MARK K. JACCARD
School of Resource and Environmental Management
Simon Fraser University
Vancouver, B.C., CANADA, V5A 1S6
Tel. (604) 291-4219
EDUCATION:
Ph.D.: University of Grenoble, Department of Economics / Institute of
Energy Economics and Policy, 1987.
Masters of Natural Resources Management: Simon Fraser University, 1984.
Bachelor of Arts: Simon Fraser University, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1986 - 2003 to present:
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
Full Professor, School of Resource and Environmental Management. Teaching graduate courses in ecological economics, environmental policy, energy management and policy, and energy system modelling. Supervision of graduate student research. Director of Energy and Materials Research Group
1992-1997:
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Director of a quasi-judicial regulatory body charged with regulating the rates and investments of all energy utilities in B.C. Responsibilities split between administration of the commission and role as chairperson for public hearings and regulatory decisions. On leave from university for administration and teaching duties, but sustained research program and student thesis supervision.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS – 2002 - 2005
Jaccard, M. Sustainable Fossil Fuels: The Unusual Suspect in the Quest for Clean and Enduring Energy (forthcoming – Cambridge University Press).
Washbrook, K., Haider, W. and M. Jaccard, “Estimating Commuter Mode Choice: a Discrete Choice Analysis of the Impact of Road Pricing and Parking Charges,” (forthcoming – Transportation).
Nyboer, J. and M. Jaccard, “Simulating Policies to Induce Technological Change: The Usefulness of Energy-Economy Models Under Technological and Behavioral Uncertainty,” (forthcoming – International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy).
Jaccard, M. and M. Dennis, “Estimating Home Energy Decision Parameters for a Hybrid Energy-Economy Policy Model,” (forthcoming - Environmental Modeling and Assessment).
Jaccard, M. “Policies that Mobilize Producers Toward Sustainability: The Renewable Portfolio Standard and the Vehicle Emission Standard,” In: Building Canadian Capacity: Sustainable Production and the Knowledge Economy, G. Toner (ed.), (forthcoming – UBC Press).
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, “Canada’s Efforts Towards Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction: A Case Study on the Limits of Voluntary Action and Subsidies,” International Journal of Global Energy Issues, V.23, 4, 2005, 307-323.
Rivers N. and M. Jaccard, “Useful Models for Simulating Policies to Induce Technological Change,” (forthcoming – Energy Policy).
Jaccard, M. “Hybrid Energy-Economy Models and Endogenous Technological Change,” In R. Loulou, J-P Waaub and G. Zaccour (eds.) Energy and Environment, New York: Springer, 2005, 81-110.
Horne, M., Jaccard, M. and K. Tiedemann, “Improving Behavioral Realism in Hybrid Energy-Economy Models Using Discrete Choice Studies of Personal Transportation Decisions,” Energy Economics, V27, 2005, 59-77.
Rivers, N. and M. Jaccard, “Combining Top-down and Bottom-up Approaches to Energy-economy Modeling Using Discrete Choice Methods,” The Energy Journal, V26, N.1, 2005, 83-106.
Jaccard, M., Murphy, R. and N. Rivers, “Energy-Environment Policy Modeling of Endogenous Technological Change with Personal Vehicles: Combining Top-Down and Bottom-Up Methods,” Ecological Economics, V51, 2004, 31-46.
Jaccard, M., Rivers, N. and M. Horne, The Morning After: Optimal GHG Policies for Canada’s Kyoto Obligation and Beyond, Toronto: CD Howe Institute, 2004, 31 pages.
Jaccard, M. “Greenhouse Gas Abatement: Controversies in Cost Assessment,” In C. Cleveland (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, New York: Elsevier, V.3, 2004, 57-65.
Jaccard, M. “Renewable Portfolio Standard,” In C. Cleveland (ed.) Encyclopedia of Energy, New York: Elsevier, V.5, 2004, 413-421.
Jaccard, M. and C. Bataille, “If Sustainability is Expensive, What Roles for Business and Government? A Case Study of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Policy in Canada,” Journal of Business Administration and Policy Analysis, V30-31, 2004, 149-183.
Weidou, N., Johansson, T., Wang, J., Wu, Z., Mao, Y., Zhu, Q., Zhou, F., Li, Z., Anderson, B., Farinelli, U., Jaccard, M. and R. Williams, “Transforming coal for sustainability: a strategy for China,” Energy for Sustainable Development, V.VII, N.4, 2003, 21-30.
Murphy, R. and M. Jaccard, “The Voluntary Approach to Greenhouse Gas Reduction: A Case Study of BC Hydro,” Energy Studies Review, V11, N2, 2003, 131-151.
Rivers, N., Jaccard, M., Tiedemann, K. and J. Nyboer, “Confronting the Challenge of Hybrid Modeling: Using Discrete Choice Models to Inform the Behavioural Parameters of a Hybrid Model,” American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy: ACEEE 2003, V1, 2003, 181-192.
Jaccard, M., Nyboer, J., Bataille, C. and B. Sadownik, “Modeling the Cost of Climate Policy: Distinguishing Between Alternative Cost Definitions and Long-Run Cost Dynamics,” The Energy Journal, V24, N1, 2003, 49-73.
Jaccard, M., Loulou, R., Kanudia, A., Nyboer, J., Bailie, A. and M. Labriet, “Methodological Contrasts in Costing GHG Abatement Policies: Optimization and Simulation Modeling of Micro-Economic Effects in Canada,” European Journal of Operations Research, V145,N1, 2003, 148-164.
Sadownik, B. and M. Jaccard, “Shaping Sustainable Energy Use in Chinese Cities,” DISP 151, V.4, 2002, 15-22.
Jaccard, M., “Energy Planning and Management: Methodologies and Tools,” in Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems, Oxford, UK: UNESCO, EOLSS Publishers, 2002.
Jaccard, M., Nyboer, J. and B. Sadownik, The Cost of Climate Policy, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2002, 242 pages.
Jaccard, M. and Y. Mao, “Making Markets Work Better,” in Johansson and Goldemberg (eds.) Energy for Sustainable Development: A Policy Agenda, New York: United Nations Development Program, 2002, 41-77.
Nanduri, M., Nyboer, J. and M. Jaccard, “Aggregating Physical Intensity Indicators: Results of Applying the Composite Indicator Approach to the Canadian Industrial Sector,” Energy Policy, V30, 2002, 151-163.
Jaccard, M., California Shorts a Circuit: Should Canadians Trust the Wiring Diagram? Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 2002, 28 pages.
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