May 8-9, 2024 · In-Person at the Gleacher Center

Spring 2024 Coase Project Conference

HOSTED BY

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS

Robin Burgess, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science; Director, International Growth Centre (IGC)
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Michael Greenstone, Milton Friedman Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, UChicago; Director, Climate and Energy Institute
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LOCATION

University of Chicago – Gleacher Center | Room 204

450 Cityfront Plaza Dr, Chicago, IL 60611

The Coase Project Conference aims to deepen and elevate the fields of climate, energy, and environmental economics. During this two-day conference hosted at the University of Chicago Gleacher Center, a leading group of interdisciplinary scholars will join UChicago’s Michael Greenstone and the London School of Economics and Political Science’s Robin Burgess to present their research and participate in creative and innovative conversations to confront the global energy and environment challenge.

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Tuesday, May 7th, 2024

Note: All times listed are CST.

6:00-9:00 p.m. | Welcome Dinner

Wednesday, May 8th, 2024

Note: All times listed are CST.

8:30 – 8:55 a.m. | Continental Breakfast – 250 Lounge

8:55 – 9:00 a.m. | Welcome and Opening Remarks

Robin Burgess, London School of Economics

Michael Greenstone, University of Chicago

9:00 – 10:00 a.m. | Adaptation to Climate Change

Tamma Carleton, University of California, Santa Barbara

Kelsey Jack, University of California, Santa Barbara

10:00 – 10:30 a.m. | Quantifying Climate Change Loss and Damage Consistent with A Social Cost of Greenhouse Gases

Solomon M. Hsiang, University of California, Berkeley

10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break

10:45 – 11:15 a.m. | Mining with Environmental Risk

Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Liquid Markets: Allocating Clean Water to the Rural Poor

Anant Sudarshan, University of Warwick

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch – 250 Lounge

1:00 – 1:45 p.m. | The Effects of Floodplain Regulation on Housing

Anna Russo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1:45 – 2:30 p.m. | Climate Policy Reform Options in 2025

James H. Stock, Harvard University

2:30 – 2:45 p.m. | Break

2:45 – 3:15 p.m. | The Carbon Footprint of Multinational Production

Joseph S. Shapiro, University of California, Berkley

3:15 – 4:45 p.m. | Master Lecture – National Disaster Insurance and Financing

Clare Balboni, London School of Economics

Katherine R. H. Wagner, University of British Columbia

4:45 p.m. | Conference Adjourns

5:45 p.m. | Shuttle departs from Lowes to Hyde Park

6:30 – 9:00 p.m. | Conference Dinner

Thursday, May 9th, 2024

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast – 250 Lounge

9:00 – 10:15 a.m. | Does Pollution Affect Mental Effect Too?

Janet Currie, Princeton University

10:15 – 11:00 a.m. | Energy, Groundwater, and Crop Choice
Fiona Burlig, University of Chicago

11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Break

11:15 – 11:45 p.m. | The End of Oil
Ryan Kellogg, University of Chicago

11:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. | The Relationship Between Income/Wealth/Environmental Exposures In the US Using IRS Tax Data from the 1980’s to the Present
Reed Walker, University of California, Berkley

12:15 – 12:45 p.m. | Forecasting Fate: Experimental Evaluation of a Flood Early Warning System

Rohini Pande, Yale University

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. | Lunch – 250 Lounge