–business Relations in Russia's Regions", Economics of Transition, 25(3), pp. 471-493. Download. Download Supplementary Information.
Y. Cai, K. Judd, and J. Steinbuks. 2017. "A Nonlinear Certainty Equivalent Approximation Method for Dynamic Stochastic Problems", Quantitative Economics, 8(1), pp. 117–147. Download. Download Supplementary Information. Download GAMS Codes
A. Nikandrova and J. Steinbuks. 2017. "Contracting for Second-Best in Dysfunctional Electricity Markets", Journal of Regulatory Economics, 51(1), pp. 41-71. Download. Download Working Paper
P. Alexander, R. Prestele, P.H. Verburg, A. Arneth, C. Baranzelli, F. Batista e Silva, C. Brown, A. Butler, K. Calvin, N. Dendoncker, J. C. Doelman, R. Dunford, K. Engström, D. Eitelberg, S. Fujimori, P. A. Harrison, T. Hasegawa, P. Havlik, S. Holzhauer, F. Humpenöder, C. Jacobs-Crisioni, A. K. Jain, T. Krisztin, P. Kyle, C. Lavalle, T. Lenton, J. Liu, P. Meiyappan, A. Popp, T. Powell, R. D. Sands, R. Schaldach, E. Stehfest, J. Steinbuks, A. Tabeau, H. van Meijl, M. A. Wise and M. D.A. Rounsevell. 2017. "Assessing Uncertainties in Land Cover Projections", Global Change Biology, 23(1), pp. 767-781. Download
T.W. Hertel, J. Steinbuks and W. Tyner. 2016. "What is the Social Value of Second Generation Biofuels?" Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 38(4), pp. 599-617. Download. Download Working Paper
J. Steinbuks and T.W. Hertel. 2016. "Confronting the Food-Energy-Environment Trilemma: Global Land Use in the Long Run", Environmental and Resource Economics, 63(3), pp 545-570. Download. Download Accepted Manuscript
J. Steinbuks. 2015. "Effects of Prepayment Regulations on Termination of Subprime Mortgages", Journal of Banking and Finance, 59, pp. 445–456. Download.
J. Steinbuks and B. Narayanan. 2015. "Fossil Fuel Producing Economies Have Greater Potential for
Industrial Interfuel Substitution", Energy Economics, 47, pp. 168–177. Download. Download Working
Paper
J. Steinbuks and K. Neuhoff. 2014. "Assessing Energy Price Induced Improvements in Efficiency of
Capital in OECD Manufacturing Industries", Journal of Environmental Economics and
Management, 68(2), pp. 340–356. Download. Download
Working Paper
J. Steinbuks and G. Elliehausen. 2014. "The Economic Effects of Legal Restrictions on High-Cost Mortgages," Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 49(1), pp. 47-72. Download. Download Working Paper
T. Hertel, J.Steinbuks, and U. Baldos. 2013. "Competition for Land in the Global Bioeconomy," Agricultural Economics, 44(s1), pp. 129-138. Download. Download Working Paper
C. Desai, G. Elliehausen, and J. Steinbuks. 2013. "Effects of Bankruptcy Asset Exemptions and Foreclosure Laws on Mortgage Default and Foreclosure Rates," Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, 47(3), pp. 391-415. Download. Download Working Paper
J. Steinbuks and T.W. Hertel. 2013. "Energy Prices Will Play an Important Role in Determining Global Land Use in the 21st Century," Environmental Research Letters 8(1), article 014014. Download.
