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Mahelet G. Fikru

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First Name:Mahelet
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Last Name:Fikru
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500 West 13th Street Department of Economics Missouri ST Rolla MO 65401 USA
Twitter: @MaheletFikru
Mastodon: @maheletfikru@umsystem.edu
Terminal Degree:2011 Economics Department; Southern Illinois University (from RePEc Genealogy)

Affiliation

Jaggi School of Business
Missouri University of Science and Technology

Rolla, Missouri (United States)
https://jaggi.mst.edu/
RePEc:edi:sbmstus (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Mahelet Fikru & Fida Karam & Chahir Zaki, 2025. "Solutions for unleashing business innovations: the role of SDG-Aligned strategies," Post-Print hal-05390133, HAL.
  2. Fikru, Mahelet G & Ahmed, Bruktawit & Daher, Wassim, 2025. "Characterizing Optimal Decarbonization Policies and Evaluating Variability," OSF Preprints t2bzw_v1, Center for Open Science.
  3. Ahmed, Bruktawit & Fikru, Mahelet G, 2025. "The Impact of Carbon Capture on Electricity Prices," OSF Preprints saqhf_v1, Center for Open Science.
  4. Wassim Daher & Jihad Elnaboulsi & Mahelet G. Fikru & Luis Gautier, 2024. "An Analysis of Mergers in the Presence of Uncertainty in Renewable Energy Integration Costs," Working Papers 2024-14, CRESE.
  5. Fateh Belaïd & Sami G. Al-Ghamdi & Fotouh Al-Ragom & Abdulla Isa Al-Abbasi & Abdullah Al-Badi & Ali Akaak & Ana Margarida Costa & Camille Massié & André de Palma & Anvita Arora & Arman Eshraghi & Boum, 2024. "Decarbonizing the buildings sector: Global opportunities and challenges," Post-Print hal-05288187, HAL.

