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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
Environmental and Energy Economics Program Meeting
Lawrence Goulder and Wolfram Schlenker, Organizers
NBER
1050 Massachusetts Aveue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
March 28-29, 2013
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
THURSDAY, MARCH 28:.
10:15 am 10:30 am	Shuttle Vans (2) Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
10:30 am	Coffee
11:00 am	Matthew Kahn, University of California at Los Angeles and NBER Frank Wolak, Stanford University and NBER
	Using Information to Improve the Effectiveness of Nonlinear Pricing: Evidence from a Field Experiment Discussant: Koichiro Ito, Stanford University
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	Judson Boomhower, University of California at Berkeley Lucas Davis, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
	Free Riders and the High Cost of Energy-E ciency Subsidies Discussant: Kelsey Jack, Tufts University and NBER
2:00 pm	Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland and NBER Kabir Malik, University of Maryland
	Alexander Limonov, Resources for the Future Anoop Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
	The Impact of Electricity Sector Restructuring on Coal-fired Power Plants in India Discussant: Catherine Wolfram, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Timothy Beatty, University of Minnesota Jay Shimshack, Tulane University
	Air Pollution and Children's Respiratory Health: A Cohort Analysis Discussant: Nicholas Sanders, College of William & Mary
4:30 pm	Eva Arceo, CIDE Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER Paulina Oliva, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER
	Does the Effect of Pollution on Infant Mortality Differ Between Developing and Developed Countries? Evidence from Mexico City Discussant: Reed Walker, University of California at Berkeley
5:30 pm	Adjourn
5:30 pm 6:00 pm	Shuttle Vans (2) Depart from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel Shuttle Van Departs from the NBER for the Royal Sonesta Hotel
6:30 pm	Group Dinner – Royal Sonesta Hotel, Parkview Room Dinner Speaker, Stephen Polasky, University of Minnesota and NBER
FRIDAY, MARCH 29:
7:30 am 8:00 am	Shuttle Vans (2) Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER Shuttle Van Departs from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:00 am	Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am	Joshua Graff Zivin, University of California at San Diego and NBER Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER
	Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
	Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity of Marginal Emissions: Implications for Electric Cars and Other Electricity-Shifting Policies Discussant: Matt Harding, Stanford University
9:30 am	Christopher Knittel and Robert Pindyck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
	The Simple Economics of Commodity Price Speculation Discussant: James Hamilton, University of California at San Diego and NBER
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	Mark Jacobsen, University of California at San Diego and NBER Arthur van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania
	Vehicle Scrappage and Gasoline Policy Discussant: James Sallee, University of Chicago and NBER
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	Martin Weitzman, Harvard University and NBER
	A Primer on Discounting Climate Risks Discussant: Christian Traeger, University of California at Berkeley
2:00 pm	Break
2:30 pm	Cloé Garnache, University of California at Davis
	Fish, Floods and Farmers: The Joint Production of Ecosystem Services on a Working Landscape Discussant:.Steve Polasky, University of Minnesota and NBER
3:30 pm	Emanuele Massetti, Yale University Robert Mendelsohn, Yale University and NBER Shun Chonabayashi, Cornell University
	How Does Temperature Affect Land Values in the East of the US? Discussant: Wolfram Schlenker, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
4:30 pm	Adjourn