Thursday, March 20
9:00am
Breakfast
Session: Electric Vehicles
9:30am

Industrial Policies for Multi-stage Production: The Battle for Battery-powered Vehicles

Keith Head, University of British Columbia
Thierry Mayer, Sciences-Po
Marc Melitz, Harvard University and NBER
Chenying Yang, Singapore Management University

Discussant:
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER
10:30am
Break
10:45am

Drive Down the Cost: Learning by Doing and Government Policies in the Global EV Battery Industry

Panle Jia Barwick, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
Hyuk-Soo Kwon, University of Chicago
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
Nahim B. Zahur, Queen's University

Discussant:
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
11:45am
Lunch and Policy Panel
Chad P. Bown, Kyle Meng, and Catherine Wolfram
Session: Solar
1:00pm

Strategic Avoidance and the Welfare Impacts of U.S. Solar Panel Tariffs

Bryan Bollinger, New York University
Todd D. Gerarden, Cornell University
Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University and NBER
Drew S. Vollmer, Duke University
Daniel Xu, Duke University and NBER

Discussant:
Banu Demir, University of Oxford
2:00pm
Break
2:20pm

The Power of Industrial Policy: The Global Impact of Chinese Subsidies on Solar Innovation and Emissions Reduction

Claudia Gentile, London School of Economics
David Hémous, University of Zurich
Carole Marullaz, University of Zurich

Discussant:
Réka Juhász, University of British Columbia and NBER
3:20pm
Break
Session: Multinationals
3:40pm

Clean Growth and Environmental Policies in the Global Economy

Wei Xiang, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Eric Donald, University of Pittsburgh
4:40pm
Adjourn
6:00pm
Conference Dinner
Friday, March 21
8:30am
Breakfast
Session: Taxes and Tariffs
9:00am

Effective Paths to Carbon Reduction: A Global Framework for Trade and Energy Policy Evaluation

Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University
Homa Taheri, Indiana University

Discussant:
Arnaud Costinot, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
10:00am
Break
10:15am

The Optimal Design of Climate Agreements: Inequality, Trade and Incentives for Climate Policy

Thomas Bourany, University of Chicago

Discussant:
Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia
11:15am
Break
11:30am

Emissions and Competitiveness Impacts of U.S. Climate and Trade Policies

Gregory Casey, Williams College
Jonathan I. Dingel, Columbia University and NBER
Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Ivan Rudik, Cornell University and NBER

Discussant:
Juanma Castro-Vincenzi, University of Chicago
12:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm
Adjourn