Research Interests
Industrial organization, energy & environmental economics, applied microeconomics
Recent Publications
Published Papers
Newbery, D. M., Reiner, D. M. and Ritz, R. A. The political economy of a carbon price floor for power generation, (2019) Energy JournalNewbery, D., Pollitt, M.G., Ritz, R.A. and Strielkowski, W. Market design for a high-renewables European electricity system, (2018) Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Behar, A. and Ritz, R. OPEC vs US shale: Analyzing the shift to a market-share strategy, (2017) Energy economics
Ritz, R. and Hahn, R. Does the social cost of carbon matter?, (2016) Journal of Legal Studies
Ritz, R. A. and Walther, A. How do banks respond to increased funding uncertainty?, (2015) Journal of Financial Intermediation
Cambridge Working Papers in Economics
Perino, G., Ritz, R., Van Benthem, A. Understanding overlapping policies: Internal carbon leakage and the punctured waterbed, (2019) CWPE1920Holmberg, P., Ritz, R. Capacity mechanisms and the technology mix in competitive electricity markets, (2019) CWPE1960
Ritz, R. Does competition increase pass-through?, (2019) CWPE1974
Teirilä, J., Ritz, R. Strategic behaviour in a capacity market? The new Irish electricity market design, (2018) CWPE1863
Grey, F., Ritz, R. Pass-through, profits and the political economy of regulation, (2018) CWPE1859
Recent Activities
Appointment to Ofgem's Academic Panel - Publication Date: 2018-06-26
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Robert Ritz, Assistant Director of the Energy Policy Research Group (EPRG) at Cambridge, has been appointed as a member of the Academic Panel at Ofgem, the regulator for electricity and natural gas markets in Great Britain.
