Thursday, March 27
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Geographic Resolution in Environmental Policy: EPA's Shift from Regions to Counties Under the Clean Air Act (slides)

Maureen L. Cropper, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
Mengjia Hu, University of Maryland, College Park
Yongjoon Park, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER

Discussant:
Wayne B. Gray, Clark University and NBER
10:00 am

Environmental Beliefs and Adaptation to Climate Change (slides)

Dev A. Patel, Harvard University

Discussant:
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am

Firm Presence, Pollution, and Agglomeration: Evidence from a Randomized Environmental Place-Based Policy

Michael Gechter, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Adam Storeygard, Tufts University and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch - Parkview Room
1:30 pm

Marine Microplastics and Infant Health

Xinming Du, National University of Singapore
Shan Zhang, Old Dominion University
Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER

Discussant:
Anna Papp, Columbia University
2:30 pm

Power Decarbonization in a Global Energy Market: The Climate Effect of U.S. LNG Exports

Constanza Abuin, Harvard University

Discussant:
Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

The End of Oil

Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
5:30 pm
Reception and Group Dinner - Parkview Room
Friday, March 28
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

The Distribution and Consequences of Disaster Property Losses: Evidence from Tax Returns of Wildfire Victims

Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Jonathan M. Colmer, University of Virginia
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
10:00 am

Do Environmental Justice Policies Narrow Inequality?

Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University and NBER
Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Christopher Timmins, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Paige E. Weber, University of California, Berkeley

Discussant:
Eva Lyubich, U.S. Census Bureau
11:00 am
Break
30 Minute Presentations
11:30 am

The Urban Mortality Consequences of Rainfall and Sea Level Rise

Tom Bearpark, Princeton University
Ashwin Rode, University of Chicago
Archana Patankar, Green Globe Consulting
12:00 pm

Early Warnings for Floods Reduce Health and Economic Damage: Experimental Evidence from India

Maulik Jagnani, Tufts University
Rohini Pande, Yale University and NBER
12:30 pm

Optimal Second-best Menu Design: Evidence from Residential Electricity Plans

Maria Osipenko, Arizona State University
Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Arizona State University and NBER
Addison S. Perry, University of Alaska Anchorage
Nicholas Vreugdenhil, Arizona State University
1:00 pm

Decarbonizing Heat: The Impact of Heat Pumps and a Time-of-Use Heat Pump Tariff on Energy Demand

Louise Bernard, Centre for Net Zero
Andy Hackett, Centre for Net Zero
Robert D. Metcalfe, Columbia University and NBER
Andrew Schein, Centre for Net Zero
1:30 pm
Adjourn