NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC
RESEARCH, INC.
Research Conference
Climate Change: Past and Present
May 30 and 31, 2009
Gary Libecap and Richard H. Steckel,
Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
Parkview Room
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
SATURDAY, MAY 30:
8:30 am Continental Breakfast
Non Agricultural Reponses to Climate
Variation
9:00 am JOHN LANDON-LANE,
HUGH
ROCKOFF,
RICHARD
H. STECKEL,
Droughts, Floods and
Financial Markets in the United States
Discussants: RICHARD SUTCH, UC,
JAMES
STOCK,
10:05 am KAREN
CLAY, Carnegie Mellon and NBER
WERNER
TROESKEN,
Discussants: MELISSA THOMASSON,
MAUREEN
CROPPER,
11:05 am Break
11:15 am PRICE
FISHBACK,
TREVOR
KOLLMAN,
MICHAEL
HAINES,
PAUL
RHODE,
MELISSA
THOMASSON,
Discussants: WERNER TROESKEN,
OLIVIER
DESCHENES, UC,
12:15 pm Lunch
Somerset Room
2:00 pm ANIN
AROONRUENGSAWAT, UC, Berkeley
MAXIMILLIAN
AUFFHAMMER, UC, Berkeley
Impacts of Climate
Change on Residential Electricity Consumption:
Evidence from Billing Data
Discussants: PRICE FISHBACK,
OLIVIER
DESCHENES, UC,
Agricultural Response to Climate Variation
3:05 pm MORGAN KELLY,
CORMAC
OGRADA,
Did Climate Matter?
The Little Ice Age and European Growth
Discussants: JOHN LANDON-LANE,
KAREN CLAY,
4:10 pm Break
4:25 pm WOLFRAM SCHLENKER,
MICHAEL
ROBERTS,
The Evolution of
Heat Tolerance of Corn: Implications for Climate Change
Discussants: PAUL RHODE,
CORMAC
OGRADA,
5:30 pm Adjourn
6:30 pm Group Dinner - Bambara Restaurant,
(across
the street from the Sonesta)
SUNDAY, MAY 31:
8:15 am Continental Breakfast
Past Government and Market Responses to Climatic Events
8:45 am PRICE FISHBACK,
JONATHAN
FOX,
PAUL
RHODE,
The Economic Response to
Climate Change in the Farm Sector: The United States, 1895-1969
Discussants: ZEYNEP K. HANSEN,
RAGHAV
GAIHA,
9:45 am ALAN L. OLMSTEAD, UC, Davis and NBER
PAUL
W. RHODE,
Discussants: MICHAEL HAINES,
WOLFRAM
SCHLENKER,
10:45 am Break
11:00 am ZEYNEP
K. HANSEN,
GARY
D. LIBECAP, UC,
SCOTT
E. LOWE,
Climate Variability and
Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States
Discussants: ALAN OLMSTEAD, UC, Davis and NBER
HENDRIK
WOLFF,
12:00 n Lunch
Somerset Room
1:00 pm ROBERT S. PINDYCK, MIT and NBER
Uncertainty, Extreme
Outcomes, and Climate Change Policy
Discussants: STEPHEN SALANT, University of Michigan
MARTIN
WEITZMAN,
2:00 pm RICHARD SUTCH, UC,
The Impact of the 1936
Corn-Belt Drought on American Farmers Adoption of Hybrid Corn
Discussants: MICHAEL ROBERTS,
HUGH
ROCKOFF,
3:00 pm Break
3:15 pm RAGHAV GAIHA,
KENNETH
HILL,
ANTANU
MATHUR, International Fund for Agricultural Development
VANI
S. KULKARNI,
Discussants: ROBERT PINDYCK, MIT and NBER
MAXIMILLIAN
AUFFHAMMER, UC, Berkeley
4:15 pm MARTIN WEITZMAN,
Additive Damages, Fat
Tailed Climate Dynamics, and Uncertain Discounting
Discussants: ROBERT PINDYCK, MIT and NBER
STEVEN
SALANT,
5:15 pm Wrap up and Conference Volume
Discussion
5:30 pm Adjourn
5/25/09