Economics of Decarbonizing the Built Environment

Peter Christensen, Meredith Fowlie, and Christopher R. Knittel, Organizers

March 14, 2024

Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, March 14
10:00 am
Welcome
10:05 am
Harald Mayr, University of Zurich
Mateus Souza, University of Mannheim

The Tragedy of the Common Heating Bill
Discussant: Josh Blonz, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
10:40 am
Guillaume Wald, Mines Paris - PSL
Victor Kahn, CERNA, Mines Paris - PSL
François Cohen, Universitat de Barcelona, Department of Economics, Energy Sustainability Chair and Institute of Economics of Barcelona

Making Jobs out of the Energy Transition: Evidence from the French Energy Efficiency Obligations Program
Discussant: Justin Kirkpatrick, Michigan State University
11:15am
Thiemo Fetzer, University of Warwick

Regulatory Barriers to Climate Action: Evidence from Conservation Areas in England
Discussant: Hannah Druckenmiller, California Institute of Technology and NBER
11:50 am
Break
12:10pm
Qianyang Zhang, Columbia University

Equilibrium Effects of Energy Efficiency Disclosure in Housing Market
Discussant: Jeremy D. West, University of California at Santa Cruz
12:45pm
Teevrat Garg, University of California, San Diego
Jorge A. Lemus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Guillermo Marshall, University of British Columbia
Chi L. Ta, Virginia Tech

A Comparison of Contracts and Contests to Deliver Cost-Effective Energy Conservation
Discussant: Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER
1:20 pm
Break
1:40pm
Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER

Power Flows: Transmission Lines, Allocative Efficiency, and Corporate Profits
Discussant: Sarah Johnston, University of Wisconsin-Madison
2:15pm
Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Johnattan H. Ontiveros, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Juan Palacios, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Siqi Zheng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Learning by Doing: Contractors' Learning in Heat Pump Installations
Discussant: Louis Preonas, University of Maryland
2:50 pm
Concluding Remarks
3:00 pm
Adjourn