6th Annual NBER Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy Conference
Tatyana Deryugina, Matthew Kotchen, and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers
May 23, 2024
National Press Club, Washington DC
| Thursday, May 23 | ||
| Registration | ||
| Welcome and Opening Remarks | ||
| 10:15 am |
James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER Aaron Smith, University of California, Davis Energy Policy Modeling Under Uncertainty: the Case of the Inflation Reduction Act |
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| 11:00 am |
Xinming Du, National University of Singapore Muye Ru, Morgan Stanley Douglas Almond, Columbia University and NBER Rapid Increases in Methane Concentrations Following August 2020 Suspension of the US Methane Rule |
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| Lunch | ||
| 12:00 n |
Keynote Discussion: Inequality and the Value of a Statistical Life Cass Sunstein, Harvard University and Senior Counselor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (available to in-person participants only) |
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| Break | ||
| 1:30 pm |
Ivan Rudik, Cornell University and NBER Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona and NBER Antonia S. Marcheva, Cornell University Equity and Efficiency in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Adaptation Investments |
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| 2:15 pm |
John Bistline, EPRI Kimberly A. Clausing, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025 |
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| Break | ||
| 3:15 pm |
Frances C. Moore, University of California at Davis Learning, Catastrophic Risk, and Ambiguity in the Climate Change Era |
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| 4:00 pm |
Ben Groom Dr, University of Exeter Business School Frank Venmans, London School of Economics The Social Value of Temporary Carbon Removals and Delayed Emissions |
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| Adjourn | ||