Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Lawrence H. Goulder and Rema Hanna
April 14-15, 2016
NBER, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Thursday, April 14

1

The Effect of Owning a Car on Travel Behavior: Evidence from the Beijing License Plate Lottery

Jun Yang, Peking University
Antung A. Liu, Indiana University
Ping Qin, Renmin University of China
Joshua Linn, University of Maryland, College Park

2

Willingness to Pay for Clean Air: Evidence from Air Purifier Markets in China

Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER
Shuang Zhang, Imperial College London

3

A Global Experiment in Black Market Dynamics: the Effect of Legal Ivory Sales on Illegal Ivory Production

Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER
Nitin Sekar, Princeton University

4

Experimental Evidence on the Demand for and Costs of Rural Electrification

Kenneth Lee, University of Chicago
Edward Miguel, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

6

The Impact of Sustained Exposure to Particulate Matter on Life Expectancy: New Evidence from China’s Huai River Policy

Avraham Ebenstein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
Maoyong Fan, Ball State University
Guojun He, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
Maigeng Zhou, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Friday, April 15

7

Prices versus Quantities with Policy Updating

William A. Pizer, Resources for the Future
Brian C. Prest, Resources for the Future

8

The Power of the State: National Borders and the Deforestation of the Amazon

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Francisco JM. Costa, Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE)
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

9

Price Perception and Electricity Demand with Nonlinear Tariffs

Shaun McRae, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
Robyn Meeks, Duke University

10

Capital versus Output Subsidies: Implications of Alternative Incentives for Wind Energy

Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER
Todd Gerarden, Cornell University
Richard Sweeney, Boston College

11

Designing Nonlinear Price Schedules for Urban Water Utilities to Balance Revenue and Conservation Goals

Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER