Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference

Matthew Kotchen, James H. Stock, and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers

May 21, 2020

Virtual conference on zoom.us

Thursday, May 21
	Presentations will be 25-30 minutes followed by a Q&A for the remaining 15-20 minutes
9:15 am	Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 am	Robert S. Pindyck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER What We Know and Don't Know about Climate Change, and the Implications for Policy (slides)
10:15 am	Shaikh M. Eskander, London School of Economics Sam Fankhauser, University of Oxford Joana Setzer, London School of Economics Lessons from Global Trends in Climate Change Legislation and Litigation (slides)
11:00 am	Break
11:15 am	Adele Morris, Fedeeral Reserve Board Noah Kaufman, Council of Economic Advisers Siddhi Doshi, Tufts University Revenue at Risk in Coal-Reliant Counties (slides)
12:00 pm	Break
12:15 pm	Featured Speaker: Ted Halstead, Climate Leadership Council A Climate Solution Where All Sides Can Win
1:15 pm	Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and NBER Mary F. Evans, University of Texas at Austin Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future Co-Benefits and Regulatory Impact Analysis: Theory and Evidence from Federal Air Quality Regulations
2:00 pm	Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Nolan H. Miller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER David Molitor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Julian Reif, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and NBER Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution in the United States (slides)
2:45 pm	Break
3:00 pm	Oliver Browne, Berkeley Research Group Ludovica Gazze, University of Warwick Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago and NBER Do Conservation Policies Work? Evidence from Residential Water Use (slides)
3:45 pm	Adjourn