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2009

Jaccard, Combining top down and bottom up in energy economy models
Joanne Evans, Lester C. Hunt, International Handbook on the Economics of Energy 2009 23 pp

Pricing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Impact on Canada’s Competitiveness
Chris Bataille, Benjamin Dachis, Nic Rivers, C.D. Howe Institute Commentary 2009 24

2008

Geological Carbon Storage: The Roles of Government and Industry in Risk Management.
Rose Murphy, Mark Jaccard , Innovation, Science, and Environment:, Canadian Policies and Performance, 2008 151-167

Modelling Energy Use and Technological Change for Policy Makers: Campbell Watkins' Contribution as a Researcher-Practitioner
Mark Jaccard, Energy Journal 2008 12 pp

Permit sellers, permit buyers: China and Canada’s roles in a global low-carbon society.
Chris Bataille, JianJun Tu, Mark Jaccard, 2008 15 pp

The ‘neighbor effect’: Simulating dynamics in consumer preferences for new vehicle technologies
Paulus Mau, Jimena Eyzaguirre, Mark Jaccard, Colleen Collins-Dodd, Kenneth Tiedemann, Ecological Economics 2008 504-516

2007

Estimating the Effect of the Canadian Government's 2006-2007 Greenhouse Gas Policies
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, C.D. Howe Institute, e-brief, 2007 6 pp

Estimating the Effect of the Canadian Government's 2006-2007 Greenhouse Gas Policies.
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, C.D. Howe Institute Working Paper, 2007 24 pp

How Malleable are the Greenhouse Gas Intensities of the G7 Nations?
Chris Bataille, Nic Rivers, Paulus Mau, Chris Joseph, Jian-Jun Tu, The Energy Journal, 2007 : 28(1) 145-169

Hybrid modeling of industrial energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions with an application to Canada.
Rose Murphy, Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, Energy Economics, 2007 826-846

Part 1 - The Policy Challenges - Climate Change - Canadian Polcies for Deep Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, 2007 32 pp

Safety Challenges in China's Coal Mining Industry
Jianjun Tu, China Brief , 2007 7(1)

The Application of a Hybrid Energy-economy Model to a Key Developing Country - China
JianJun Tu, Mark Jaccard, John Nyboer, Energy for Sustainable Development, 2007 11(1)35-47

The Case for a Carbon Management Standard: Implications for Energy Technological Change and International Relations
Rose Murphy, Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, and Chris Bataille, Management and the Environment: Challenges and the Future 2007 189-208

2006

Burning Our Money to Warm the Planet, Canada's Ineffective Efforts To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, Chris Bataille, Rose Murphy, John Nyboer and Bryn Sadownik, C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2006 36pp

Choice of Environmental Policy in the presence of learning by doing
Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, Energy Economics , 2006 223-242

Estimating commuter mode choice: A discrete choice analysis of the impact of road pricing and parking charges
Kevin Washbrook, Wolfgang Haider, Mark Jaccard , 2006 19pp

Heterogenous capital stocks and the optimal timing for CO2 abatement
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers, Energy Economics, 2006 1-16

Hybrid Modeling: New Answers to Old Challenges - Introduction to the Special Issue of the Energy Journal
Jean-Charles Hourcade, Mark Jaccard, Chris Bataille and Frederic Ghersi, Energy Journal, 2006 12pp

Mobilizing Producers toward Environmental Sustainability: The Prospects for Market-Oriented Regulations - in G.Toner (ed.), Sustainable Production: Building Canadian Capacity, Vancouver:
Mark Jaccard, , 2006 24 pp

The case for coal - Energy-market uncertainty is one of life's inevitabilites.
Mark Jaccard, The World Energy Book, 2006 2 pp

Towards General Equilibrium in a Technology-Rich Model with Empirically Estimated Behavioral Parameters
Chris Bataille, Mark Jaccard, John Nyboer and Nic Rivers, The Energy Journal, Hybrid Modeling of Energy-Environment Policies: Reconciling Bottom-up and Top-Down 2006 93-112

2005

Canada's Efforts Towards Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction: A Case Study in the Limits of Voluntary Action and Subsidies
Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, International Journal of Global Energy Issues, 2005 : 23(4) 17 pp

Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches to Energy - Economy Modeling Using Discrete Choice Methods
Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, The Energy Journal, 2005 : 26(1) 83-106

Estimating home energy decision parameters for a hybrid energy-economy policy model
Mark Jaccard, Margo Dennis , Environmental Modeling and Assessment, 2005 10 pp

Hybrid Energy-Economy Models and Endogenous Technological Change
Mark Jaccard; eds. Richard Loulou, Jean-Phillippe Waaub, Georges Zaccour, Energy and Environment 2005 81-110

Improving behavioral realism in hybrid energy-economy models using discrete choice studies of personal transportation decisions.
Matt Horne, Mark Jaccard, Ken Tiedmann, Energy Economics, 2005 : 27(1) 59-77

Useful models for simulating policies to induce technological change
Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, Energy Policy Journal, 2005 10 pp

