SI 2024 Environmental & Energy Economics

Douglas Almond, Ashley Langer, Joseph S. Shapiro, and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers

July 22-23, 2024

Hotel Marlowe

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

Conference Code of Conduct

Monday, July 22
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Introductions
9:10 am
Gautam Gowrisankaran, Columbia University and NBER
Ashley Langer, University of Arizona and NBER
Mar Reguant, Northwestern University and NBER

Energy Transitions in Regulated Markets
Discussant: Will Rafey, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
10:10 am
Allan Hsiao, Stanford University
Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Karthik Sastry, Princeton University and NBER

Food Policy in a Warming World
Discussant: Jonathan I. Dingel, University of Chicago and NBER
11:10 am
Break
11:30 am
Adrien Bilal, Stanford University and NBER
Diego R. Känzig, Northwestern University and NBER

The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change: Global vs. Local Temperature
Discussant: Jeffrey G. Shrader, Columbia University
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Hotel Marlowe
Egg-timer Session
1:30 pm
Tomas Dominguez-Iino, University of Chicago

Efficiency and Redistribution in Environmental Policy: An Equilibrium Analysis of Agricultural Supply Chains
1:35 pm
Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER
Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago and NBER

Environmental Consequences of Hydrocarbon Infrastructure Policy
1:40 pm
Dana C. Andersen, University of Alberta
E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University
Eric C. Ohrn, Grinnell College

Unintended Environmental Consequences of Investment Stimulus Policy
1:45 pm
Joaquin Blaum, Boston University
Federico Esposito, Tufts University
Sebastian Heise, Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Input Sourcing under Climate Risk: Evidence from U.S. Manufacturing Firms
1:50 pm
Luming Chen, Stanford University

The Dynamic Efficiency of Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from the Wind Industry
1:55 pm
Eleanor Krause, University of Kentucky
Tridevi Chakma, Harvard University

Where does Air Quality Matter? New Evidence from the Housing Market
2:00 pm
Neil Mehrotra, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

The Macroeconomics of Net Zero
2:05 pm
Vladimir Smirnyagin, University of Virginia
Aleh Tsyvinski, Yale University and NBER
Xi Wu, University of California, Berkeley

Macroeconomic Effects of the Universe of EPA Regulations
2:10pm
Kwaku Poku Asante, Kintampo Health Research Centre
Misbath Daouda, University of California, Berkeley
Kelsey Jack, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Darby Jack, Columbia University
Flavio A. Malagutti, University of California, Santa Barbara
Paulina Oliva, University of Southern California and NBER
Abubakari Sulemana, Kintampo Health Research Centre

Targeting Subsidies through Price Menus: Menu Design and Evidence from Clean Fuels
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm
Antoine Dechezleprêtre, OECD
Adrien Fabre, CNRS
Bluebery Planterose, Paris School of Economics
Stefanie Stantcheva, Harvard University and NBER

Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies
Discussant: Suresh Naidu, Columbia University and NBER
3:30 pm
Tamma Carleton, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Levi Crews, University of California, Los Angeles
Ishan B. Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

Agriculture, Trade, and the Spatial Efficiency of Global Water Use
Discussant: Tomas Dominguez-Iino, University of Chicago
4:30 pm
Adjourn
Tuesday, July 23
8:30 am
Coffee and Pastries
9:00 am
Robert W. Hahn, University of Oxford
Nathaniel Hendren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Robert D. Metcalfe, Columbia University and NBER
Ben Sprung-Keyser, Wharton School

A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change
Discussant: James H. Stock, Harvard University and NBER
10:00 am
Parinitha R. Sastry, Columbia University
Emil Verner, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
David Marques Ibanez, European Central Bank

Business as Usual: Bank Net Zero Commitments, Lending, and Engagement
Discussant: Lucian A. Taylor, University of Pennsylvania
11:00 am
Break
11:30 am
Josephine Gantois, University of British Columbia
Anouch Missirian, Toulouse School of Economics
Evelina Linnros, Stockholm University
Anna Tompsett, Stockholm University
Amir Jina, University of Chicago and NBER
Gordon C. McCord, University of California at San Diego
Eyal G. Frank, University of Chicago and NBER

The Value of Monitoring for Disaster Prevention: The Desert Locust
Discussant: Eduardo Montero, University of Chicago and NBER
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm
Wen Wang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christopher Timmins, University of Wisconsin-Madison and NBER

Inequality, Displacement and the Consequences of Environmental Improvements
Discussant: Catherine Hausman, University of Michigan and NBER
2:30 pm
Xinming Du, National University of Singapore
Charles A. Taylor, Harvard University

Airlines, Pollution, and Fertility
Discussant: Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and NBER
3:30 pm
Break
4:00 pm
Hunt Allcott, Stanford University and NBER
Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
Felix Tintelnot, Duke University and NBER

The Effects of “Buy American”: Electric Vehicles and the Inflation Reduction Act (slides)
Discussant: Richard L. Sweeney, Boston College
5:00 pm
Adjourn