Articles

  1. Ahmed, Bruktawit M. & Fikru, Mahelet G., 2026. "The impact of carbon capture technologies on energy prices," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 78(C), pages 273-286.
  2. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Koppera, Sreeja & Nguyen, Nhien, 2026. "Exploring public opinions on mining governance and preferences for interventions to enhance battery mineral access," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
  3. Mahelet G. Fikru & Ting Shen & Melaku Abegaz, 2026. "Co-location of carbon capture projects with pollution-intensive manufacturing: evidence from US zip codes," Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 58(20), pages 3974-3988, April.
  4. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Ahmed, Bruktawit & Daher, Wassim, 2025. "Optimal policies for decarbonization via carbon capture: Tax, subsidize, or both?," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 153(C).
  5. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2025. "Policy preference for a net zero carbon economy: Results from a US national survey," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 198(C).
  6. Daher, Wassim & Elnaboulsi, Jihad & Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2025. "An analysis of mergers in the presence of uncertainty in renewable energy integration costs," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 150(C).
  7. Fateh Belaïd & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2025. "Resolving the energy efficiency paradox: leveraging benefits for Saudi Arabia’s building sector," Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Palgrave Macmillan, vol. 12(1), pages 1-13, December.
  8. Ahmed, Bruktawit M. & Fikru, Mahelet G., 2025. "Evaluating consumer preference and willingness to pay for low emission electricity: Evidence from a national choice experiment in the US," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 148(C).
  9. Kisswani, Khalid M. & Lahiani, Amine & Fikru, Mahelet G., 2025. "Exploring dynamic extreme dependence of oil and agricultural markets," International Review of Economics & Finance, Elsevier, vol. 99(C).
  10. Kisswani, Khalid M. & Fikru, Mahelet G., 2025. "The dynamic nexus between economic policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk, and natural resource rents of ASEAN-5 countries: Insights from the novel Fourier augmented ARDL method (FAARDL)," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 100(C).
  11. Agarwal, Ankit & Canfield, Casey & Fikru, Mahelet G., 2024. "Role of greener default options on consumer preferences for renewable energy procurement," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 221(C).
  12. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Belaïd, Fateh & Ma, Hongyan, 2024. "Carbon capture and renewable energy policies: Could policy harmonization be a puzzle piece to solve the electricity crisis?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 136(C).
  13. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "The Design of Emission Taxes in Markets with New Firm Acquisitions," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 87(6), pages 1371-1388, June.
  14. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Avila-Santamaria, Jorge J. & Soria, Rafael & Logan, Annaleese & Romero, Pedro P., 2024. "Evaluating ESG risk ratings of mining companies: What are lessons for Ecuador's developing mining sector?," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
  15. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Canfield, Casey, 2024. "Choosing both/and: Encouraging green energy purchases in community choice aggregation," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 185(C).
  16. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Kilinc-Ata, Nurcan & Belaïd, Fateh, 2024. "Climate policy stringency and trade in energy transition minerals: An analysis of response patterns," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).
  17. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Kisswani, Khalid M., 2023. "Environmental impacts of household energy use in ASEAN-5 countries: Are there asymmetric effects?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).
  18. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2023. "Consumption and production of cleaner energy by prosumers," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
  19. Hanson, Eric & Canfield, Casey & Fikru, Mahelet G. & Sumner, Jenny, 2023. "State-level trends in renewable energy procurement via solar installation versus green electricity," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 218(C).
  20. Khalid M. Kisswani & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2023. "A Review of Econometric Approaches for the Oil Price-Exchange Rate Nexus: Lessons for ASEAN-5 Countries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(9), pages 1-15, April.
  21. Mahelet G. Fikru & Luis Gautier, 2023. "Cross-country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers," Arthaniti: Journal of Economic Theory and Practice, , vol. 22(1), pages 113-128, June.
  22. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Azure, Jessica W.A., 2023. "Renewable energy technologies and carbon capture retrofits are strategic complements," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 196(C).
  23. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Awuah-Offei, Kwame, 2022. "An economic framework for producing critical minerals as joint products," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
  24. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Canfield, Casey, 2022. "Demand for renewable energy via green electricity versus solar installation in Community Choice Aggregation," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 186(C), pages 769-779.
  25. Voth-Gaeddert, Lee E. & Fikru, Mahelet G. & Oerther, Daniel B., 2022. "Limited benefits and high costs are associated with low monetary returns for Guatemalan household investment in water, sanitation, and hygiene technologies," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 154(C).
  26. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2022. "Zero lost profit principle for solar compensation and its impact on bill savings," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 326(C).
  27. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2022. "The Welfare Impact of New Firm Acquisitions," Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, Springer, vol. 22(3), pages 535-559, December.
  28. Eng, Li Li & Fikru, Mahelet G. & Vichitsarawong, Thanyaluk, 2021. "The impact of toxic chemical releases and their management on financial performance," Advances in accounting, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
  29. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2021. "Electric utility mergers in the presence of distributed renewable energy," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 101(C).
  30. Mahelet G. Fikru, 2021. "Residential Photovoltaics Adopters Versus Considerers in the United States," Energy RESEARCH LETTERS, Asia-Pacific Applied Economics Association, vol. 2(4), pages 1-5.
  31. Li Li Eng & Mahelet Fikru & Thanyaluk Vichitsarawong, 2021. "Comparing the informativeness of sustainability disclosures versus ESG disclosure ratings," Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 13(2), pages 494-518, December.
  32. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2020. "Determinants of electricity bill savings for residential solar panel adopters in the U.S.: A multilevel modeling approach," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 139(C).
  33. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2020. "Are big mergers welfare enhancing when there is environmental externality?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 87(C).
  34. Eng Li Li & Fikru Mahelet G., 2020. "Environmental Performance of Food and Beverage Firms in Merger and Acquisition Deals," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 18(2), pages 1-19, November.
  35. Mahelet G. Fikru & Gregory Gelles & Ana-Maria Ichim & Joseph D. Smith, 2019. "Notes on the Economics of Residential Hybrid Energy System," Energies, MDPI, vol. 12(14), pages 1-18, July.
  36. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2019. "Estimated electricity bill savings for residential solar photovoltaic system owners: Are they accurate enough?," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 253(C), pages 1-1.
  37. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2019. "Electricity bill savings and the role of energy efficiency improvements: A case study of residential solar adopters in the USA," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 106(C), pages 124-132.
  38. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gelles, Gregory & Ichim, Ana-Maria & Kimball, Jonathan W. & Smith, Joseph D. & Zawodniok, Maciej Jan, 2018. "An economic model for residential energy consumption, generation, storage and reliance on cleaner energy," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 119(C), pages 429-438.
  39. Mahelet G. Fikru & Luis Gautier, 2017. "Environmental taxation and mergers in oligopoly markets with product differentiation," Journal of Economics, Springer, vol. 122(1), pages 45-65, September.
  40. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2016. "Determinants of International Standards in sub-Saharan Africa: The role of institutional pressure from different stakeholders," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 296-307.
  41. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2016. "Mergers in Cournot markets with environmental externality and product differentiation," Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 45(C), pages 65-79.
  42. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2016. "Modelling mergers among polluting firms when environmental policy is endogenous," Economic Analysis and Policy, Elsevier, vol. 49(C), pages 1-6.
  43. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Gautier, Luis, 2015. "The impact of weather variation on energy consumption in residential houses," Applied Energy, Elsevier, vol. 144(C), pages 19-30.
  44. Fikru, Mahelet G. & Lahiri, Sajal, 2014. "Cross-border mergers with flexible policy regime: The role of efficiency and market size," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 34(C), pages 58-70.
  45. Fikru, Mahelet G., 2014. "Firm Level Determinants of International Certification: Evidence from Ethiopia," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 286-297.
  46. Mahelet G. Fikru & Sajal Lahiri, 2013. "Can a Merger Take Place among Symmetric Firms?," Studies in Microeconomics, , vol. 1(2), pages 155-162, December.
  47. Mahelet G. Fikru, 2013. "Environmental Policies, Mergers and Welfare," Economía Mexicana NUEVA ÉPOCA, CIDE, División de Economía, vol. 0(2), pages 449-461, July-Dece.
  48. Mahelet G Fikru, 2012. "Do Strict Environmental Regulations in the OECD Discourage Foreign Firms? - Le imprese straniere sono scoraggiate dal rigore della legislazione ambientale nei paesi OCSE?," Economia Internazionale / International Economics, Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Genova, vol. 65(3), pages 405-413.
    RePEc:eme:sampj0:sampj-03-2021-0095 is not listed on IDEAS
    RePEc:spr:envman:v:74:y:2024:i:3:d:10.1007_s00267-024-02000-5 is not listed on IDEAS

