LEILA DAGHER 

CONTACT INFORMATION
Phone: (961) 1 350000 Ext. 4067
Fax: (961) 1 744484
Email: ld08@aub.edu.lb
Office: Ada Dodge Hall - Room 234

UNIVERSITY DEGREES

PhD in Mineral Economics, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, USA.

MBA, International University of Monaco, Monaco.

Electrical Engineering, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.

RESEARCH

Interests
Energy economics and market policy and modeling, applied econometrics and forecasting, resource and environmental economics, with a special focus on electricity—including renewable and green power—and natural gas markets.

Publications
" Green Power Marketing in the United States: A Status Report (Tenth Edition) ", with Lori Bird and Blair Swezey, NREL Technical Report TP-670-42502, December 2007.

" Industry Stakeholder Recommendations for DOE's RD & D for Increasing Energy Efficiency in Existing Homes ", with Patricia Plympton and Bill Zwack, NREL Technical Report TP-710-41705, June 2007.

" Home Performance with ENERGY STAR: Utility Bill Analysis on Homes Participating in Austin Energy’s Program ", with G. Mosey, P. Plympton, and D. Belzer, NREL Technical Report TP-640-41903, July 2007.

" Electricity Demand Elasticities: A Survey and New Results ", with C. Dahl, IAEE Conference Proceedings, New Zealand, February 2007.

" A Winner in Austin, Texas ", with P. Plympton, Home Energy, November/December 2006.

" From HVAC to Home Performance Contracting ", with P. Plympton, Home Energy, March/April 2007.

" Pushing the Home Performance Contracting Envelope ", with P. Plympton, Home Energy, January/February 2007.

TEACHING

Courses taught
ECON 217: Intermediate Price Theory
ECON 305: Econometrics I
ECON 306: Econometrics II
ECON 347: Economic Forecasting