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Publications
Management practices and manufacturing firm responses to a randomized energy audit
Zhang, Da; Karplus, Valerie J. (2025). Management practices and manufacturing firm responses to a randomized energy audit. Nature Energy....
2024 Accelerating Green Steel Workshop Proceedings
The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation hosted a Research Workshop on Accelerating Green Steel at Carnegie Mellon University,...
Beyond the Bottom Line: Assessing Non-Economic Barriers to Hydrogen Adoption
Read LEO member Dr. Ioana Iacob's Engineering and Public Policy Ph.D. thesis below.
Feature Engineering to Embed Process Knowledge: Analyzing the Energy Efficiency of Electric Arc Furnace Steelmaking
Zhuo, Q.; Al-Harbi, M.N.; Pistorius, P.C. (2025). Feature Engineering to Embed Process Knowledge: Analyzing the Energy Efficiency of...
Technology, Institutions, and Organizational Performance in Public Health and Climate Change Contexts
Read LEO member Dr. Elina Hoffmann's Engineering and Public Policy Ph.D. thesis below.
Expanding renewable electricity use in global corporate supply chains
Sievert, K., Song, Y., Chen, Y., and Karplus, V.J. (2024), Environmental Research: Energy , Vol. 1, No. 3, July 2024. View the paper here
The C-REM 4.0 model: A CGE model for provincial analysis of China’s carbon neutrality target
Hantan Peng, Chenfei Qu, Valerie J. Karplus, Da Zhang (2025), Energy and Climate Management , Vol. 1, Issue 1, March 2025. View the paper...
How to sustain scientific collaboration amid worsening US–China relations
Valerie J. Karplus, Lan Xue, M. Granger Morgan, Kebin He, David G. Victor, Shuang-Nan Zhang (2024), Nature , 14 January 2025. View the...
decarbSTEEL (Decarbonizing Steelmaking TechnoEconomic EvaLuation) Tool Version 2.0
Developed by LEO member Elina Hoffmann, LEO alumna Katie Jordan, and Valerie Karplus and P. Chris Pistorius, this model supports...
Risks in the design of regional hydrogen hub systems: A review and commentary
Karplus, V., Iacob, I., Moore, E., Morgan, G. (2024), Risk Analysis , 1-19. View the paper here
Moving Beyond Hype on Hydrogen
Karplus, V. and Granger, M. (2024), Issues in Science and Technology , Vol. XL, No. 4, Summer 2024. View the paper here
When the Energy Transition Comes to Town
Miles, J.E., Combemale, C., Karplus, V. (2023), Issues in Science and Technology , Vol. XL, No. 1, Fall 2023. View the paper here
Dynamic responses of SO2 pollution to China’s environmental inspections
Karplus, V. and Wu, M. (2023), PNAS , 120(17), e2214262120. View the paper here
Anticipating the impacts of light-duty vehicle electrification on U.S. automotive service workforce
Reolfi, R., Fuchs, E., and Karplus, V. (2023), Environmental Research Letters , 18(3), 1002. View the paper here
State ownership and technology adoption: The case of electric utilities and renewable energy.
Steffen, B., Karplus, V., Schmidt, T. (2022) - Research Policy, 51(6), 104534.
Institutional complexity, management practices, and firm productivity
Karplus, V.J., Geissmann, T., and Zhang, D. (2021). - World Development, 142(C).
Navigating and Evaluating the Labyrinth of Environmental Regulation in China
Karplus, V.J., Zhang, J., and Zhao, J. (2021). - Review of Economics and Environmental Policy, 15(2), 300-322.
Policies and Institutions to Support Carbon Neutrality in China by 2060
Davidson, M., Karplus, V., Zhang, D., Zhang, X.L. (2021). - Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy (Tenth Anniversary Edition), 10(2).
Herding Cats: Firm Non-Compliance in China’s Industrial Energy Efficiency Program
Karplus, V.J., Shen, X., and Zhang, D. (2020). Firm-level performance in China’s industrial energy conservation program. Energy Journal, 41(
The productivity impacts of energy efficiency programs in developing countries: Evidence from iron and steel firms in China
Filippini, M., Geissmann, T., Karplus, V.J., and Zhang, D. (2020). Evidence from China. China Economic Review, 59, 101364.
Mercury Benefits of Climate Policy in China: Addressing the Paris Agreement and the Minamata Convention Simultaneously
Mulvaney, K., Selin, N., Giang, A., Muntean, M., Li, C.-T., Zhang, D., Angot, H., Thackray, C., and Karplus, V.J. (2020). Addressing the Par
Improving Evaluation of Energy Policies with Multiple Goals: Comparing Ex Ante and Ex Post Approaches
Qiu, M., Weng, Y., Cao, J., Selin, N.E., and Karplus, V.J. (2020). - Environmental Science and Technology,54(24), 15584-15593.
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