New Directions in Transportation Economics
Edward L. Glaeser, James M. Poterba, and Stephen J. Redding, Organizers
June 17, 2021
On Zoom.us
| Thursday, June 17 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Welcome The Honorable Pete Buttigieg, Secretary, US Department of Transportation James Poterba, MIT and NBER |
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| 1:10 pm |
Chair: Stephen J. Redding, Princeton University and NBER |
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David M. Cutler, Harvard University and NBER (slides) |
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Caitlin S. Gorback, NBER (slides) |
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Jake Varn, National Governors Association (slides) |
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| 2:20 pm |
Chair: Valerie A. Ramey, University of California, San Diego and NBER |
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Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago and NBER James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER David S. Rapson, University of California, Davis Catherine Wolfram, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER Low Energy: Estimating Electric Vehicle Electricity Use (slides) |
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Stephen P. Holland, University of North Carolina at Greensboro and NBER Erin T. Mansur, Dartmouth College and NBER Nicholas Z. Muller, Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Andrew J. Yates, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The Environmental Benefits from Transportation Electrification: Urban Buses (slides) |
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Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER Should Electric Vehicle Drivers Pay a Mileage Tax? (slides) |
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |
| 3:40 pm |
Estimating the Cost of Decarbonizing the Transportation Sector James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER (slides) |
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| 4:15pm |
Chair: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER Jeffrey Lin, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia Trevon Logan, The Ohio State University and NBER Katherine O'Regan, New York University Michael E. Stoll, University of California, Los Angeles |
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| 5:10 pm |
Closing Remarks Stephanie Lawrence, Director, Office of Statistical and Economic Analysis, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, US Department of Transportation |
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| 5:15 pm | Adjourn | |