Climate Economics Seminar

With the inaugural semester of our Climate Economics Seminar, we're aiming to create a forum on issues significant to the design and implementation of US domestic and international climate policy with some of the field's leading experts.

Each seminar will be 90 minutes and give speakers a chance to present upcoming work as well as engage in an open dialogue with EDF staff and the wider climate economics and policy community.

When and Where

Presentations are scheduled for Thursdays from 11:30am to 1:00pm. They'll take place in both our DC or New York offices and will be viewable via video link from either.

Fall 2009 Schedule

September 10 (NY)
"Positive Energy and Applications of Behavioral Economics to Energy Conservation"
Hunt Allcott, MIT and NYU

October 15 (DC)
"An Analysis of Adaptation as a Response to Climate Change"
Enrica De Cian (Bio PDF), FEEM(joint presentation with Francesco Bosello and Carlo Carraro)

November 19 (NY)
"Measuring the Impact of Climate Change on Damages from Extreme Events"
Robert Mendelsohn, Yale

November 24 (DC)
"Social Cost of Carbon and its Regulatory Role"
Steven Rose, EPRI

Spring 2009 Schedule

January 15 (DC)
"REDD and the Global Carbon Market" [PDF]
Anil Markandya, University of Bath

February 12 (DC)
"Border Tax Adjustments and Emissions Leakage" [PDF]
Carolyn Fischer, RFF

Friday, March 6, 12:30-2:00pm (NY)
"Policymaking for Posterity"
Richard Zeckhauser, Harvard
(jointly written with Larry Summers)

April 16 (NY)
"Firms' Costs (and Benefits) of Environmental Regulation: An Event Study of the EU Emission Trading Scheme"
Erin Mansur, Yale

April 30 (NY)
"Allocating Emissions Permits: Theory and Preliminary Evidence"
Meredith Fowlie, University of Michigan

May 7 (NY)
"Regional Incidence of Climate Policy"
Ian Sue Wing, Boston University

June 18 (NY)
"Comedy, Economics, and Climate Change"
Yoram Bauman, Stand-up Economist

Comments, questions or suggestions?

If you would like to attend one of the upcoming seminars, or have suggestions for other speakers or topics, please contact us.

Posted: 11-Jan-2009; Updated: 10-Nov-2009