2004

Energy-environment policy modeling of endogenous technolgical change with personal vehicles: combining top-down and bottom-up methods.
Mark Jaccard, Rose Murphy, Nic Rivers, Ecological Economics, 2004 : 51 31-46

Renewable Portfolio Standard
Mark Jaccard, Encyclopedia of Energy, 2004, 413-421 pp

The Morning After, Optimal Greenhouse Gas Policies for Canada's Kyoto Obligations and Beyond
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers & Matt Horne, C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2004 35

2003

Confronting the challenge of hybrid modeling: Using discrete choice models to inform the behavioural parameters of a hybrid model
Nic Rivers, Mark Jaccard, John Nyboer, Simon Fraser University, Ken Tiedemann, Habart and Associates, 6th Biennial ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Industry. Sustainability in Industry: Increasing Energy Efficiency, Reducing Emissions 2003 182-193

If Sustainability is Expensive, What Roles for Business and Government? A Case of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in Canada.
Jaccard, M. and Bataille, C., Journal of Business Administration & Policy Analysis, 2003 : 30 149-183

Methodological Contrasts in Costing GHG Abatement Policies: Optimization and Simulation Modeling of Micro-Economic Effects in Canada
Jaccard, M., Loulou, R., Kanudia, A., Nyboer, J., Bailie, A. and M. Labriet, European Journal of Operations Research, 2003 : 145(1) 148-164

Modeling the Cost of Climate Policy: Disintinguishing Between Alternative Cost Definitions and Long-Run Cost Dynamics
Mark Jaccard, John Nyboer, Chris Bataille, Bryn Sadownik, The Energy Journal, 2003 : 21(1) 49-73

The Voluntary Approach to GHG Reduction: A Case Study of B.C. Hydro
Rose Murphy and Mark Jaccard, Energy Studies Review, 2003 : 11(2) 131-151

Transforming Coal for Sustainability: A Strategy for China
, 2003 14

2002

Aggregating physical intensity indicators: Results of applying the composite indicator approach to the Canadian industrial sector.
Mallika Nanduri, John Nyboer, Mark Jaccard, Energy Policy, 2002 : 30 151-137

BC’s Electricity Options: Multi-Attribute Trade-Off and Risk Analysis of the Natural Gas Strategy for Vancouver Island
Mark Jaccard and Rose Murphy , 2002

California Shorts a Circuit. Should Canadians Trust the Wiring Diagram?
M. Jaccard, Commentary for the C.D. Howe Institute 2002

Chapter 2: Making Markets Work Better
Mark Jaccard, Yushi Mao , Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda, T. Johansson, J. Goldemburg, Eds 2002 41-76

Electricity for All - Electrification and Development in Rural Bangladesh
Rose Murphy, Nuruddin Kamal, John Richards, CPR Commentary , 2002 : 2

Postscript - BC Electricity Options
postscript to the report of May 1st 2002

Mark Jaccard and Rose Murphy , 2002

Shaping Sustainable Energy Use in Chinese Cities
Sadownik, B. and M. Jaccard, DISP, 2002 : 151 15-22

2001

Assessing the Cost of GHG Abatement Policies: A Methodology and a Case Study
John Nyboer, Mark Jaccard and Alison Bailie, ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency, 2001 : 1 609-620

Canada's Technological and Behavioural Potential
Mark Jaccard, ISUMA: Canadian Journal of Policy Research, 2001 : 4 45-52

Caught in the Headlights of Electricity Reform
Mark Jaccard, Energy Studies Review, 2001 : 10(1) 57-62

Deconstructing Hydro: The BC Electricity Sector in this Decade
Mark Jaccard, BC Studies Review, 2001 : 129 52-78

Natural Gas Options for Bangladesh
Mark Jaccard, Mujibur Rahman Khan, John Richards, Centre for Policy Research, International University of Business, Agriculture and Technology, Bangladesh, 2001 : 1

Sustainable Energy and Urban Form in China: the Relavance of Community Energy Management
Bryn Sadownik, Mark Jaccard, Energy Policy 2001 55-65

The Renewable Portfolio Standard: Design Considerations and an Implementation Survey
Trent Berry, Mark Jaccard, Energy Policy , 2001 : 29 263-277

2000

2001 Report of the Energy Technologies and Strategies Working Group - China Council
China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, 2000

Estimating Future Elasticities of Substitution for the Rebound Debate
Mark Jaccard, Chris Bataille, Energy Policy , 2000 : 28 451-455

1999

Environmental Tax Shift: A Discussion Paper for British Columbians
Amy Taylor, Mark Jaccard, Nancy Olewiler, Green Economy Secretariat, Government of British Columbia 1999

1998

Reforming British Columbia's Electricity Market: A Way Forward
British Columbia Task Force on Electricity Reform

Mark Jaccard, 1998

2004

Energy-environment policy modeling of endogenous technolgical change with personal vehicles: combining top-down and bottom-up methods.
Mark Jaccard, Rose Murphy, Nic Rivers, Ecological Economics, 2004 : 51 31-46

Renewable Portfolio Standard
Mark Jaccard, Encyclopedia of Energy, 2004, 413-421 pp

