Environmental Economics Seminar Series

Our Environmental Economics Seminar Series is a forum on issues significant to U.S. domestic and global environmental policy with some of the field's leading experts.

We invite economists and researchers, policymakers, and the media to join us to explore important climate policy questions with leading economic experts and hear about the latest high-impact research on economics-based climate policy.

Next seminar

Technology Lock-In and Optimal Carbon Pricing
Jun 7, 2023, 1:00 PM Eastern time on Zoom
Katherine Wagner, University of British Columbia

Taking a closer look at the cost of energy prices at the time of manufacturing plant openings, we can determine the long-term energy intensity and outputs. This “technology lock-in” increases the emissions costs of delayed action on carbon policy and has significant implications for incumbent decision makers.

Register for the June 7 seminar