SI 2019 Environmental & Energy Economics

Meredith Fowlie and Christopher Costello, Organizers

July 22-23, 2019

Hotel Marlowe

Cambridge, MA

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 22
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Productivity Consequences of Pollution-Induced Migration in China
Discussant: Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California and NBER
10:00 am

Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution
Discussant: Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am

The Welfare Costs of Misaligned Incentives: Energy Inefficiency and the Principal-Agent Problem
Discussant: Peter Christensen, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities
Discussant: Dávid Krisztián Nagy, Centre de Recerca en Economia Internacional (CREI)
2:30 pm

The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction
Discussant: Janet Currie, Yale University and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Egg Timer Presentations
• 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.
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 23
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Demand for Electricity in a Poor Economy
Discussant: Steven L. Puller, Texas A&M University and NBER
9:30 am

Crowding In with Impure Altruism: Theory and Evidence from Volunteerism in National Parks
Discussant: Casey J. Wichman, Georgia Institute of Technology
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am

Accounting for Unobservable Heterogeneity in Cross Section Using Spatial First Differences
Discussant: Wolfram Schlenker, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm

Escalation of Scrutiny: The Gains from Dynamic Enforcement of Environmental Regulations
Discussant: Jay Shimshack, University of Virginia
2:00 pm

Pay for Performance and Deforestation: Evidence from Brazil
Discussant: Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm

Can Property Rights Alleviate the Problem of the Commons? Evidence from California Groundwater Permits
Discussant: H. Spencer Banzhaf, North Carolina State University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn