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NATIONAL BUREAU OF
ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
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SUMMER INSTITUTE
2011 |
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Environmental and Energy Economics Workshop |
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Scott Taylor and
Catherine Wolfram, Organizers |
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July 29 - 30, 2011 |
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Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Charles Suite AB |
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40 Edwin H. Land
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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PROGRAM |
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Friday,
July 29: |
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8:00
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Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:20
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Welcome
and Introductions |
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8:30
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Nicholas
Sanders, Stanford University |
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Charles
Stoecker, University of California at Davis |
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Discussant:
Doug Almond, Cornell University and NBER |
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9:30
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Lucas
Davis, University of California at Berkeley and NBER Catherine
Wolfram, University of California at Berkeley and NBER |
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Deregulation, Consolidation, and Efficiency:
Evidence from U.S. Nuclear Power |
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Discussant:
Paul Joskow, Sloan Foundation |
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10:30
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Break
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11:00
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Rema Hanna, Harvard University and NBER |
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Paulina
Oliva, University of California at Santa Barbara |
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The Effect
of Pollution on Labor Supply: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Mexico
City |
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Discussant:
Alex Mas, Princeton University and NBER |
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12:00
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Lunch
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1:00
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Research
Sketches |
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2:15
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Break
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2:30
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Laurence
Levin, VISA Decision Sciences |
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Matthew Lewis, Ohio State University |
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Frank
A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER |
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Discussant:
Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University |
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3:30
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Break |
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3:45 pm |
Christoph Böhringer,
University of Oldenburg |
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Jared C. Carbone, University of
Calgary |
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Thomas F. Rutherford, ETH Zurich |
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Discussant:
Carolyn Fisher, Resources for the Future |
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5:15
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Adjourn
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6:00
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Group
Dinner: Royal Sonesta Hotel |
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Speaker: Gilbert Metcalf, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Environment and Energy, U.S. Department of the Treasury and NBER |
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Saturday,
July 30:
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8:00
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Coffee
and Pastries |
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8:30
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BREAK
OUT SESSIONS: 8:30 am to 10:30 am |
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Charles
Suites, Rooms A and B |
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8:30
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Kelly Bishop and Alvin Murphy, Washington
University in St. Louis |
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Discussant:
Nicolai Kuminoff, Arizona State University |
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9:30
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Christopher Timmins, Duke University and NBER |
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Meeting
Urban Housing Needs: Do People Really Come to the Nuisance?? |
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Discussant:
Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University and NBER |
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10:30
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Break
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8:30
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Bard Harstad, Northwestern
University and NBER |
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Coase, Climate, and Coal: Deposit Markets as
Environmental Policy |
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Discussant:
Brian Copeland, University of British Columbia |
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9:30
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Don Fullerton, University of Illinois and NBER |
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Dan
Karney, University of Illinois |
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Kathy
Baylis, University of Illinois |
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Discussant:
Carol McAusland, University of British Columbia |
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10:30
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Break
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11:00
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Mark R. Jacobsen, University of California at San
Diego and NBER |
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Fuel Economy and Safety: The Influences of Vehicle Class and
Driver Behavior |
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Discussant:
Chris Knittel, Massachusetts of Institute of
Technology and NBER |
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12:00
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Lunch
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1:00
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Joseph Cullen, Harvard University |
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Measuring the Environmental Benefits of
Wind-Generated Electricity |
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Discussant:
Meredith Fowlie, University of California at
Berkeley and NBER |
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2:00
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Break
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2:15
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Derek M. Lemoine,
University of Arizona |
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Christian
P. Traeger, University of California at Berkeley |
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Tipping Points
and Ambiguity in the Integrated Assessment of Climate Change |
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Discussant:
Ujjayant Chakravorty,
University of Alberta – Edmonton |
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3:15
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Break
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3:30
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Olivier
Deschenes, University of California at Santa
Barbara and NBER |
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Michael
Greenstone, Massachusetts of Institute of Technology and NBER |
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Joseph
Shapiro, Massachusetts of Institute of Technology |
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Defending Against Environmental Insults:
Drugs, Emergencies, Deaths, and the NOx Emissions
Markets |
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Discussant:
Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland and NBER |
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4:30
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Adjourn |