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Matthew E. Oliver, Ph.D., is a professor whose personal academic website provides limited information about his research focus, background, and key contributions. The page includes his name, academic title, contact information, and navigation links to sections such as Home, About, Research, Teaching, CV, music, and Contact. However, the content available does not contain detailed biographical or research-related information, and no specific descriptions of his academic work or contributions are provided on the page.

Research topics

• Economics
• Natural resource economics
• Ecology
• Engineering
• Biology
• Electrical engineering
• Mathematics
• Environmental economics
• Macroeconomics
• Microeconomics
• Business
• Econometrics

Selected publications

• Fixing the leaking bucket: Financial factors and the improved performance of India’s electricity distribution utilities

  The Electricity Journal · 2026-02-01

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• Managing zero-marginal-cost, intermittent renewable energy: A survey of the engineering, economic, and policy challenges

  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews · 2025-10-04 · 6 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding
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• Book Review: <i>An Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy</i> edited by Filippini, M., &amp; Srinivasan, S. FilippiniM.SrinivasanS. (2024). An Introduction to Energy Economics and Policy. Cambridge University Press. 278 pp. ISBN 978-1009471824 paperback, ISBN 978-1009471817 hardcover, ISBN 978-1009471800 e-book.

  The Energy Journal · 2025-08-22

  articleOpen access1st authorCorresponding
  PublisherOA PDFDOI

• Is There a Trade-Off between Forest Expansion and Agriculture?

  Land Economics · 2025-03-07 · 1 citations

  articleSenior author
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• Wind Intermittency and Supply-Demand Imbalance: Evidence from U.S. Regional Power Markets

  The Energy Journal · 2025-09-22 · 4 citations

  articleSenior authorCorresponding

  Wind is a prominent source of clean electricity but is highly variable due to random changes in wind speeds. Intermittent generation is problematic because electricity supply must match demand at all times with little margin for error. Imbalances are costly, and system operators must respond to them instantaneously. We investigate the relationship between wind intermittency and supply-demand imbalances in electricity systems, using data from major regional power markets in the United States. Results show greater variation in wind generation leads to robust, statistically significant increases in electricity system imbalance. We conduct a cost calculation using a particular kind of ancillary services cost and discuss implications for system operators and renewable energy policies. JEL Classification : L94 - Electric Utilities; Q41 - Energy: Demand and Supply; Prices; Q42 - Alternative Energy Sources; Q54 - Climate; Natural Disasters and Their Management; Global Warming

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• The Economics of Integrating Distributed Energy Resources into the Electricity System

  IntechOpen eBooks · 2025-02-20

  book-chapterOpen access1st authorCorresponding

  This chapter provides a broad overview of current economic issues related to integrating distributed energy resources (DERs)—primarily solar photovoltaics (PV) and battery electric storage (BES)—into the electricity system, and the implications this has for electricity markets. Topics covered include (but are not limited to) generation intermittency, merit-order effects, the ‘duck curve’ problem, resource adequacy and the ‘missing-money’ problem, efficient investment in flexible generation and storage, implications for the electricity transmission and retail distribution systems, incentivizing adoption of DERs, and the solar rebound effect. The chapter’s general aim is to provide a non-economics audience with a broad sense of the current state of economic research on these topics.

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• Wind intermittency and supply-demand imbalance: Evidence from U.S. regional power markets

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01

  articleOpen accessSenior author
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• Wind Intermittency and Supply-Demand Imbalance: Evidence from U.S. Regional Power Markets

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01 · 1 citations

  preprintOpen accessSenior author
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• Google Trends and Going Green: A Comparative Study of Energy-Related Searches and Energy Trends in Germany and the United States

  SSRN Electronic Journal · 2024-01-01

  preprintOpen accessSenior author
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• Microeconomics of the Solar Rebound Under Net Metering

  Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists · 2024-10-10 · 4 citations

  article1st authorCorresponding

  Residential solar photovoltaics generate “green” electricity but may also lead to an increase in household electricity consumption—a phenomenon termed the “solar rebound effect.” This study develops a theoretical framework for understanding the solar rebound. We show that the solar rebound is inherently linked to the net-metering compensation a household faces. While the solar rebound is often simply a pure income effect, it can also include a substitution effect in some policy contexts. A negative solar rebound is even possible. We derive the welfare effects of the solar rebound and provide insights for econometric estimation.

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Frequent coauthors

• Charles F. Mason

  University of Wyoming

  7 shared

• Juan Moreno‐Cruz

  University of Waterloo

  5 shared

• David Finnoff

  University of Wyoming

  3 shared

• Ross C. Beppler

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  3 shared

• Dylan Brewer

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  2 shared

• Eren Cifci

  Georgia Institute of Technology

  2 shared

• Kenneth Gillingham

  2 shared

• Aaron Strong

  New York State Energy Research and Development Authority

  2 shared

Labs

• Matthew Oliver LabPI