Thursday, April 8
Format: Each paper's session will last 45 minutes and will include the author's presentation, a discussant, and Q&A
11:00 am

Decomposing the Wedge Between Projected and Realized Returns in Energy Efficiency Programs

Peter Christensen, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
Paul Francisco, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Erica Myers, University of Calgary and NBER
Mateuz Souza, University of Mannheim

Discussant:
Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:45 am

Building Codes and Community Resilience to Natural Disasters

Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER

Discussant:
Matthew Wibbenmeyer, Resources for the Future
12:30 pm
Lunch Break with optional zoom rooms open
1:30 pm

Agriculture and Deforestation

Ryan M. Abman, San Diego State University
Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
Yao Pan, Aalto University
Saurabh Singhal, Lancaster University

Discussant:
Katharine Sims, Amherst College
2:15 pm

Efficient Forestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Evidence from a Dynamic Model

Rafael Araujo, Fundação Getulio Vargas’ Sao Paulo School of Economics (FGV EESP)
Francisco Costa, Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE)
Marcelo Sant'Anna, Brazilian School of Economics and Finance (FGV EPGE)

Discussant:
Paul Scott, New York University
3:30 pm

The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments

Ariel Goldszmidt, Lyft
John A. List, University of Chicago and NBER
Robert D. Metcalfe, Columbia University and NBER
Ian Muir, Walmart
V. Kerry Smith, Arizona State University and NBER
Jenny Wang, Lyft

Discussant:
Jeffrey G. Shrader, Columbia University
4:15 pm
Breakout Rooms
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Friday, April 9
Format: Each paper's session will last 45 minutes and will include the author's presentation, a discussant, and Q&A
11:00 am

Policy Instrument Choice with Coasean Provision of Public Goods

Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Arthur A. van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
11:45 am

Wetlands, Flooding, and the Clean Water Act

Charles A Taylor, Harvard University
Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Katherine R.H. Wagner, University of British Columbia
12:30 pm
Lunch break with optional zoom rooms open
1:30 pm

The Price of Power: Costs of Political Corruption in Indian Electricity

Meera Mahadevan, University of California, San Diego

Discussant:
Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
2:15 pm

A Generalizable and Accessible Approach to Machine Learning with Global Satellite Imagery

Esther Rolf, University of Colorado Boulder
Jonathan Proctor, Harvard University
Tamma A. Carleton, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Ian W. Bolliger, Rhodium Group
Vaishaal Shankar, University of California, Berkeley
Miyabi Ishihara, University of California, Berkeley
Benjamin Recht, University of California, Berkeley
Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER
3:00 pm
Breakout Rooms
3:30 pm
Adjourn