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EVENTS: PAST
William A. Pizer Senior Fellow and Director, Energy and Natural Resources, Resources for the Future April 8, 2008 12:00pm—1:30pm Bell Hall Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar Harvard University course number Economics 2690hf; Robert N. Stavins (Kennedy School) and Martin L. Weitzman (Department of Economics) This is a year-long research seminar on topics in environmental and natural resource economics. Prof. Robert Stavins of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Prof. Martin Weitzman of Harvard’s Department of Economics have led the seminar since the late 1980s. Seminars emphasize theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications, featuring presentations by invited speakers. In addition to students, faculty from the area typically participate in the sessions. Auditors are welcome. An orientation session for students who wish to register for the course is held on Wednesday, September 13, in Room L-382 of the Kennedy School of Government at 79 JFK Street. January 30 Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "E-Z Tax: Tax Salience and Tax Rates." February 6 Kelly Gallagher and Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University. “Giving Green to Get Green? Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology.” February 13 Mathew Adler, University of Pennsylvania. "Risk Equity: A New Proposal." February 27 David Rapson, Boston University. “Consumer Durable Goods and the Long-Run Demand for Electricity” March 5 Jay Shimshack, Tufts University, “Mercury Advisories and Household Health Trade-Offs.” March 19 Robert Hahn, AEI Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies. “The Evolving Role of Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making.” April 9 William Pizer, Resources for the Future, “Prices vs. Quantities vs. Bankable Quantities for Stock Pollutants” April 16 Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University, “Measuring the Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing” April 16 Ian Perry, Resources for the Future, “Should Urban Transit Subsidies Be Reduced?” For a PDF of the schedule please click here.
Environmental Economics Public Talk Harvard University Center for the Environment Visiting Scholar Charles D. Kolstad (UCSB Bren School) "Climate Change: is economics the source of the problem or the key to the solution?" Location: 5th Floor Taubman Building, Allison Dining Room, Kennedy School of Government Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar Harvard University course number Economics 2690hf; Robert N. Stavins (Kennedy School) and Martin L. Weitzman (Department of Economics) This is a year-long research seminar on topics in environmental and natural resource economics. Prof. Robert Stavins of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Prof. Martin Weitzman of Harvard’s Department of Economics have led the seminar since the late 1980s. Seminars emphasize theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications, featuring presentations by invited speakers. In addition to students, faculty from the area typically participate in the sessions. Auditors are welcome. An orientation session for students who wish to register for the course is held on Wednesday, September 13, in Room L-382 of the Kennedy School of Government at 79 JFK Street. September 19 Student Orientation September 26 Lucas Davis, University of Michigan. “The Effect of Driving Restrictions on Air Quality in Mexico City.” October 3 Scott Taylor, University of Calgary. “Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison” October 17 Martin Weitzman, Harvard University. “Structural Uncertainty and the Value of Statistical Life in the Economics of Catastrophic Climate Change” October 24 A. Mushfiq Mobarak, Yale University, and Molly Lipscomb, University of Colorado. “Decentralization, Spillovers and Water Quality: Evidence from the Re-drawing of County Boundaries in Brazil.” November 7 Kate Emans Sims, Harvard University. “The Effects of Protected Areas on Land Use and Local Economic Development: Evidence from Northern Thailand.” November 28 Joshua Margolis, Harvard University, Hillary Anger Elfenbein, University of California, Berkeley, and James P. Walsh, University of Michigan. “Does It Pay to Be Good? A Meta-Analysis and Redirection of Research on the Relationship Between Corporate Social and Financial Performance” December 5 Charles Kolstad and Nicholas Burger, University of California, Santa Barbara. “Voluntary Public Goods Provision, Coalition Formation, and Uncertainty” 20th World Energy Conference: Rome, Italy Special Session WEC Fulvio Conti, CEO, Enel, Italy Click here for more on the event. Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government 25th Anniversary Celebration Post-Kyoto International Policy Architecture to Address Global Climate Change Robert Stavins, Kennedy School of Government, Director HEEP Click here for more on the event. Second Annual Conference on Institutional Foundations for Industry Self-Regulation Boston, Massachusetts Organized by Michael W. Toffel, this conference convenes scholars researching institutional mechanisms for solving industry-wide problems. These "institutions for self-regulation" operate in a wide array of domains including collaborative research and development, environmental protection, fiduciary responsibility, consumer protection, and worker or product safety. Examples include open source communities, professional codes of conduct, ratings organizations, standard-setting bodies, and a variety of private-sector alternatives to government regulation. See the conference web page for a call for papers, due December 1, 2006. Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy Co-Coordinators: Robert Stavins and Martin Weitzman Wednesdays, 4:00-5:30 p.m. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC September 13 — Student Orientation October 4 — Michael Kremer, Harvard University, et al. "Is Clean Water Overrated?" October 11 — Jeffrey Zabel, Tufts University, and Robert Paterson, Industrial Economics. "The Impact of Critical Habitat Designation on the California Housing Market." October 18 — Jay Shimshack, Tufts University, et al. "Mandatory Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance in the Electricity Industry." October 25 — Tom Tietenberg, Colby College. "Design Insights from the Use of Tradable Permits for Air Emissions, Water Allocation, and Fisheries." November 1 — Fan Zhang, Harvard University. "Does Electricity Restructuring Benefit the Environment? A Structural, Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal Emission Trading in the U.S. SO2 Allowance Market." November 8 — Alexander Pfaff and Juan Andres Robalino, Columbia University. "Evaluating Policy Impacts on Tropical Deforestation." November 15 — Wolfram Schlenker and Michael Roberts, Columbia University. "Non-Linear Effects of Weather on Crop Yields: Implications for Climate Change." November 29 — James Hammitt, Harvard University, and Nicolas Treich, University of Toulouse. "Statistical vs. Identified Lives in Benefit-Cost Analysis." Architectures for Agreement: Cambridge, Massachusetts BY INVITATION ONLY Economists and other scholars — particularly from the United States — have been critical of the Kyoto Protocol, noting that because of its specific deficiencies it will be ineffective for the problem, and relatively costly for the little it accomplishes. Some others have been more supportive of the Protocol, noting that it is essentially the "only game in town." Both sides agree, however, that whether this first step is good or bad, a second step is required. Given the global commons nature of the climate change problem, a central element of that second step will most likely be an international agreement. The basic shape and structure of that agreement — its architecture — is the focus of the workshop and subsequent book. "Workshop focuses on next steps after Kyoto Protocol," Harvard University Gazette, May 18, 2006. (PDF Version of article.) |
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