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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SI 2015 Environmental & Energy Economics

John List, and V. Kerry Smith, Organizers

July 20-21, 2015

Royal Sonesta Hotel
Charles Suite
40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard
Cambridge, Massachusetts

PROGRAM

 

Monday, July 20


8:00 am


Coffee and pastries


8:20 am


Welcome


8:30 am


Meredith Fowlie, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Catherine Wolfram, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Anna Spurlock, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Peter Cappers, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Default Eects, Follow-on Behavior and Welfare in Residential Electricity Pricing Programs

Discussant: Michael Price, Georgia State University and NBER


9:30 am


Hunt Allcott, New York University and NBER
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
Maximising Money vs. Utility:  Measuring the Welfare Effects of Energy Efficiency Programs

Discussant: Nicolai Kuminoff, Arizona State University and NBER


10:30 am


Break


11:00 am


Research Sketches – Eggtimer

Jesse Burkhardt, Yale University
Markups, Marginal Costs, and Emissions Policy Choice in the U.S. Oil Refining Industry

Eyal Frank, Columbia University
Farmers, Bats, and Pesticides Use: Using White Nose Syndrome to Learn about the Beneficial Spillover Effects of Bats on Farmers

Teevrat Garg, Cornell University
Public Health Effects of Ecosystem Degradation: Evidence from Deforestation in Indonesia

Evan Herrnstadt
University of Michigan
Conservation Versus Competition? Environmental Objectives in Government Contracting

Shawn McCoy, University of Pittsburgh
Risk, Salience, & Investment in Residential Housing

Chris Severen, University of California, Santa Barbara
Coastal Land Use Regulation and Amenities

Ivan Rudik, Iowa State University
Negative Emissions Leakage: Impacts of Energy Policy Spillovers

Ashley Vissing, Duke University
Private Negotiations between Landowners and Firms for Rights to Shale Gas Resources

Andrew Waxman, Cornell University
Divergent Effects of Transportation Policies by Worker Skill in a Locational Sorting Model

Xueying Yu,
University of Michigan
Forest Loss, Monetary Compensation, and Delayed Re-planting: The Effects of Unpredictable Land Tenure in China


12:00 noon


Lunch


1:30 pm


H. Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University and NBER
Panel Data Hedonics: Rosen's First Stage and Difference-in-Differences as "Sufficient Statistics"

Discussant: W. Reed Walker, University of California at Berkeley and NBER


2:30 pm


Verena Tiefenbeck, ETH Zurich
Lorenz Goette, Université de Lausanne
Kathrin Degen, University of Lausanne
Vojkan Tasic, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich University
Elgar Fleisch, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich University
Rafael Lalive, University of Lausanne
Thorsten Staake, University of Bamberg
Overcoming Salience Bias: How Real-Time Feedback Fosters Resource Conservation

Discussant: Kory Kroft, University of Toronto and NBER


3:30 pm


Break


4:00 pm


Ceren Baysan, University of California at Berkeley
Marshall Burke, Stanford University
Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Edward Miguel, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Felipe Gonzalez, University of California at Berkeley
Economic and Non-Economic Factors in Violence: Evidence from Organized Crime, Suicides and Climate in Mexico

Discussant: Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER


5:00 pm


Adjourn

Tuesday, July 21


8:00 am


Coffee and pastries


Morning parallel sessions 8:30 – 12:00


Session A


8:30 am


Greer K. Gosnell, London School of Economics
John List, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert Metcalfe, University of Chicago
The Behavioralist Takes Flight: Leveraging Field Experiments to Lower Carbon Emissions from Airplanes

Discussant: Justine Hastings, Brown University and NBER


9:30 am


Marc A. Jeuland, Duke University
Subhrendu Pattanayak, Duke University
Jie Sheng Tan Soo, Duke University
Preference Heterogeneity and Adoption of Environmental Health Improvements: Evidence from a Cookstove Promotion Experiment

Discussant: Daniel J. Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin, Madison


10:30 am


Break


11:00 am


Jonathan A. Cook, Nexant, Incorporated
Cynthia Lin, University of California at Davis
Wind Turbine Shutdowns and Upgrades in Denmark: Timing Decisions and the Impact of Government Policy

Discussant: Corey Lang, University of Rhode Island


Session B


8:30 am


Ravi Bansal, Duke University and NBER
Dana Kiku, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Marcelo Ochoa, Federal Reserve Board
Climate Change and Growth Risks

Discussant: Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University


9:30 am


Frederick van der Ploeg, University of Oxford
Aart de Zeeuw, Tilburg University
Climate Tipping and Economic Growth: Precautionary Capital and the Price of Carbon

Discussant: Billy Pizer, Duke University


10:30 am


Break


11:00 am


Ian Parry, International Monetary Fund
How Much Carbon Pricing is in Countries’ Own Interests? The Critical Role of Co-Benefits

Discussant: Lawrence Goulder, Stanford University and NBER


12:00 noon


Lunch


1:00 pm


Judson P. Boomhower, University of California at Berkeley
Drilling Like There's No Tomorrow: Bankruptcy, Insurance, and Environmental Risk

Discussant: Ryan Kellogg, University of Michigan and NBER


2:00 pm


Bryan Bollinger, Duke University
Wesley Hartmann, Stanford University
Welfare Effects of Home Automation Technology with Dynamic Pricing

Discussant: Thomas Covert, University of Chicago


3:00 pm


Break


3:30 pm


Steve Cicala, University of Chicago and NBER
Imperfect Markets versus Imperfect Regulation in U.S. Electricity Generation

Discussant: Roberton Williams, University of Maryland and NBER


4:30 pm


Adjourn