Chapters

  1. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2025. "Proactive Distributed Renewable Energy Resources (DRER) for Powering Tomorrow," Contributions to Economics, in: Anvita Arora & Fateh Belaïd & Sara Lechtenberg-Kasten (ed.), Climate-Resilient Cities, pages 125-145, Springer.
  2. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Merger-Induced Welfare Gains in the Presence of Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 133-143, Springer.
  3. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "The Impact of Foreign Emission Tax on Domestic Merger Profitability," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 47-62, Springer.
  4. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Welfare Impact of New Firm Acquisition," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 105-132, Springer.
  5. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Electric Utility Mergers in the Presence of Distributed Renewable Energy," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 63-92, Springer.
  6. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Environmental Taxation and Mergers in Oligopoly Markets with Product Differentiation," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 185-206, Springer.
  7. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Merger Control and Environmental Policy," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 177-184, Springer.
  8. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "An Empirical Investigation of the Impact of Environmental Policy on M&A Activities," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 93-102, Springer.
  9. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Merger Incentives and the Natural Environment," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 3-19, Springer.
  10. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Cross-Country Emission Tax Effect of Mergers," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 207-223, Springer.
  11. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Are Big Mergers Welfare Enhancing When There Is Environmental Externality?," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 145-173, Springer.
  12. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "The Design of Emission Taxes in Markets with New Firm Acquisitions," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 225-243, Springer.
  13. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "An Analytical Approach for Policy Coordination," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 245-251, Springer.
  14. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Mergers in Cournot Markets with Environmental Externality and Product Differentiation," Natural Resource Management and Policy, in: Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy, chapter 0, pages 21-46, Springer.
  15. Mahelet Fikru, 2013. "Improving Mandatory Environmental Data Reporting for Comparable and Reliable Environmental Performance Indicators," Chapters, in: Fausto Pedro Garcia Marquez & Benjamin Lev (ed.), Engineering Management, IntechOpen.

Books

  1. Luis Gautier & Mahelet G. Fikru, 2024. "Handbook of Merger Control and Environmental Policy," Natural Resource Management and Policy, Springer, number 978-3-031-63549-6, November.

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  1. NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (3) 2024-09-16 2025-04-21 2025-05-12
  2. NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (2) 2025-04-21 2025-05-12
  3. NEP-GTH: Game Theory (2) 2024-09-16 2025-04-21
  4. NEP-REG: Regulation (2) 2024-09-16 2025-05-12
  5. NEP-COM: Industrial Competition (1) 2024-09-16
  6. NEP-IND: Industrial Organization (1) 2024-09-16
  7. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2025-04-21

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