J. Steinbuks. 2012. "Firms' Investment under Financial and Infrastructure Constraints: Evidence from In-House Generation in Sub-Saharan Africa," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 12: Iss. 1 (Topics), article 46. Download. Download Working Paper
J. Steinbuks. 2012. "Interfuel Substitution and Energy Use in the UK Manufacturing Sector," Energy Journal, 33(1), pp. 1-29. Download. Download Working Paper
J. Steinbuks and V. Foster. 2010. "When Do Firms Generate? Evidence on In-House Electricity Supply in Africa," Energy Economics, 32(3), pp. 505-514. Download. Download Working Paper
G. Elliehausen, M. Staten, and J. Steinbuks. 2008. "The Effect of Prepayment Penalties on the Pricing of Subprime Mortgages," Journal of Economics and Business, 60(1-2), pp. 33-46. Download
Chapters in Edited Volumes
J. Steinbuks and G. Timilsina. 2014. "Land-Use Change and Food Supply" in The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty: A Global Perspective, edited by G. Timilsina and D. Zilberman, Springer
J. Steinbuks. 2011. "Review of Recent Developments in Economic Modelling of Energy Demand" in The Future of Electricity Demand: Customers, Citizens and Loads, edited by T. Jamasb and M. Pollitt, Cambridge University Press.
Working Papers Under Review (Most Recent Drafts)
S. Ikonnikova and J. Steinbuks. "Willingness-to-Pay for Emerging Technologies : A Study of Hydrogen Demand in the Ammonia Industry." World Bank Policy Research Paper 11338. Download
M. Lebrand, H. Mueller, P. Schouten, and J. Steinbuks. "Road Investment and Violence in DRC: Perishable Peace Dividends." World Bank Policy Research Paper 11071. Download
F. Perez-Sebastien, R. Serrano-Quintero, and J. Steinbuks. "Spatial Misallocation of Complementary Infrastructure Investment: Evidence from Brazil." World Bank Policy Research Paper 10650. Download
H. Selod, J. Steinbuks, I. Trotter and B. Blankespoor. Infrastructure Complementarities and Local Economic Growth: Evidence from Electrification and Highway Construction in Brazil. World Bank Policy Research Paper 10785. Download
N. Gorgulu, G. Sharafutdinova and J. Steinbuks. "Political Dividends of Digital
Participatory Governance: Evidence from Moscow Pothole Management." World Bank Policy
Research Paper 9445. Download
M. Blimpo, S. McRae, and J. Steinbuks. "Why are Connection Charges so High? An Analysis of
the Electricity Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa." World Bank Policy Research Paper
8407. Download
F. Perez-Sebastian, J. Steinbuks, J. Feres, and I. Trotter. Electricity Access and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Brazil's Electrification World Bank Policy Research Paper 9182." Download. Download Earlier Version
Permanent Working Papers
M. Hafstead, R. Williams III, A. Golub, S. Meijer, B. Narayanan, K. Nyamweya, and J. Steinbuks. "Effect of Climate Policies on Labor Markets in Developing Countries: Review of the Evidence and Directions for Future Research." World Bank Policy Research Paper 8332. Download
J. Steinbuks and T. Hertel. 2013. "Forest, Agriculture, and Biofuels in a Land use model with Environmental services (FABLE)." GTAP Working Paper No. 71. Download
J. Steinbuks and K. Neuhoff. 2010. "Operational and Investment Response to Energy Prices in the OECD Manufacturing Sector." Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 1015. Download
J. Steinbuks, A. Meshreky, and K. Neuhoff. 2009. "The Effect of Energy Prices on Operation and Investment in OECD Countries: Evidence from Vintage Capital Model." Cambridge Working Paper in Economics 0933. Download
G. Elliehausen, M. Staten, and J. Steinbuks. 2006. "The Effects of State Predatory Lending Laws on the Availability of Subprime Mortgage Credit." FSRP Monograph 38, George Washington University. Download
Work in Progress
Y. Cai, H. Selod, J. Steinbuks, and A. Yezer. Urbanization and Climate Change Adaptation.
X. Lyu, F. Perez-Sebastien, R. Serrano-Quintero, and J. Steinbuks. Infrastructure Investment and
Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa.
X. Lyu, Y.Li, and J.Steinbuks. From Web Data to Reliable CAPEX Hybrid Forecasting of Power Plant
Costs Across 150+ Countries.