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NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

 

Environmental and Energy Economics Program Meeting

Don Fullerton and David Popp, Organizers

 

March 5 and 6, 2010

 

NBER

2nd Floor Conference Room

1050 Massachusetts Avenue

Cambridge, Massachusetts

 

PROGRAM

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 5:

 

                        Joint meeting with the Productivity Program

                       

 12:30 pm        Lunch

 

 1:30 pm          KAREN FISHER-VANDEN, Pennsylvania State University

                        ERIN MANSUR, Yale University and NBER

                        JULIANA WANG, Yale University

                        Costly Blackouts? Measuring Productivity and Environmental Effects of Electricity Shortages

 

                        Discussant:  JOSHUA LINN, MIT

 

 2:30 pm          Break

 

 2:45 pm          SUZANNE SCOTCHMER, University of California, Berkeley, and NBER

                        Cap-and-Trade, Emissions Taxes, and Innovation

 

                        Discussant:  CAROLYN FISCHER:  Resources for the Future

 

 3:45 pm          Break

 

 4:00 pm          THIJS DEKKER, VU University Amsterdam

                        HERMAN R.J. VOLLEBERGH, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

                        FRANS P. DE VRIES, University of Stirling

                        CEES A. WITHAGEN, VU University Amsterdam

                        Inciting Protocols: How International Environmental Agreements Trigger Knowledge Transfers

 

                        Discussant:  ADAM JAFFE, Brandeis University and NBER

 

 5:00 pm          Adjourn

 

 5:00 pm          Shuttle Vans Depart from the NBER for The Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

 5:15 pm          Shuttle Van Departs from the NBER for The Royal Sonesta Hotel

 

 6:00 pm          Group Dinner – Royal Sonesta Hotel

                        Dinner Speaker:  REBECCA HENDERSON, MIT and NBER

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 6:

 

                        Environmental and Energy Economics Program Meeting

 

 7:45 am          Shuttle Vans Depart from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

 8:00 am          Shuttle Van Departs from The Royal Sonesta Hotel for the NBER

 

 8:00 am          Continental Breakfast

 

 8:30 am          JUAN-PABLO MONTERO, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile

                        Prices vs Quantities for the Development of Clean Technologies: The Role of Commitment

 

                        Discussant:  LOUIS KAPLOW, Harvard University and NBER

 

 9:30 am          Break

 

 9:45 am          WOLFRAM SCHLENKER, Columbia University and NBER

                        W. REED WALKER, Columbia University

                        The Effect of Airports on Air Quality and Respiratory Problems

 

                        Discussant:  CHRISTOPHER TIMMINS, Duke University and NBER

 

10:45 am         Break

 

11:00 am         DAVID ALBOUY, University of Michigan and NBER

                        WALTER GRAF, University of Michigan

                        RYAN KELLOGG, University of Michigan and NBER

                        HENDRIK WOLFF, University of Washington

                        Aversion to Extreme Temperatures, Climate Change, and Quality of Life

 

                        Discussant:  KENNETH CHAY, Brown University and NBER

 

12:00 n            Lunch

 

12:30 pm         GRANT D. JACOBSEN, UC Santa Barbara

                        MATTHEW J. KOTCHEN, Yale University and NBER

                        Are Building Codes Effective at Saving Energy? Evidence from Residential Billing Data in Florida

 

                        Discussant:  LUCAS DAVIS, UC, Berkeley

 

 1:30 pm          Adjourn

 

 

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