Matthew O’Keefe

Assistant Professor of Economics, Vanderbilt University

Industrial organization economist interested in energy, power markets, and the environment.

Email: matthew.okeefe@vanderbilt.edu

Publications

Unilateral Market Power in Financial Transmission Rights Auctions
The Energy Journal, 46 (3), 103-122 (2025).

Working Papers

Index-Based Price Adjustment in US Strategic Petroleum Reserve Drawdowns
Conditionally Accepted, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Online Appendix

Identification and Estimation of Auction Models with Dual Risk-Averse Bidders
with Tong Li and Jingfeng Lu. Revise and Resubmit, Quantitative Economics

Dual Risk Aversion and Optimal Reserve Prices in First- and Second-Price Auctions
with Tong Li and Jingfeng Lu.

Make, Buy, or Share: Understanding Produced Water Reuse in the Marcellus Shale

Research in Progress

Misallocation of Water. The Role of Storage
with Francisco Pareschi

Equilibrium Impacts of Production Subsidies for Nuclear Power

Teaching

Econ 9500: Industrial Organization I (PhD)

Econ 6600: Econometrics (MA)

Econ 3893: Selected Microeconomic Topics (Energy Economics)