Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector

Ashley Langer, David Popp, David Hémous, and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers

September 10-18, 2020

Meeting on September 10, 11 and 18 only

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Thursday, September 10
11:00 am
Introduction
11:15 am
Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics
Marion Dumas, London School of Economics

Green Innovation in Production Networks: Empirical Evidence from the Auto Industry
12:00 pm
Break
12:15 pm
Joelle Noailly, Geneva Graduate Institute
Laura Nowzohour, Geneva Graduate Institute
Matthias van den Heuvel, The Brattle Group

Heard the News? Environmental Policy and Investments in Clean Technologies
1:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, September 11
11:00 am
Anna Goldstein, Prime Coalition

The ARPA Approach to Screening Prospective Energy Technology Research Investments
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm
Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics
Todd Gerarden, Cornell University

Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition
12:45 pm
Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sugandha Srivastav, University of Oxford

Innovation for Social Progress: When Imperfect Appropriability Meets Incorrect Prices
1:30 pm
Adjourn
Friday, September 18
11:00 am
Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER
Richard Sweeney, Boston College

Winds of Change: Technical Progress and Learning in Wind Power
11:45 am
Break
12:00 pm
Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Philippe Aghion, London School of Economics
Lint Barrage, ETH Zurich
David Hemous, University of Zurich

Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution
12:45 pm
Adjourn