SI 2019 Environmental & Energy Economics
Meredith Fowlie and Christopher Costello, Organizers
July 22-23, 2019
Hotel Marlowe
Cambridge, MA
| Monday, July 22 | ||||
| 8:30 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 9:00 am |
The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China
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| 10:00 am |
Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution
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| 11:00 am | Break | |||
| 11:30 am |
The Welfare Costs of Misaligned Incentives: Energy Inefficiency and the Principal-Agent Problem
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| 12:30 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 pm |
In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities
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| 2:30 pm |
The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction
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| 3:30 pm | Break | |||
| 4:00 pm | Egg Timer Presentations | |||
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• The Impact of Environmental Policy on Jobs in China. Jacquelyn Pless, MIT. • Distributional Impacts of Public Flood Insurance Reform. Laura Bakkensen, University of Arizona. • Can Technology Solve the Principal-Agent Problem? Evidence from Pollution Monitoring in China. Guojun He, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. • Marginal Abatement Cost for US Criteria Air Pollutants. James Jones, Columbia University. • Heterogenous (Mis) Perceptions of Energy Costs: Implications for Measurement and Policy Design. Erica Myers, University of Illinois. • Yes, In Your Backyard: On Forced Technological Adoption and Spatial Externalities. Anouch Missirian, Columbia University. • The Distribution of Climate Damages: Occupational Temperature Exposure and the Returns to Labor. Jisung Park, UCLA. • Dam Spillovers: The Direct and Indirect Costs from Environmental Constraints on Hydroelectric Generation. James Archsmith, University of Maryland. • Equity and the Environment: The Role of Imperfect Information. Catherine Hausman, Univesity of Michigan. • The Food Problem and the Aggregate Productivity Consequences of Climate Change. Ishan Nath, University of Chicago. • From Water Cops to Smart Meters: An Experiment on Water Conservation Policy in the New Era of Automated Enforcement. Ludovica Gazze, University of Chicago. |
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| 5:00 pm | Adjourn | |||
| Tuesday, July 23 | ||||
| 8:00 am | Coffee and Pastries | |||
| 8:30 am |
Demand for Electricity in a Poor Economy
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| 9:30 am |
Crowding In with Impure Altruism: Theory and Evidence from Volunteerism in National Parks
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| 10:30 am | Break | |||
| 11:00 am |
Accounting for Unobservable Heterogeneity in Cross Section Using Spatial First Differences
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| 12:00 pm | Lunch | |||
| 1:00 pm |
Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations
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| 2:00 pm |
Pay for Performance and Deforestation: Evidence from Brazil
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| 3:00 pm | Break | |||
| 3:30 pm |
Can Property Rights Alleviate the Problem of the Commons? Evidence from California Groundwater Permits
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| 4:30 pm | Adjourn | |||