Thursday, May 22

9:30 am

Registration

10:00 am

Opening Remarks

10:15 am

Efficiency and Fairness in Homeowners Insurance Risk Classification

Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

11:00 am

Break

11:15 am

Carbon Tariffs as Climate Policy

Claire Brunel, American University
Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER

12:00 pm

Luncheon with Group Discussion

1:15 pm

The Social Lifecycle Impacts of Power Plant Siting in the Historical United States

Karen Clay, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Danae Hernandez-Cortes, Arizona State University and NBER
Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER
Joshua A. Lewis, University of Montreal
Noah S. Miller, Carnegie Mellon University
Edson R. Severnini, Boston College and NBER

2:00 pm

The Role of Industrial Policy in the Renewable Energy Sector

Todd D. Gerarden, Cornell University
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

2:45 pm

Break

3:00 pm

Targeting Distributional Impacts in the Presence of Behavioral Responses: Lessons from Maritime Emissions Regulation

Jamie Hansen-Lewis, University of California, Davis
Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER

3:45 pm

Inefficiency in Decentralized Renewable Energy Investment

Richard L. Sweeney, Boston College
Joseph Wilske, Boston College

4:30 pm

Closing comments and adjourn