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 and Political Science (LSE)
Marion Dumas, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

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 and Political Science (LSE)
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 and Political Science (LSE)
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