SI 2023 Environmental & Energy Economics
Organized by Tamma Carleton and Matthew Kotchen
July 24-25, 2023
Serrano Ballroom, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us
Monday, July 24
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Ray of Hope? China and the Rise of Solar Energy

Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Robin Burgess, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Dávid László, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Pol Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
John Van Reenen, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and NBER
Yifan Wang, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Shanjun Li, Cornell University and NBER
10:00 am

Roadblock or Accelerator? The Effect of Electric Vehicle Subsidy Elimination

Nafisa Lohawala, Resources for the Future

Discussant:
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Can Trade Policy Mitigate Climate Change?

Farid Farrokhi, Boston College
Ahmad Lashkaripour, Indiana University

Discussant:
Samuel S. Kortum, Yale University
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan

Clare A. Balboni, London School of Economics
Johannes Boehm, Geneva Graduate Institute
Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester

Discussant:
Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
PARALLEL SESSIONS
2:30 pm

How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? Risk Selection and Regulation in the Market for Homeowners Insurance

Room B
Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Jacob Gellman, Oregon State University
Andrew Plantinga, University of California, Santa Barbara

Discussant:
Yanjun Liao, Resources for the Future
2:30 pm

Counterproductive Sustainable Investing: The Impact Elasticity of Brown and Green Firms

Room A
Samuel M. Hartzmark, Boston College and NBER
Kelly Shue, Yale University and NBER

Discussant:
Caroline Flammer, Columbia University and NBER
3:30 pm

International Spillover Effects of Air Pollution: Evidence from Mortality and Health Data

Room A
Seonmin W. Heo, University of California, Santa Barbara
Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER
Rao Kotamarthi, Argonne National Laboratory

Discussant:
Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Arizona State University and NBER
3:30 pm

Private Benefits from Public Investment in Climate Adaptation and Resilience

Room B
Jacob T. Bradt, University of Texas at Austin
Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Peter Christensen, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 25
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

The Impact of Climate Risk Disclosure on Housing Search and Buying Dynamics: Evidence from a Nationwide Field Experiment with Redfin

Daryl Fairweather, Redfin
Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER
Robert D. Metcalfe, Columbia University and NBER
Sebastian Sandoval-Olascoaga, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
9:30 am

Conservation Priorities and Environmental Offsets: Markets for Florida Wetlands

Will Rafey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Daniel Aronoff, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Discussant:
Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Eggtimers (5 minutes each)

The Climate Adaptation Feedback (slides)

Alexander Cassi Abajian, University of California, Santa Barbara
Tamma Carleton, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Olivier Deschenes, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
Kyle C. Meng, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER

Burying the Lead: Effects of Public Lead Service Line Replacements on Blood Lead Levels and Property Values

Michelle M. Marcus, Vanderbilt University and NBER

Time-Limited Subsidies: Optimal Taxation with Implications for Renewable Energy Subsidies (slides)

Michael Ricks, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Owen A. Kay, University of Michigan

Measuring the Long-Term Impact of Environmental Externalities (slides)

Steffen Andersen, Copenhagen Business School
Luigi Guiso, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
Federico Marciano, Stanford University
Paola Sapienza, Stanford University and NBER
Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago and NBER

Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition

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

Forecasts: Consumption, Production, and Behavioral Responses (slides)

Husnain F. Ahmad, The University of the South Sewanee
Matthew D. Gibson, Williams College
Muhammad Fatiq Nadeem, University of California, Santa Barbara
Sanval Nasim, Colby College
Arman B. Rezaee, University of California, Davis

Rain Follows the Forest: Land Use Policy, Climate Change, and Adaptation

Florian Grosset, ENSAE Paris
Anna Papp, Columbia University
Charles Taylor, Harvard University and NBER

Willingness to Pay for Carbon Mitigation: Field Evidence from the Market for Carbon Offsets

Matthias Rodemeier, Bocconi University

A Large Undocumented Mortality Burden Caused by the Tropical Cyclone Climate of the United States

Solomon M. Hsiang, Stanford University and NBER
Rachel Young, University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Peer Effects in Electric Car Adoption: : Evidence from the Sweden (slides)

Sebastian Tebbe
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

How Much Will Global Warming Cool Global Growth?

Ishan B. Nath, Harvard Kennedy School
Valerie A. Ramey, Stanford University and NBER
Peter J. Klenow, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

When Do "Nudges" Increase Welfare?

Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Daniel Cohen, Northwestern University
William Morrison, University of California, Berkeley
Dmitry Taubinsky, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Discussant:
Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard University
3:30 pm

Economic Implications of the Climate Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act

John Bistline, EPRI
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER

Discussant:
Roberton C. Williams III, University of Maryland, College Park and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn