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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Environmental and Energy Economics Program Meeting

Lawrence H. Goulder and Rema Hanna, Organizers

April 14-15, 2016

NBER

Feldstein Conference Room, 2^nd Floor

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, MA

PROGRAM

Thursday, April 14
10:00 am	Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Nitin Sekar, Princeton University A Global Experiment in Black Market Dynamics: the Effect of Legal Ivory Sales on Illegal Ivory Production Discussant: Molly Lipscomb, University of Virginia
11:00 am	Kenneth Lee, University of California at Berkeley Edward Miguel, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Catherine Wolfram, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification Discussant: Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland and NBER
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER Todd Gerarden, Harvard University Richard Sweeney, Boston College Capital versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Energy Discussant: Richard Schmalensee, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:00 pm	Jun Yang, Peking University Antung A. Liu, Indiana University Ping Qin, Renmin University of China Joshua Linn, Resources for the Future The Effect of Owning a Car on Travel Behavior: Evidence from the Beijing License Plate Lottery Discussant: Michael Anderson, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
3:00 pm	Break
3:30 pm	Shaun McRae, University of Michigan Robyn Meeks, University of Michigan Price Perception and Electricity Demand with Nonlinear Tariffs Discussant: Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER
4:30 pm	Robin Burgess, London School of Economics Francisco JM. Costa, Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV/EPGE) Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER The Power of the State: National Borders and the Deforestation of the Amazon Discussant: Mushfiq Mobarak. Yale University and NBER
5:30 pm	Adjourn Shuttle Vans (2) Depart for the Royal Sonesta Hotel from the NBER
6:30 pm	Group Dinner at the Royal Sonesta Hotel (Parkview Room/ East Tower)
Friday, April 15
7:45 am	Shuttle Vans (2) Depart from the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER
8:00 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 am	Avraham Ebenstein, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER Maoyong Fan, Ball State University Guojun He, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Maigeng Zhou, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention The Impact of Sustained Exposure to Particulate Matter on Life Expectancy: New Evidence from China’s Huai River Policy Discussant: Nicholas Sanders, Cornell University
9:30 am	Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER Shuang Zhang, University of Colorado Boulder Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from Air Purifier Markets in China Discussant: Paulina Oliva, University of California at Santa Barbara and NBER
10:30 am	Break
11:00 am	James Bushnell, University of California at Davis and NBER Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER Jonathan Hughes, University of Colorado at Boulder Christopher Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Strategic Policy Choice in State-Level Regulation: The EPA's Clean Power Plan Discussant: Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
12:00 n	Lunch
1:00 pm	William A. Pizer, Duke University and NBER Brian C. Prest, Duke University Prices versus Quantities with Policy Updating Discussant: Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER
2:00 pm	Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER Designing Nonlinear Price Schedules for Urban Water Utilities to Balance Revenue and Conservation Goals Discussant: Sheila Olmstead, University of Texas, Austin and NBER
3:00 pm	Adjourn