Thursday, May 21
Presentations will be 25-30 minutes followed by a Q&A for the remaining 15-20 minutes
9:15 am
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 am

What We Know and Don't Know about Climate Change, and the Implications for Policy (slides)

Robert S. Pindyck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:15 am

Lessons from Global Trends in Climate Change Legislation and Litigation (slides)

Shaikh M. Eskander, London School of Economics
Sam Fankhauser, University of Oxford
Joana Setzer, London School of Economics
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Revenue at Risk in Coal-Reliant Counties (slides)

Adele Morris, Federal Reserve Board
Noah Kaufman, Council of Economic Advisers
Siddhi Doshi, Tufts University
12:00 pm
Break
12:15 pm
Featured Speaker: Ted Halstead, Climate Leadership Council
A Climate Solution Where All Sides Can Win
1:15 pm

Co-Benefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis: Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality Regulations

Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER
Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER
Mary F. Evans, University of Texas at Austin
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER
Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future
2:00 pm

Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution in the United States (slides)

Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Nolan H. Miller, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
David Molitor, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Julian Reif, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Do Conservation Policies Work? Evidence from Residential Water Use (slides)

Oliver Browne, Berkeley Research Group
Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick
Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER
3:45 pm
Adjourn