Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference
Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers
May 25, 2023
National Press Club, Washington DC
| Thursday, May 25 | ||
| 9:30 am | Registration | |
| 10:00 am | Welcome and Opening Remarks | |
| 10:15 am |
Sarah C. Armitage, Boston University Noel Bakhtian, National Academies Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy Adam B. Jaffe, Brandeis University and NBER Innovation Market Failures and the Design of New Climate Policy Instruments |
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| 11:00 am |
Richard G. Newell, Resources for the Future William A. Pizer, Resources for the Future Brian C. Prest, Resources for the Future The Shadow Price of Capital: Accounting for Capital Displacement in Cost Benefit Analysis |
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| 11:45 am | Lunch | |
| 12:00 n |
Keynote Address Benjamin Harris, Former Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy, U.S. Department of the Treasury The Biden Administration Climate and Energy Agenda: Accomplishments and Unfinished Business (available to in-person participants only) |
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| 1:15 pm | Break | |
| 1:30 pm |
Tihitina T. Andarge, University of Massachusetts Amherst Yongjie Ji, Iowa State University Bonnie Keeler, University of Minnesota David Keiser, University of Massachusetts Amherst Conor McKenzie, University of Minnesota Environmental Justice and the Clean Water Act: Implications for Economic Analyses of Clean Water Regulations |
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| 2:15 pm |
E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University Layla O'Kane, Lightcast R. Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania Workers and the Green-Energy Transition: Evidence from 300 million Job Transitions |
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |
| 3:15 pm |
Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER The Economic Determinants of Heat Pump Adoption |
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| 4:00 pm |
Robert Huang, University of Southern California Matthew E. Kahn, University of Southern California and NBER Do Red States Have a Comparative Advantage in Generating Green Power? |
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| 4:45 pm | Adjourn | |