Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector
Organized by Ashley Langer, David Popp, David Hémous, and Catherine Wolfram
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
September 10-18, 2020
on Zoom.us
Thursday, September 10
11:00 am
Introduction
11:15 am

Green Innovation in Production Networks: Empirical Evidence from the Auto Industry

Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Marion Dumas, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
12:00 pm
Break
12:15 pm

Heard the News? Environmental Policy and Investments in Clean Technologies

Joelle Noailly, Geneva Graduate Institute
Laura Nowzohour, Geneva Graduate Institute
Matthias van den Heuvel, The Brattle Group
1:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, September 11
11:00 am

The ARPA Approach to Screening Prospective Energy Technology Research Investments

Anna Goldstein, Prime Coalition
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm

Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition

Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Todd Gerarden, Cornell University
12:45 pm

Innovation for Social Progress: When Imperfect Appropriability Meets Incorrect Prices

Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sugandha Srivastav, University of Oxford
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, September 18
11:00 am

Winds of Change: Technical Progress and Learning in Wind Power

Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER
Richard Sweeney, Boston College
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm

Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution

Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Lint Barrage, ETH Zurich
David Hemous, University of Zurich
12:45 pm
Adjourn