Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting
Organized by Kelsey Jack and Ryan Kellogg
March 14-15, 2019
The Royal Sonesta Hotel
Thursday, March 14
10:00 am

Burning Waters to Crystal Springs? U.S. Water Pollution Regulation Over the Last Half Century

David Keiser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Sheila Olmstead, Cornell University
11:00 am

Decompositions and Policy Consequences of an Extraordinary Decline in Air Pollution from Electricity Generation

Stephen P. Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER
Erin T. Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER
Nicholas Muller, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Andrew J. Yates, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Discussant:
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

Pigou Creates Losers: On the Implausibility of Achieving Pareto Improvements from Pigouvian Taxation (slides)

James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER
2:00 pm

Estimating the Consequences of Climate Change from Variation in Weather


(discussant slides)
Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona and NBER

Discussant:
Robert S. Pindyck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Out-of-merit Costs and Blackouts:Evidence from the Indian Electricity Market

Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Louis Preonas, University of Maryland, College Park

Discussant:
Shaun McRae, Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)
4:30 pm

Contract Enforcement and Productive Efficiency: Evidence from the Bidding and Renegotiation of Power Contracts in India

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER
5:30 pm
Adjourn
6:15 pm
Group Dinner
Indo Restaurant, 3295 El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Friday, March 15
8:00 am
Continental Breakfast
8:30 am

Housing Discrimination and the Pollution Exposure Gap in the United States

Peter Christensen, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
Ignacio Sarmiento, University of Los Andes
Christopher Timmins, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER

Discussant:
Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
9:30 am

The Effect of Salience on Risk Perceptions and Asset Prices

Cloe Garnache, University of Oslo
Todd Guilfoos, University of Rhode Island

Discussant:
Lint Barrage, ETH Zurich
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Spatial Correlation, Trade, and Inequality: Evidence from the Global Climate

Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER
12:00 n
Lunch
1:00 pm

The Value of Pollution Information: Evidence from China’s Air Quality Disclosure

Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
Liguo Lin, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics
Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Joshua S. Graff Zivin, University of California, San Diego and NBER
2:00 pm

Setting the Price Right: Evidence from Heating Price Reform in China

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

Discussant:
Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
3:00 pm
Adjourn