Expertise

Topics:  Finance, Macroeconomics (incl. Monetary and Fiscal Theory), International Economics and International Finance, Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells)

Industries: Employment Services, Energy, Education/Learning, Financial Services

Chris Telmer is an Associate Professor of Financial Economics at Carnegie Mellon University's Tepper School of Business. His research interests include the effect of government subsidies on the financing of renewable energy assets, consumption behavior, exchange rate behavior, the effects of labor-market risk on financial markets, and intergenerational mobility. Prior to joining the Tepper School in 1993, he studied at The University of Western Ontario (BA Hons., 1986) and Queen's University at Kingston (PhD, 1992). He has been a visiting scholar in the Federal Reserve System and at universities in Canada, Chile, Japan, Spain and Sweden. He has served as an educational consultant in Japan, The Russian Federation, Spain, Ukraine and on Wall Street. In 1995 he was awarded the Undergraduate Teaching Award, and in 2001 he was awarded the George Leland Bach Award for MBA Teaching, both at the Tepper School of Business. He grew up in the Toronto area and remains an avid supporter of the Maple Leafs.

Media Experience

Solar+storage can outcompete “mid-merit” gas units, not just peakers  — PV Magazine
“A key aspect of the analysis is novel,” said Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) finance professor Chris Telmer, who together with CMU professor Jay Apt supervised the seven Carnegie Mellon MBA students who conducted the analysis. “The students got data on what hundreds of mid-merit NGCC plants are doing and then specified solar+storage assets in order to replicate the NGCC ‘jobs being done.’”