Environment and Energy Economics Program Meeting

Namrata Kala and Wolfram Schlenker, Organizers

March 7-8, 2024

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Charles Suites, Cambridge, MA, Zoom

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, March 7
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

Long-Range Forecasts as Climate Adaptation: Experimental Evidence from Developing-Country Agriculture
Discussant: Maulik Jagnani, Tufts University
10:00 am

Transitional Costs and the Decline of Coal: Worker-Level Evidence
Discussant: Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Break
11:30am

Campaigning for Extinction: Eradication of Sparrows and the Great Famine in China
Discussant: Eric Zou, University of Michigan and NBER
Lunch
1:30 pm

Cooking, Health, and Daily Exposure to Transient Air Pollution Peaks (slides)
Discussant: Edson R. Severnini, Boston College and NBER
2:30 pm

Is the Demand for Clean Air Too Low? Experimental Evidence from Delhi
Discussant: Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Break
4:00pm

Homeward Bound: How Migrants Seek Out Familiar Climates
Discussant: Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
Adjourn
Reception and Dinner - Parkview Room
Friday, March 8
Continental Breakfast
9:00am

Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards
Discussant: Karam Kang, University of Wisconsin - Madison and NBER
10:00am

An Empirical Analysis of the Interconnection Queue
Discussant: Steve Cicala, Tufts University and NBER
Break
11:30am

Gaining Steam: Technology Switching and Entrant Leapfrogging (slides)
Discussant: Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University
12:30 pm

Costs of Climate Adaptation: Evidence From French Agriculture
Discussant: Andrew Hultgren, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Adjourn