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 SEMINAR UPDATES

• API 905y/ECON 3116 a/b are cross-listed together here as one course page.  
• The seminar will return to in-person only for the Spring 2023 semester.  It will meet on scheduled Wednesday's in L-332 at the Harvard Kennedy School 4:30 - 5:45.
  
• If you do not have a Harvard ID, and you plan to attend the seminar, please email Jason Chapman so that he can add you to the security list.  All Non-Harvard ID holders will need to enter the Kennedy School through the main entrance of the Wexner building and check in at the security desk so please allow extra time for entry.

NAVIGATING THIS WEBSITE

• The seminar syllabus and schedule are available for download via the buttons below and the Files page.
• Papers will be made available approximately two weeks before each seminar date and will be available for download in the Spring 2023 subfolder of the Files page.

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023 | W 4:30 - 5:45 pm ET, as scheduled | L-332 at Harvard Kennedy School

Support from Enel Endowment for Environmental Economics and the Department of Economics is Gratefully Acknowledged

Course Description: This is a year-long research seminar on topics in environmental and natural resource economics. It meets periodically (see schedule) on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 5:45 PM as scheduled, and will be in-person only for the Fall 2022-Spring 2023. Seminars emphasize theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications, featuring presentations by invited speakers. Auditors are welcome. 

Course Requirements: Registered students must enroll for the full year of the seminar and attend all sessions.  They prepare a research paper, an outline of which is due at the conclusion of the fall semester.  Papers are due at the conclusion of the spring semester, and should be at the level of the seminar, i.e. Ph.D.-level economics.  In addition, students prepare brief (two-page) essays related to each seminar presentation and discussion throughout the year prior to the start of each seminar.  Required reading consists of papers presented at each session.

Prerequisites: The course is intended primarily for Ph.D. students in economics, political economy and government, public policy, health policy, and related fields with interests in applications in the environmental and natural resource area.  Prerequisites include Ph.D.-level course work in microeconomic theory, such as Economics 2010A/B, Economics 2020A/B (cross-listed as Kennedy School API-111/112), and API-109i/110i.

Schedule Spring 2023

Syllabus 2022-2023 API-905y Econ 3116-4.pdf  

 

INSTRUCTORS

Robert Stavins | robert_stavins@harvard.edu

James Stock | james_stock@harvard.edu 

FACULTY ASSISTANT

Jason Chapman | jason_chapman@hks.harvard.edu

COURSE ASSISTANT

Spring 2023 SCHEDULE

API-905y/Econ 3116

Robert Stavins and James Stock

https://canvas.harvard.edu/courses/109278

 

Spring 2023, Wednesday, 4:30-5:45 pm Harvard Kennedy School, Room L-332
Support from Enel Endowment for Environmental Economics and the Department of Economics is 
Gratefully Acknowledged

February 1  David Weisbach, University of Chicago, Samuel Kortum, Yale University, Michael Wang, Northwestern University, and Yujia Yao, World Bank.  “Trade, Leakage, and the Design of a Carbon 
Tax.”

February 8  Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley, and Ryan Kellogg, University of 
Chicago. “Carbon Pricing, Clean Electricity Standards, and Clean Electricity Subsidies on the path 
to Zero Emissions.”

February 15  Owen Kay, University of Michigan, and Michael Ricks, National Bureau of Economic 
Research. “Subsidies with Deadlines: Optimal Taxation and a Renewable Energy Application.”

March 22   E. Mark Curtis, Wake Forest University, and Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania. “Green Energy Jobs in the US: What Are They and Where Are They?”

March 29   Kimberly Clausing, University of California, Los Angeles, and Catherine Wolfram, Harvard University (Visiting).  “Asymmetric Climate Policies and International Trade.”

April 12    Jennie Bai, Georgetown University, and Hong Ru, Nanyang Technological University.  
“Carbon Emissions Trading and Environmental Protection: International Evidence.”

April 19    Erin Mansur, Dartmouth College, Stephen Holland, and Andrew Yates, University of North Carolina. “Decarbonization and Electrification in the Long Run.”

Note: Name of presenter is in Bold.

For further information, contact Professor Stavins at the Kennedy School, Professor Stock at the 
Department of Economics, or the course assistant, Jason Chapman (496-8054), or visit the seminar
web site.