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Monday, July 21
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8:00 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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8:20 am
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Welcome
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8:30 am
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Sebastian Petrick, Kiel Institute for the World
Economy
Ulrich J. Wagner, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
The
Impact of Carbon Trading on Industry: Evidence from German Manufacturing Firms
Discussant: Mar Reguant, Stanford University and
NBER
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9:30 am
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Joseph S. Shapiro, Yale University and NBER
Reed Walker, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Why
is U.S. Air Quality Improving? The Roles of Trade, Regulation, Productivity,
and Preferences
Discussant: Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia
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10:30
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Break
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11:00 am
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Tatyana Deryugina, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Laura Kawano, Department of the Treasury
Steven D. Levitt, University of Chicago and NBER
The
Economic Impact of Hurricane Katrina on its Victims: Evidence from Individual
Tax Returns
Discussant: Bruce Sacerdote, Dartmouth College and
NBER
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12:00 m
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Research Sketches
Amir Jina, Columbia University
(with Miriam Marlier)
Long-range
externalities and human capital: Evidence from atmospheric models and
Indonesian megafires
Glenn Sheriff, NCEE (with Ann Ferriss and Ron Shadbegian)
How Do Air Quality Standards Affect the
U.S. Fossil Power Fleet? Impacts of 1990 Ozone Requirements on Generation,
Employment, Fuel Choice, and Capacity
Sebastien Houde, University of Maryland
(with Samuel McClure and Carrie Armel)
Information,
Framing and the Adoption of Energy Intensive Durables
Steven Dundas, North Carolina State University
Protecting
Assets and Losing Views: Amenity Costs of Coastal Dunes to Mitigate Risk
Erica Myers, University of Illinois
Are Home Buyers Myopic About Energy
Costs?
Dave Bielan, Duke
Can Differentiated Performance
Standards Help Coal? CO2 Policy in the U.S. Electricity
Sector
Jonathan Colmer, LSE
Agricultural Productivity, Factor Reallocation, and Industrial
Production in the Short Run: Evidence from India
Jacob LaRiviere, University of Tennessee
(with Michael Price, Scott Holladay, David Novgorodsky)
Prices
vs. Nudges: A Large Field Experiment on Energy E
ciency Fixed Cost Investments
Andrew Stocking , CBO (with Timothy Fitzgerald)
The Effects of Oil and Gas Fiscal
Regimes on Exploration and Production Decisions
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1:00 pm
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Lunch
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2:30 pm
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Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University
Bryan Bollinger, New York University
Learning-by-doing
in Solar Photovoltaic Installations
Discussant: Chad Syverson, University of Chicago
and NBER
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3:30 pm
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Tian Tang, Syracuse University
David Popp, Syracuse University and NBER
The
Learning Process and Technological Change in Wind Power: Evidence from
China's CDM Wind Projects
Discussant: Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and
NBER
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4:30 pm
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Discussion with James Stock, Harvard University and member of the CEA
The Power Plant Rule and other Administration Climate and Energy Policy
Initiatives
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5:30 pm
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Adjourn
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Tuesday, July 22
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8:15 am
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Coffee and Pastries
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8:45 am
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Shanjun Li, Cornell University
Better Lucky
Than Rich? Welfare Analysis of Automobile License Allocations in Beijing and
Shanghai
Discussant: Mark R. Jacobsen, University of California at San Diego and NBER
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9:45 am
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Meredith Fowlie, University of California at
Berkeley and NBER
Michael
Greenstone, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and NBER
Catherine
Wolfram, University of California at Berkeley and NBER
Do Energy Efficiency
Investments Deliver? Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program
Discussant: Arik Levinson, Georgetown University
and NBER
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10:45 pm
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Break
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11:15 am
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Tatiana Homonoff, Cornell University
Can
Small Incentives Have Large Effects? The Impact of Taxes versus Bonuses on
Disposable Bag Use
Discussant: Matthew Kotchen, Yale University and
NBER
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12:15 pm
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Bård Harstad, University
of Oslo
Investment
Policy for Time-inconsistent Discounters
Discussant: Anthony A. Smith, Jr., Yale University and NBER
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1:15 pm
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Lunch
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Split Session, Charles A
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2:15 pm
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Anant Sudarshan, Harvard
University
Meenu Tewari, University
of North Carolina
The
Economic Impacts of Temperature on Industrial Productivity: Evidence from
Indian Manufacturing
Discussant: Kyle C. Meng, University of California,
Santa Barbara
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3:15 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm
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Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University and NBER
Jisung Park, Harvard University
Feeling
the Heat: Temperature, Physiology, and the Wealth of Nations .
Discussant: Benjamin Jones, Northwestern University and NBER
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Split Session, Charles B
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2:15 pm
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Matthew Harding, Duke University
Carlos Lamarche, University of Kentucky
Empowering Consumers through Smart Technology: Experimental Evidence on
the Consequences of Time-of-Use Electricity Pricing
Discussant: Katrina Jessoe, University of California
at Davis
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3:15 pm
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Break
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3:30 pm
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Christopher R. Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and NBER
Konstantinos Metaxoglou,
Carleton University
Andre Trindade, Dr., Fundacao
Getulio Vargas / EPGE
Dash
for Gas: The Sequel
Discussant: Joseph Cullen, University of Arizona
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4:30 pm
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Adjourn
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