NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Energy Security Workshop

 

Organizer:  Gilbert E. Metcalf

 

February 14, 2008

 

National Bureau of Economic Research

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

Preliminary Program

 

8:30 a.m.

Breakfast

 

 

9:00 a.m.

Welcome and Overview

 

Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER

 

 

9:15 a.m.

Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information Administration

 

Some Background on U.S. Energy Flows with Implications for Energy Security    Slides

 

 

10:15 a.m.

Break

 

 

10:30 a.m.

John Deutch, Institute Professor, MIT

 

What Do We Mean By Energy Security and What Should Economists Be Studying?

 

 

11:30 a.m.

Break

 

 

11:45 a.m.

Amy Myers Jaffe, Wallace S. Wilson Fellow in Energy Studies, The Baker Institute, Rice University

 

The Rise of National Energy Companies: Some Geopolitical and Economic Implications for Energy Security  Paper 1    Paper 2    Slides

 

 

12:45 p.m.

Lunch

 

 

1:45 p.m.

J. Robinson West, Chairman and Founder, PFC Energy

 

The Gathering Storm: Perspectives on Energy Security   Slides

 

 

2:45 p.m.

Break

 

 

3:00 p.m.

Edward Morse, Chief Energy Economist, Lehman Brothers

 

The Role of Financial Markets in Energy Security Risk   Slides

 

 

4:00 p.m.

Wrap-up Discussion

 

 

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn