SI 2017 Environmental & Energy Economics

Christopher Timmins and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers

July 24-25, 2017

Charles Room

Royal Sonesta Hotel

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 24
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
8:50 am
Introductions
9:00 am

Avoiding Traffic Congestion Externalities? The Value of Urgency
Discussant: Hendrik Wolff, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
10:00 am

East Side Story: Historical Pollution and Persistent Neighborhood Sorting
Discussant: Edward L. Glaeser, Harvard University and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Research Sketches — Egg-Timer Presentations
Ashley Langer
University of Arizona
Buy It Now! Subsidizing New Technologies Over Time

Catherine Hausman
University of Michigan and NBER
Shock Value: Bill Smoothing and Sticky Prices in Utility Retail Rates

Daniel Karney
Ohio University
Climate Policy and Scarcity Rents: Evidence from the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election

David Keiser
Iowa State University
Economic Effects of Environmental Crises: Evidence from Flint, Michigan

Eric Zou
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Unwatched Pollution: The Effect of Intermittent Monitoring on Air Quality

Eyal Frank
Princeton University
The Right Information in the Wrong Hands: How Information Shocks on Species Extinction Risks Cause Wildlife Trade Spikes

Jackson Dorsey
University of Arizona
Harnessing the Power of the Sun: Competition, Pricing, and Online Bids in the Rooftop Solar Market

Jonathan Colmer
University of Virginia
The Effects of Air Pollution on Infant Health in High-Income, High-Pollution Hong Kong

Marc Hafstead
Resources for the Future
Environmental Policy, Full Employment Models and Employment: A Critical Analysis

Shinsuke Tanaka
Tufts University
Mind the Gap! Tax Incentives and Incentives for Manipulating Fuel Efficiency in the Automobile Industry

Tamma Carleton
University of California at Berkeley
Crop-Damaging Temperatures Increase Suicide Rates in India

Teevrat Garg
University of California at San Diego
Effects of Heat Stress on Physiology and Livelihoods: Implications for Human Capital Accumulation
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

The Marginal Product of Climate
Discussant: Robert S. Pindyck, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
2:30 pm

On a World Climate Assembly and the Social Cost of Carbon
Discussant: Charles D. Kolstad, Stanford University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm

Gasoline Price Uncertainty and the Design of Fuel Economy Standards
Discussant: Jing Li, Tufts University
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 25
8:00 am
Coffee and pastries
08:30 am

The Effect of an Increase in Lead in the Water System on Fertility, Pregnancy, and Birth Outcomes: The Case of Flint, Michigan
Discussant: Matthew J. Neidell, Columbia University and NBER
9:30 am

Does Shale Gas Development Impact Infant Health through Drinking Water?
Discussant: Prashant Bharadwaj, University of California, San Diego and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

One-to-Many Matching with Complementary Preferences: An Empirical Study of Market Power in Natural Gas Leasing
Discussant: Nikhil Agarwal, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS
1:00 pm
Charles

Out of the Darkness and Into the Light? Development Effects of Rural Electrification
Discussant: Taryn Dinkelman, University of Notre Dame and NBER
Longfellow

Heterogeneous Climate Beliefs and U.S. Home Price Dynamics: Going Under Water?
Discussant: Alvin Murphy, Arizona State University
2:00 pm
Charles

Grid versus Off-grid in Nepal: Heterogeneity in Electricity Services and Enterprise Development
Discussant: Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Longfellow

Residential Sorting and the Incidence of Local Public Goods: Theory and Evidence from Air Pollution
Discussant: Kelly Bishop, Arizona State University
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Charles

Agricultural Productivity and Deforestation in Brazil
Discussant: Seema Jayachandran, Princeton University and NBER
Longfellow

Valuation of Local Public Goods: Migration as Revealed Preference for Place
Discussant: Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Arizona State University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn