SI 2022 Environmental & Energy Economics

Meredith Fowlie and Koichiro Ito, Organizers

July 25-26, 2022

Hotel Marlowe

Serrano Ballroom, 25 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 25
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am

The Benefits and Costs of Emissions Trading: Experimental Evidence from a New Market for Industrial Particulate Emissions
Discussant: Ulrich J. Wagner, University of Mannheim
10:00 am

Carbon Leakage within Firm Ownership Networks: Evidence from China's Regional Carbon Market Pilots
Discussant: Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER
11:00 am
Break
11:15 am

Decarbonization and Electrification in the Long Run (slides)
Discussant: James B. Bushnell, University of California, Davis and NBER
12:15 pm
Lunch - Serrano A/ Alexis Gallery
1:15 pm

Attribute-Based Subsidies and Market Power: An Application to Electric Vehicles
Discussant: Thomas G. Wollmann, Boston University and NBER
2:15 pm
Break
Parallel Sessions
2:30 pm
Muse Salon

Natural Disasters, Local Bank Market Share, and Economic Recovery Parallel Track 1 - Muse Salon
Discussant: Philip Strahan, Boston College and NBER
2:30 pm
Serrano

Behavioral Biases among Producers: Experimental Evidence of Anchoring in Procurement Auctions Parallel Track 2 - Serrano Ballroom
Discussant: Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm
Muse Salon

Cooling Externality of Large-Scale Irrigation Parallel Track 1 - Muse Salon
Discussant: Jonathan Proctor, University of British Columbia
3:30 pm
Serrano

Can Incentive-Based Pay Increase the Marginal Value of Public Spending on Energy Efficiency? Experimental Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program Parallel Track 2 - Serrano Ballroom
Discussant: Meghan R. Busse, Northwestern University and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 26
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Racial Dynamics of Federal Property Buyouts in Flood-Prone Areas
Discussant: Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
9:30 am

How Regressive are Mobility-Related User Fees and Gas Taxes? (slides)
Discussant: Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Eggtimers

Can Distributed Intermittent Renewable Generation Reduce Future Grid Investments? Evidence from France

Property Insurance Markets and the Distribution of Climate Change Risk

Free Trade and the Formation of Environmental Policy: Evidence from US Legislative Votes

The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting

Policy Uncertainty in the Market for Coal Electricity: The Case of Air Toxics Standards (slides)

Strategic Innovation and Lobbying in Response to Regulatory Uncertainty

The Development-Biodiversity Tradeoff in India's Forests

Mismeasuring Risk: The Welfare Effects of Flood Risk Information

Labor Disutility in a Warmer World: The Impact of Climate Change on the Global Workforce
12:00 pm
Lunch - Serrano A/ Alexis Gallery
1:00 pm

Regulating Biological Resources: Lessons from Marine Fisheries in the United States
Discussant: Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER
2:00 pm
Break
2:30 pm

Air Pollution and Economic Opportunity in the United States
Discussant: Reed Walker, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
3:30 pm

Environmental Catastrophe and the Direction of Invention: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl
Discussant: Richard Hornbeck, University of Chicago and NBER
4:30 pm
Adjourn