2022 Coase Project Inaugural Conference

Note: All times listed are CST. All presentations will take place in Room 406.

8:00-9:00 AM | Doors Open, Coffee, Breakfast (Lounge 450)

9:00-9:30 AM | Welcome

Robin Burgess (Presenter), London School of Economics and Political Science

Michael Greenstone (Presenter), University of Chicago

9:30-11:00 AM | Geography and the Environment: Dynamic Adaptation to Climate Change

Claire Balboni (Presenter), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Dave Donaldson (Presenter), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Joseph Shapiro (Presenter), University of California, Berkeley

11:00-11:15 AM | Coffee Break (Room 450 Lounge)

11:15-11:45 AM | Global Diffusion of Solar Power and the Role of China

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics and Political Science

John Van Reenen (Presenter), London School of Economics and Political Science

11:45 AM-12:15 PM | Technology Lock-in and Optimal Carbon Pricing

Jonathan Hawkins-Pierot, Yale University

Katherine Wagner (Presenter), University of California, Berkeley

12:15-1:30 PM | Lunch (Room 450 Lounge) 

1:30-2:15 PM | Trade, Trees, and Contingent Trade Agreements

Bård Harstad, University of Oslo

2:15-2:45 PM | Grandfathering with Anticipation

Chris Costello (Presenter), University of California, Santa Barbara

Corbett Grainger, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2:45-3:00 PM | Coffee Break (Room 450 Lounge) 

3:00-3:45 PM | The Dynamic Impact of Market Integration: Evidence from Renewable Energy Expansion in Chile

Luis Gonzales, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Koichiro Ito (Presenter), University of Chicago

Mar Reguant, Northwestern University

3:45-4:30 PM | Holding Up Green Energy

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University

4:30-4:45 PM | Coffee Break (Room 450 Lounge) 

4:45-5:15 PM | National Borders and the Conservation of Nature

Benjamin Olken (Presenter), Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics

Francisco Costa, University of Delaware

5:45-6:30 PM | Reception

6:30-9:30 PM | Dinner

Note: All times listed are CST. All presentations will take place in Room 406.

8:00-9:00 AM | Doors Open, Coffee, Breakfast (Room 406 Foyer)

9:00-9:45 AM | Money (Not) to Burn:Payments for Ecosystem Services to Reduce Crop Residue Burning
Kelsey Jack (Presenter), University of California, Santa Barbara

Seema Jayachandran, Northwestern University

Namrata Kala, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Rohini Pande, Yale

9:45-10:30 AM | Regulating Untaxable Externalities: Are Vehicle Air Pollution Standards Effective and Efficient?

Mark Jacobsen, University of California, San Diego

James Sallee, University of California, Berkeley

Joseph Shapiro (Presenter), University of California, Berkeley

Arthur van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania

10:30-11:00 AM | Agriculture, Trade, and the Spatial Inefficiency of Global Water Use

Tamma Carleton (Presenter), University of California, Santa Barbara

Levi Crews, University of Chicago

Ishan Nath (Presenter), Princeton University

11:00-11:15 AM | Coffee Break (Room 406 Foyer)

11:15-11:45 AM | Entry and Coordination in the Electric Vehicle Charging Industry
Jing Li, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

11:45 AM-1:15 PM | Climate, Damage, & the Social Cost of Carbon

Tamma Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago

Soloman Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley

Ishan Nath (Presenter), Princeton University

1:15-1:30 PM | Break

1:30-3:00 PM | Working Lunch 

3:00 PM | Conference Concludes