Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector Workshop

Ashley Langer and David Popp, Organizers

April 23, 2021

on Zoom.us
Times in US EDT

Conference Code of Conduct

Friday, April 23
11:00 am
Welcome and introductions
11:15 am
Egg-timer presentations on fall research papers (5 minutes each)
Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics
Marion Dumas, London School of Economics

Green Innovation in Production Networks: Empirical Evidence from the Auto Industry
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
Anna Goldstein, Prime Coalition

The ARPA Approach to Screening Prospective Energy Technology Research Investments
Eugenie M. Dugoua, London School of Economics
Todd Gerarden, Cornell University

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

Innovation for Social Progress: When Imperfect Appropriability Meets Incorrect Prices
Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER
Richard Sweeney, Boston College

Winds of Change: Technical Progress and Learning in Wind Power
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
12:00 pm
Breakout discussion session #1
Patents and Data
Theory
12:30 pm
Break
12:45 pm
Keynote #1: Scott Stern, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
1:30 pm
Break
1:45 pm
Keynote #2: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
2:30 pm
Breakout discussion session #2
Markets and Competition
Science Policy
3:00 pm
General discussion & next steps
3:45 pm
Adjourn