The Morning After, Optimal Greenhouse Gas Policies for Canada's Kyoto Obligations and Beyond
Mark Jaccard, Nic Rivers & Matt Horne, C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2004 35

PhD and Masters Thesis

An Assessment of Energy Intensity Indicators and Their Role as Policy-Making Tools.
Mallika Nanduri, 1998

Analysis of Measures for Reducing Transportation Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada.
Rose Murphy, 2000

Application of a Hybrid Model to Explore Energy Emissions Abatement Policies in China
Jianjun (Kevin) Tu, 2004 98

Assessing the Potential for Road and Parking Charges to Reduce Demand for Single Occupancy Vehicle Commuting In the Greater Vancouver Region.
Kevin Washbrook, 2002

Behavioural Realism in a Technology Explicit Energy-Economy Model: The Adoption of Industrial Cogeneration in Canada.
Nic Rivers, Thesis, 2003

Combining Stated and Revealed Choice Research To Inform Energy System Simulation Models: The Case of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
Jonn Axsen, Thesis 2006 179

Design & Application of a Technologically Explicit Hybrid Energy-Economy Policy Model with Micro and Macro Economic Dynamics
Chris Bataille, Ph.D. Thesis, 2005

Home Energy Preferences & Policy: Applying Stated Choice Modeling to a Hybrid Energy Economy Model.
Margo Sadler, 2003

Incorporating Preferences for Personal Urban Transportation Technologies into a Hybrid Energy-Economy Model.
Matthew Horne, Thesis, 2003

Modelling Consumer Preferences and Technological Change: Survey of Attitudes to Hybrid Vehicles
Paulus Mau, Masters Thesis 2005

Modelling Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy in the Canadian Electricity Sector.
Roberto D'Abate, 2003

Public Attitudes Toward Geological Disposal of Carbon Dioxide in Canada.
Jacqueline Sharp, 2005 148 pp

Simulating Evolution of Technology: 1. An Aid to Energy Policy Analysis
John Nyboer, PhD Thesis 1997

Simulating Evolution of Technology: 2. Appendices
John Nyboer, 1997

Softlinking Quest and CIMS: Communicating Energy-Economy Issues Through the Use of Simulation Models.
Alison Laurin, 2001

Sustainable Energy & Urban Form in China: The Relevance of Community Energy Management.
Bryn Sadownik, 1998

The Effect of Climate Policies on Local Air Pollution: Design & Canadian Application of a Modelling Tool.
Margaret L. Tisdale, Thesis, 2003

The Potential of Distributed Cogeneration in Commercial Sites in the Greater Vancouver Regional District.
Jeremy Higham, 1999

The Price-Independent Trend in Energy Efficiency in Canada and the Potential Influence of Non-Price Policies.
Dean Luciuk, 1999

Reports for Natural Resources Canada

Construction and Analysis of Sectoral, Regional and National Cost Curves of GHG Abatement in Canada
EMRG, 2002

Cost Curve Estimations for Reducing CO2 Emissions in Canada: An Analysis by Province and Sector
EMRG, 1998

IGER/CIMS - Intégration des options de reduction des emissions de GES en utilisant le Système Canadien de Modélisation intégrée (SCMI)
, 2000

IGER/CIMS - Integration of GHG Emission Reduction Options Using CIMS

Appendix A: Detailed Calibration of CIMS to the Analysis and Modelling Group’s
Appendix B: Regional Results
Appendix C: Issue Table Actions Incorporated into the Analysis
Appendix D: The Canadian Integrated Modelling System (CIMS)
Appendix E: Price and Production Input Assumptions
Appendix F: Electricity Produced from Cogeneration, by Sector and Path
Appendix G: Industrial Sector Action Penetration in 2010
Appendix H: Penetration of Transportation Sector and
Appendix I: Penetration of Actions for Residential and Commercial Sectors, by Province, 2010
Appendix J: Additional Information – Response to CCEAF Workshops
, EMRG 2000

Reports on Industry

Modelling of Energy / Technology Actions and Measures for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Industrial Sector
EMRG, Prepared for the Analysis and Modelling Group, NRCan 2000

Modelling of Energy/Technology Actions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Mining, Non-Ferrous Smelting and Refining and Fugitive Coal Bed Methane
EMRG, Prepared for the Industry Table, Minerals and Metals Working Group. 2000

Modelling of Energy/Technology Actions for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Pulp and Paper Industry
EMRG, Prepared for the Forestry Sector 1999

Reports on Municipalities and Transportation

Analysis of Measures for Reducing Transportation Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Canada
Rose Murphy, EMRG, A Research Project submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Resource Management in the School of Resource and Environmental Management, Simon Fraser University. . 2000

Assessing the Potential for Road and Parking Charges to Reduce Demand for Single Occupancy Vehicle Commuting in the Greater Vancouver Region
Kevin Washbrook, Research Project completed in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Natural Resource Management 2002

Canadian Transporation Preferences Study Results
Matt Horne, 2003

Community Measures in the Buildings and Transportation Sectors: GHG Reductions in the Short and Long Term
EMRG, Prepared for the Municipalities Table, National Climate Change Process. 1999

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