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David Spence

David Spence
Associate Professor of Business, Government and Society
McCombs School of Business

Professor Spence's research and teaching focuses on business-government relations and the regulation of business, particularly energy and environmental regulation. He received his Ph.D. in political science from Duke University, and his J.D. from the University of North Carolina. Professor Spence has taught as a visitor at the Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, the Vanderbilt Law School, the Cornell Law School, Harvard Law School, IMADEC University in Vienna, Austria, and the Bren School of the Environment at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

As part of the Texas Executive Education open enrollment program, Spence teaches the following courses: External Stakeholders; Ethics and Social Responsibility in Emerging Energy Markets.

Posts by David Spence

Psychological and Cultural Biases Distort Fracking Debates

Psychological and cultural biases prevent third-party experts from acting as neutral brokers in policy debates.

Liquefied Natural Gas Exports: Economic Opportunity or Energy Security Threat?

The economic benefits of exporting liquefied natural gas outweigh fears of increasing prices domestically.

Fracking Bans Do More Harm Than Good

Calls to ban or curtail hydraulic fracturing in the U.S. ignore potential environmental and economic benefits.

Austin Electricity Conference Draws Another Distinguished Group

Climate Change, Clean Energy and Electricity were the topics du jour at the Second Annual Austin Electricity Conference on campus April 4 & 5.

How (and Why) Republicans Killed the Keystone Pipeline

When the electoral interests diverge from shared policy goals, the former almost always trump the latter.

The Politics of Fracking

Fans of hydraulic fracturing should aim for transparency over adversarial hyperbole.

Self-Regulation by Firms: A Familiar Argument Returns

It's good to remember why the EPA was created in the first place.

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Posts about David Spence

UT Energy Poll Shows Divides on Hydraulic Fracturing, Climate Change

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Americans have fractured feelings about today’s boom in natural gas. They want more of it produced here at home, but they’re sharply divided about the chief technology for getting it out of the ground: hydraulic fracturing of subterranean shale. That’s a top trend in the latest University of Texas Energy Poll, released April 9.

Voters Favor Obama on Energy, says UT Poll

Tuesday, October 16, 2012
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Message to both parties: Despite high gas prices, weak economy, more Americans feel positive about energy.

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