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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2009

 

Environmental and Energy Economics Workshop

 

Matthew Kotchen and Catherine Wolfram, Organizers

 

Royal Sonesta Hotel, Charles Suite, East Tower

40 Edwin H. Land Boulevard

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

July 20-21, 2009

 

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

 

MONDAY, JULY 20: 

 

 

 8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 8:20 am

Welcome and Introductions

 

 

 8:30 am

NICHOLAS MULLER, Middlebury College

 

WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER

 

ROBERT MENDELSOHN, Yale University

 

Environmental Accounting: Methods with an Application to the United States Economy

 

 

 

Discussant:  DALE JORGENSON, Harvard University

 

 

9:30 am

GILLES DURANTON and MATTHEW TURNER, University of Toronto

 

The Fundamental Law of Highway Congestion: Evidence from the United States

 

 

 

Discussant:  EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

PAULINA OLIVA, UC, Santa Barbara

 

Environmental Regulations and Corruption: Automobile Emissions in Mexico City

 

 

 

Discussant:  RAY FISMAN, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

RESEARCH SKETCHES

 

 

2:15 pm

Break

 

 

2:30 pm

LAWRENCE GOULDER, Stanford University and NBER

 

MARK JACOBSEN, UC, San Diego and NBER

 

ARTHUR VAN BENTHEM, Stanford University

 

Unintended Consequences from Nested State & Federal Regulations: The Case of the Pavley Greenhouse-Gas-per-Mile Limits

 

 

 

Discussant:  JAMES SALLEE, University of Chicago

 

 

3:30 pm

Break

 

 

3:45 pm

JOSEPH ALDY, Special Assistant to the President for Energy and the Environment

 

MICHAEL GREENSTONE, Council of Economic Advisors and MIT

 

RICHARD NEWELL, Duke University and NBER

 

RICHARD SCHMALENSEE, MIT and NBER

 

Panel Discussion:

 

The Interface Between Research and Policy on Energy and the Environment

 

 

 5:15 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 6:30 pm

Group Dinner, Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

Speaker:  NATHANIEL KEOHANE, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund

 

 

TUESDAY, JULY 21:

 

 

 8:00 am

Coffee and Pastries

 

 

 8:30 am

CHRIS KNITTEL and DOUGLAS MILLER, UC, Davis and NBER

 

NICHOLAS SANDERS, UC, Davis

 

Caution Drivers! Children Present. Autos, Pollution, and Infant Health

 

 

 

Discussant:  MATTHEW NEIDELL, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

9:30 am

SPENCER BANZHAF, Georgia State University and NBER

 

JOSH SELDON, Science Applications International Corporation

 

RANDALL WALSH, University of Pittsburgh and NBER

 

Segregation and Tiebout Sorting: Investigating the Link Between Public Goods and Demographic Composition

 

 

 

Discussant:  DON FULLERTON, University of Illinois and NBER

 

 

10:30 am

Break

 

 

11:00 am

MAXIMILIAN AUFFHAMMER, UC, Berkeley

 

RYAN KELLOGG, University of Michigan and NBER

 

Clearing the Air? The Effects of Gasoline Content Regulation on Air Quality

 

 

 

Discussant:  HILARY SIGMAN, Rutgers University and NBER

 

 

12:00 n

Lunch

 

 

1:00 pm

MOLLY LIPSCOMB, University of Colorado

 

MUSHFIQ MOBARAK, Yale University

 

TANIA BARHAM, University of Colorado

 

Development Effects of Electrification: Evidence from the Geologic Placement of Hydropower Plants in Brazil

 

 

 

Discussant:  STEVE PULLER, Texas A&M and NBER

 

 

2:00 pm

Break

 

 

2:15 pm

SEVERIN BORENSTEIN, UC, Berkeley and NBER

 

To What Electricity Price Do Consumers Respond? Residential Demand Elasticity Under Increasing-Block Pricing

 

 

 

Discussant:  SHEILA OLMSTEAD, Yale University

 

 

3:15 pm

Break

 

 

3:30 pm

RICHARD HORNBECK, MIT and NBER

 

Quantifying Long-Term Adjustment to Environmental Change: Evidence from the American Dust Bowl

 

 

 

Discussant:  WOLFRAM SCHLENKER, Columbia University and NBER

 

 

4:30 pm

Adjourn

 

 

 

 

5/28/09