Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference
Organized by Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and Catherine Wolfram
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
May 25, 2023
National Press Club, Washington DC

Thursday, May 25

9:30 am

Registration

10:00 am

Welcome and Opening Remarks

10:15 am

Innovation Market Failures and the Design of New Climate Policy Instruments

Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University
Noel Bakhtian, National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy
Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER

11:00 am

The Shadow Price of Capital: Accounting for Capital Displacement in Cost Benefit Analysis

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

11:45 am

Lunch

12:00 n

Keynote Address
Benjamin Harris, Former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury
The Biden Administration Climate and Energy Agenda: Accomplishments and Unfinished Business
(available to in-person participants only)

1:15 pm

Break

1:30 pm

Environmental Justice and the Clean Water Act: Implications for Economic Analyses of Clean Water Regulations

Tihitina T. Andarge, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Yongjie Ji, Iowa State University
Bonnie Keeler, University of Minnesota
David Keiser, University of Massachusetts, Amherst and NBER
Conor McKenzie, University of Minnesota

2:15 pm

Workers and the Green-Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 million Job Transitions

E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University
Layla O'Kane, Lightcast
R. Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania

3:00 pm

Break

3:15 pm

The Economic Determinants of Heat Pump Adoption

Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

4:00 pm

Do Red States Have a Comparative Advantage in Generating Green Power?

Robert Huang, Stanford University
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER

4:45 pm

Adjourn