Donald Dewees
January 1, 1984 | By Public Policy Admin |
Professor Emeritus of Economics and Law
Bio
Donald Dewees is a Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Law at the University of Toronto. He holds an engineering degree from Swarthmore College, an LLB from Harvard and a PhD in Economics from Harvard. He served as Director of Research for the Ontario Royal Commission on Asbestos and Vice-Chair of the Ontario Market Design Committee, which advised the government on the introduction of competition into the electricity market. He has been Vice-Dean and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science of the U of T, Interim Chair of Economics and has held other middle management positions. His research is in the areas of environmental economics including emissions trading, law and economics, and energy policy including electricity pricing, the environmental effects of electricity generation, electricity prices and renewable power, and consumer response to prices and incentives.
Donald Dewees is a Professor Emeritus of Economics and of Law at the University of Toronto. He holds an engineering degree from Swarthmore College, an LLB from Harvard and a PhD in Economics from Harvard. He served as Director of Research for the Ontario Royal Commission on Asbestos and Vice-Chair of the Ontario Market Design Committee, which advised the government on the introduction of competition into the electricity market. He has been Vice-Dean and Acting Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science of the U of T, Interim Chair of Economics and has held other middle management positions. His research is in the areas of environmental economics including emissions trading, law and economics, and energy policy including electricity pricing, the environmental effects of electricity generation, electricity prices and renewable power, and consumer response to prices and incentives.
Publications
The Impact of Sub-Metering on Condominium Electricity Demand, with Trevor Tombe, Canadian Public Policy, vol. 37, no. 4, December, 2011, pp. 435-457.
What is Happening to Ontario Electricity Prices, March, 2012, Sustainable Prosperity Background Paper.
Plugging into Savings: A New Incentive-Based Market Can Address Ontario’s Power-Surplus Problem, with Benjamin Dachis, July 19, 2011, C.D. Howe Institute e-brief 120.
The Price Isn’t Right: The Need for Reform in Consumer Electricity Pricing, January 14, 2010, C.D. Howe Institute Backgrounder #124.
Home Department
Department of Economics
Department of Economics
Faculty Classification
Affiliated Faculty
Contact info
dewees@chass.utoronto.ca
Website
(416) 978-4473
