. Our focus is on quantifying short-term coal-to-gas switching decisions by different types of electric power plants in …

This paper evaluates changes in fuel procurement practices by coal- and gas-fired power plants in the United States … plants substantially reduce the price paid for coal (but not gas), and tend to employ less capital-intensive sulfur abatement … more productive coal mines. I show how these results lend support to theories of asymmetric information, capital bias, and …

The phasedown of coal for electricity generation is considered vital to meeting global climate targets. Many countries … have pledged to stop using coal, with some as early as 2030. While the United States has no target currently in place …, several states do. In this paper, we examine the feasibility of phasing down U.S. coal-generated electricity given the …

the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard, estimating a dynamic oligopoly model of technology adoption and exit for coal …

coal smoke, arguing that before 1890 Londoners burned excessive amounts of soft coal, while in the years following, a … series of legal, demographic, and technological changes mitigated the production of coal smoke. This paper asks two questions … changes in the production of coal smoke, or were they the result of some broader meteorological phenomenon. The evidence we …

In recent years, the share of U.S electricity generated by coal has fallen from nearly 50% to 33%. The costs of this … transition are spatially concentrated, and mining states have already lost income due to the reduced demand for coal. Coal states … states and counties with substantial mining activity are more likely to be coal fired and to purchase more within political …

approach to data from British cities for 1851-1911. I show that local industrial coal use substantially reduced long-run city … employment growth over this period. Moreover, a counterfactual analysis suggests that plausible improvements in coal use …

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in …