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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Energy Policy Tradeoffs between Economic Efficiency and Distributional Equity

Final Conference

Supported by Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Tatyana Deryugina, Don Fullerton, and Billy Pizer, Organizers

September 16-17, 2016

Rubenstein Classroom, The Bullpen
215 Morris Street
Durham, North Carolina


PROGRAM

 

Friday, September 16

 

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 am

Welcome remarks by the organizers

 

8:45 am

Chris Bruegge, Stanford University
Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois and NBER
Erica Myers, University of Illinois
The Distributional Effects of Building Codes

Discussant: Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER

 

9:50 am

Sebastien Houde, University of Maryland
Joseph Aldy, Harvard University and NBER
The Efficiency and Distributional Consequences of Heterogeneous Behavioral Response to Energy-Fiscal Policies

Discussant: Catherine Wolfram,
University of California at Berkeley and NBER

 

10:55 am

Break

 

11:25 am

Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
The Distributional Impacts of Renewable Generation Policies

Discussant: Meredith Fowlie, University of California at Berkeley and NBER

 

12:30 pm

Lunch

 

2:00 pm

Lucas Davis, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Christopher Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
How Regressive Are Fuel Economy Standards?

Discussant: James Sallee, University of California at Berkeley and NBER

 

3:05 pm

Break

 

3:35 pm

Stephen Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER
Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
Nicholas Muller, Middlebury College and NBER
Andrew Yates, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Distributional Effects of Air Pollution from Electric Vehicle Adoption

Discussant: Meghan Busse, Northwestern
University and NBER

 

4:40 pm

Adjourn

 

6:30 pm

Reception and Dinner
Counting House at 21C Museum Hotel
111 North Corcoran Street
Durham, NC

 

Saturday, September 17

8:00 am

Continental Breakfast

 

8:30 am

Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER

Are Energy Efficiency Standards Less Regressive Than Energy Taxes?

Discussant: Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future

 

9:35 am

Julie Anne Cronin, U.S. Treasury Department
Don Fullerton, University of Illinois and NBER
Steven Sexton, Duke University
Energy Tax Rebates and Redistribution

Discussant: David Weisbach, University of Chicago

 

10:40am

Break

 

11:00 am

Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future
Billy Pizer, Duke University and NBER
Equity versus Efficiency in Energy Regulation

Discussant: David Anthoff, University of California at Berkeley

 

12:05 pm

Lunch and Adjourn

 

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