Dr. Myron B. "Mike" Katz


Adjunct Professor of Economics
(1961)

 


503-725-5485
hakm@odin.cc.pdx.edu

Teaching Fields

  • Energy Economics
  • Public Utility Economics

Research Interests

  • Energy Economics
  • Government Regulation
 

Recent Research Projects and Publications

  • Koss, Patricia A. and Mike Katz. "The Great Salmon Debate: Are the Critical Issues Overlooked?" Forthcoming in Choices, 2001.
  • Koss, Patricia A. And Mike Katz, eds. What We Don't Know About Pacific Northwest Fish Runs: An Inquiry into Decision Making Under Uncertainty," Proceedings of the Portland State University Salmon Symposium, July 7-8, 2000.
  • Katz, Mike, Patricia Koss and Jennifer Shawcross. 2000. "Addressing fish uncertainty: the quest for rational decision-making". Proceedings of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade Conference, Corvallis, OR, July 10-14, 2000.

  • "Teaching Dumbo to Dance: Can a Monopoly Learn to Compete?", Proceedings of the 110th Annual Convention, National Association of Utility Regulatory Commissioners, Orlando, Florida, November 1998.

  • "Demand-Side Management: Reflections of an Irreverent Regulator," Resources and Energy Journal, May 1992.

  • "Privacy and Communications: Problems of Technology, Solutions of Choice," The National Regulatory Research Institute, Quarterly Bulletin, March 1992.

  • "Should Utiltiy Regulators Pack their Bags? Expectations and Uncertainties in the Transformation to the Marketplace," Proceedings of the Tenth Biennial Regulatory Information Conference, Ohio State University, September 1996.

  • Response to "Restructuring, Competition and Regulatory Reform in the U. S. Electricity Sector" by Paul L. Joskow, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, a journal of the American Economic Association, Winter 1998.