Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector Workshop
Organized by Ashley Langer and David Popp
Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
April 23, 2021
on Zoom.us
Times in US EDT

Friday, April 23

11:00 am

Welcome and introductions

11:15 am

Egg-timer presentations on fall research papers (5 minutes each)

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)

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

The ARPA Approach to Screening Prospective Energy Technology Research Investments

Anna Goldstein, Prime Coalition

Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition

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

Innovation for Social Progress: When Imperfect Appropriability Meets Incorrect Prices

Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sugandha Srivastav, University of Oxford

Winds of Change: Technical Progress and Learning in Wind Power

Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER
Richard Sweeney, Boston College

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

12:00 pm

Breakout discussion session #1
Patents and Data
Theory

12:30 pm

Break

12:45 pm

Keynote #1: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

1:30 pm

Break

1:45 pm

Keynote #2: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER

2:30 pm

Breakout discussion session #2
Markets and Competition
Science Policy

3:00 pm

General discussion & next steps

3:45 pm

Adjourn