SI 2026 Environment and Energy Economics
Organized by Lint Barrage, Ryan Kellogg, Anna Russo, and Wolfram Schlenker
July 27-28, 2026
25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA
Room: Serrano Ballroom, Hotel Marlowe
Monday, July 27
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Welcome and Introductions
9:15 am

Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Expansion of the Global Agricultural Frontier

Allan Hsiao, Stanford University and NBER
Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Benjamin A. Olken, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Karthik Sastry, Princeton University and NBER

Discussant:
Juliano Assunção, Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
10:10 am

Clearing the Air on the Benefits and Costs of Road Infrastructure

Clare A. Balboni, London School of Economics
Aaron Berman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Johannes Boehm, Geneva Graduate Institute
Lorenzo Marzano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Mazhar Waseem, University of Manchester

Discussant:
Gabriel Kreindler, Harvard University and NBER
11:05 am
Break
Egg Timer Sessions (9 minutes each):
11:35 am

Clean Cars, Dirty Margins: Portfolio Responses to Electric Vehicle Subsidies

Sebastian Tebbe, University of Melbourne
David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis
Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
11:44 am

Financing Investment in Electricity

Olivier Darmouni, HEC Paris
Clemens Lehner, Columbia University
Parinitha R. Sastry, University of Pennsylvania
11:53 am

Nuclear Operations with a High Penetration of Renewables: The Case of France

Nicolas Astier, Paris School of Economics
Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER
12:02 pm

Environmental Regulation with Irreversible Investments: Evidence from High Plains Aquifer Depletion

Nathaniel Hickok, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aaron Berman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
12:11 pm

The Labor Market Effects of Carbon Pricing

Andreas Fuster, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Gazi Kabas, Tilburg University
Vincenzo Pezone, Luiss University
Kasper Roszbach, Norges Bank
12:20 pm

Levees and Levies: Local Financing of Climate Infrastructure Maintenance and Housing Market Dynamics

Yichun Fan, Duke University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Carbon Taxes, Carbon Border Adjustments and the World Trade Organization

Billy A. Ferguson, Stanford University
Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER
Ali Yurukoglu, Stanford University and NBER

Discussant:
Ulrich J. Wagner, University of Mannheim
2:25 pm

Green Industrial Policy in a Globalized Economy

Sungwan Hong, University of Pittsburgh

Discussant:
David Hémous, University of Zurich
3:20 pm
Break
3:50 pm

The Competitive Effects of Vertical Integration Under Incomplete Hedging

Ali Hortaçsu, The University of Chicago and NBER
Keisuke Ito, The University of Chicago
Eric Richert, The University of Chicago and NBER

Discussant:
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
4:45 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 28
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

Direct Damage, Indirect Costs, and the Design of Disaster Relief

Amen Jalal, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Pol Simpson, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Dev Patel, Brown University
9:55 am

Pricing Climate Risk: Hurricane Models and Home Insurance Over the Last Two Decades

Judson Boomhower, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Patricia H. Born, Florida State University
Benjamin L. Collier, University of Wisconsin - Madison
Tobias Huber, University of Georgia

Discussant:
Laura A. Bakkensen, University of Oregon
10:50 am
Break
11:20 am

Crops, Insects, and Diseases: Ecological Consequences of Straw-Burning Ban

Wen Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST)
Congyuan Cui, Peking University
Gordon Liu, Peking University
Zhengwen Liu, Peking University
Yun Qiu, Jinan University

Discussant:
Eyal G. Frank, The University of Chicago and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch
1:15 pm

Paving the Swamp: Consequences of Land Use Regulation Under the Clean Water Act

Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology and NBER
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Charles A. Taylor, Harvard University and NBER

Discussant:
Sheila Olmstead, Cornell University
2:10 pm

Green AI in Industry: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Water Treatment Sector

Philippe Aghion, Collège de France
Lint Barrage, ETH Zurich
Céline Antonin, Sciences Po
Benjamin Lengereau, INSEAD
Mathias Abitbol, Ecole normale supérieure - PSL (ENS PSL)

Discussant:
Mert Demirer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
3:05 pm
Break
3:35 pm

Trading Trash on Tricycles

Ignacio Banares-Sanchez, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Yoshiki Wiskamp, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn