Research Interests for Gale A Boyd

Gale Boyd’s research interests pertain to production efficiency, micro-data, index number decomposition, and energy in relation to the environment. His studies have also focused on energy markets, developing industry, voluntary environmental programs, and emissions trading. In his recent studies, he analyzes his subjects through microeconomic modeling and proceeds to develop specific energy efficiency benchmarking tools. He has published his papers in numerous leading academic journals and volumes, from The Energy Journal and the Annual Review of Energy and Resources to the Journal of Economic Literature and the Journal of Industrial Ecology. His writings include such titles as, “Estimating Plant Level Manufacturing Energy Efficiency with Stochastic Frontier Regression,” “Modeling Industrial Energy Consumption,” and “Advances in Energy Forecasting Models based on Engineering-Economics.” Dr. Boyd’s current projects involve the investigation of energy efficiency benchmarking tools for use in the EPA Energy Star voluntary energy efficiency program.

Keywords:

energy, productivity, efficiency, environment, frontier

Current projects:

Developing industry specific energy efficiency benchmarking tools for use in the EPA Energy Star voluntary energy efficiency program

Areas of Interest:

energy markets
emission trading
voluntary environmental programs
climate change

Recent Publications

1. Gale A. Boyd and Gang Zhang, Measuring Improvement in the Energy Performance of the U.S. Cement Industry (November, 2011) (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Report NI R 11-10, Duke University Durham, NC.) [available here] [abs]
2. Gale Boyd, Tatyana Kuzmenko, Béla Személy, & Gang Zhang, Preliminary Analysis Of The Distributions Of Carbon And Energy Intensity For 27 Energy Intensive Trade Exposed Industrial Sectors (April, 2011) (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions: Duke Environmental Economics Working Paper Series: EE 11-03.) [paper] [abs]
3. Schneck, Joshua, and Gale Boyd, Distribution of Emissions Permits to the U.S. Pulp and Paper Sector under Alternative Output-Based Allocation Schemes (2011) (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions Report NI R 11-10, Duke University Durham, NC.) [distribution-of-emissions-permits-to-the-u.s.-pulp-and-paper-sector] [abs]
4. G.A. Boyd, Assessing Improvement in the Energy Efficiency of U.S. Auto Assembly Plants (June, 2010) (Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions: Duke Environmental Economics Working Paper Series: EE 10-01.)
5. Elizabeth Dutrow, Gale Boyd, Ernst Worrell, Lew Dodendorf, Engaging the U.S. Cement Industry to Improve Energy Performance, Cement World (December, 2009)