Frank A. Wolak

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
120 papers, 3.9k citations indexed

About

Frank A. Wolak is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Economics and Econometrics and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. According to data from OpenAlex, Frank A. Wolak has authored 120 papers receiving a total of 3.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 68 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 38 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 29 papers in Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment. Recurrent topics in Frank A. Wolak's work include Electric Power System Optimization (53 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (49 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (14 papers). Frank A. Wolak is often cited by papers focused on Electric Power System Optimization (53 papers), Smart Grid Energy Management (49 papers) and Energy Efficiency and Management (14 papers). Frank A. Wolak collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Sweden. Frank A. Wolak's co-authors include James Bushnell, Severin Borenstein, Robert H. Patrick, Robert W. Staiger, Charles D. Kolstad, Mark C. Thurber, Benjamin F. Hobbs, Matthew Zaragoza-Watkins, Leonard Waverman and Robert E. Litan and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Frank A. Wolak

117 papers receiving 3.5k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Measuring Market Inefficiencies in California's Restructured Wholesale Electricity Market

2002 633 citations James Bushnell, Frank A. Wolak et al. American Economic Review profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Frank A. Wolak United States	29	2.2k	1.5k	775	626	379	120	3.9k
David S. Bunch United States	21	728 0.3×	1.4k 0.9×	797 1.0×	222 0.4×	77 0.2×	51	2.8k
Stephen Littlechild United Kingdom	24	542 0.2×	1.2k 0.8×	174 0.2×	689 1.1×	192 0.5×	104	2.4k
Peter Bogetoft Denmark	27	334 0.2×	1.1k 0.8×	127 0.2×	1.8k 2.8×	143 0.4×	116	2.7k
Alexander Teytelboym United Kingdom	20	749 0.3×	903 0.6×	337 0.4×	217 0.3×	72 0.2×	64	2.5k
Juan Aparicio Spain	30	192 0.1×	1.1k 0.7×	98 0.1×	1.8k 2.8×	137 0.4×	147	2.6k
Niels Christian Petersen Denmark	13	84 0.0×	1.8k 1.2×	157 0.2×	3.1k 5.0×	232 0.6×	33	3.9k
Michael A. Crew United States	21	590 0.3×	910 0.6×	224 0.3×	311 0.5×	99 0.3×	91	1.8k
Finn R. Førsund Norway	24	202 0.1×	1.7k 1.1×	110 0.1×	2.2k 3.6×	404 1.1×	78	3.1k
Mohammad Zoynul Abedin United Kingdom	35	221 0.1×	1.7k 1.2×	375 0.5×	431 0.7×	161 0.4×	190	3.4k

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All Works

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Wolak, Frank A., et al.. (2024). Reliability Options in Renewables-Dominated Electricity Markets. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Rajagopal, Ram, et al.. (2023). Estimating cooling demand flexibility in a district energy system using temperature set point changes from selected buildings. Applied Energy. 336. 120816–120816. 19 indexed citations

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Rajagopal, Ram, et al.. (2023). Two-Settlement Locational Marginal Pricing for Distribution Networks. 1–5. 1 indexed citations

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Shaffer, Blake, et al.. (2023). Show Me the Money! Incentives and Nudges to Shift Electric Vehicle Charge Timing. SSRN Electronic Journal. 1 indexed citations

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Jha, Akshaya & Frank A. Wolak. (2023). Can Forward Commodity Markets Improve Spot Market Performance? Evidence from Wholesale Electricity. American Economic Journal Economic Policy. 15(2). 292–330. 11 indexed citations

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Levin, Laurence, Matthew S. Lewis, & Frank A. Wolak. (2022). Reference dependence in the demand for gasoline. Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 197. 561–578. 1 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A., et al.. (2022). Quantifying the benefits of a nodal market design in the Texas electricity market. Energy Economics. 112. 106154–106154. 15 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A.. (2021). Market Design in an Intermittent Renewable Future: Cost Recovery With Zero-Marginal-Cost Resources. IEEE Power and Energy Magazine. 19(1). 29–40. 22 indexed citations

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Thakur, Jagruti, Mohammad Reza Hesamzadeh, & Frank A. Wolak. (2021). Cross-border electricity trade in the Bangladesh–Bhutan–India–Nepal (BBIN) Region: A cost-based market perspective. Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research). 1 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A. & Ian H. Hardman. (2021). The Future of Electricity Retailing and How We Get There. 3 indexed citations

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Tangerås, Thomas & Frank A. Wolak. (2017). The Competitive Effects of Linking Electricity Markets Across Space and Time. Econstor (Econstor). 2 indexed citations

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Štrbac, Goran & Frank A. Wolak. (2017). Electricity Market Design and Renewables Integration in Developing Countries. eScholarship (California Digital Library). 6 indexed citations

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Thurber, Mark C., et al.. (2017). Rural energy access through solar home systems: Use patterns and opportunities for improvement. Energy Sustainable Development. 37. 33–50. 61 indexed citations

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Levin, Laurence, Matthew S. Lewis, & Frank A. Wolak. (2016). High Frequency Evidence on the Demand for Gasoline. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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Somaini, Paulo & Frank A. Wolak. (2015). An Algorithm to Estimate the Two-Way Fixed Effects Model. 5(1). 143–152. 18 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A.. (2006). Unilateral Market Power in Wholesale Electricity Markets. Econstor (Econstor). 4(2). 10–15. 2 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A. & James Bushnell. (1999). Reliability Must-Run Contracts for the California Electricity Market. 78(1). 81–5. 7 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A.. (1994). An Econometric Analysis of the Asymmetric Information, Regulator-Utility Interaction. Annals of Economics and Statistics. 1–12. 45 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A. & Charles D. Kolstad. (1988). A model of homogenous input demand under price uncertainty. American Economic Review. 81(3). 514–538. 33 indexed citations

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Wolak, Frank A.. (1987). An Exact Test for Multiple Inequality and Equality Constraints in the Linear Regression Model. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 82(399). 782–793. 138 indexed citations

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