Fall 2022 Coase Project Conference

Note: All times listed are CST.

6:30-9:00 PM | Welcome Dinner

Topolobampo, Morales Room
445 N Clark St, Chicago, IL 60654

Note: All times listed are CST. All presentations will take place in Room 801.

8:30 – 9:00 a.m | Breakfast (8th Floor Lounge)

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Fireside Chat

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago

Ji Zou, The Energy Foundation

10:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago

10:15 – 10:45 a.m. | Mortality Impact of Transboundary Air Pollution: Evidence from East Asia

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. | Tropical Deforestation

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics

Allan Hsiao, Princeton University

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch (Room 802)

1:45 – 2:15 p.m. | Firm Adaptation in Production Networks: Evidence from Extreme Weather Events in Pakistan

Clare Balboni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

2:15 – 2:45 p.m. |Prepaid Electricity and the Purchasing Patterns of the Poor

Kelsey Jack, University of California, Santa Barbara                                  

2:45 – 3:30 p.m. | Donor Contracting Conditions and Public Procurement: Causal Evidence from Kenyan Electrification

Susanna Berkouwer, University of Pennsylvania

3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Break – Snacks Served

4:00 – 4:45 p.m. | The Benefits and Costs of Emissions Trading: Experimental Evidence  from a New Market for Industrial Particulate Emissions

Nicholas Ryan, Yale University

4:45 – 5:15 p.m. | What’s up with Natural Gas Prices?

James Stock, Harvard University

5:15 – 5:45 p.m. | How Much Will Global Warming Cool Global Growth?

Ishan Nath, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco

5:45 p.m. | Conference Adjourns     

6:30 – 9:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner

La Petite Folie
1504 E 55^th Street, Chicago, IL

Note: All times listed are CST. All presentations will take place in Room 801.

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Breakfast (8^th Floor Lounge)

9:00 – 9:45 a.m. | Distributed Effects of Climate Policy: A Machine Learning Approach

Christopher Knittel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

9:45 – 10:30 a.m. | Simultaneous Estimation of Damage from Transboundary and Domestic Air Pollution

Solomon Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break – Snacks Served

10:45 – 11:30 a.m. | Institutions, Comparative Advantage, and the Environment: Why are Developing Countries Polluted?

Joseph Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley

11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta

Allan Hsiao, Princeton University

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch (Room 802)

1:00 – 1:30 p.m. | Paying for Power

Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago  

1:30 – 2:15 p.m. | Carbon Pricing, Clean Electricity Standards, and Clean Electricity Subsidies on the Path to Zero Emissions

Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago

2:15 – 2:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks

2:30 p.m. | Conference Adjourns