ECON 3116: Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy

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Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
API-905y/Econ 3116
Robert Stavins and Martin Weitzman

Spring 2019, Wednesday, 4:15-5:30 pm
Harvard Kennedy School, Room Littauer-382
79 JFK Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Schedule - Spring 2019 Download Schedule - Spring 2019

Download Syllabus 2018-2019 API-905y Econ 3116

Summary: Selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes invited outside speakers.

Note: Primarily for graduate students in economics or related fields with environmental interests. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School as API-905Y.

Prerequisite: PhD-level course in microeconomic theory.

The supporting seminar papers will be available to view and download by clicking on "Files" on the left prior to the seminar.

-Seminar is open to the public-

 

Course Summary:

Date Details Due
Wed Sep 5, 2018 Calendar Event Student Orientation 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Sep 26, 2018 Calendar Event "The Incidence of Coarse Certification: Evidence from the Energy Star Program." (Sebastien Houde) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 3, 2018 Calendar Event "Pass-Through as a TEst for Market Power: An Application to Solar Subsidies." (Jacquelyn Pless) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 10, 2018 Calendar Event "Heat and Learning." (Joshua Goodman) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 17, 2018 Calendar Event "Does Clean Air Increase the Demand for the Consumer City? Evidence from Beijing." (Siqi Zheng) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 31, 2018 Calendar Event "Are Residential Electricity Prices Too High, Too Low, or Both?" (Severin Borenstein) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Nov 7, 2018 Calendar Event "The Environmental Bias of Trade Policy." (Joseph Shapiro) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Nov 14, 2018 Calendar Event "Linking Heterogeneous Climate Policies (Consistent with the Paris Agreement)." (Michael Mehling & Gilbert Metcalf) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Dec 5, 2018 Calendar Event "Prices versus Quantities Reassessed." (Larry Karp) 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Jan 30, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: James Stock presenting "The Price of Biodiesel RINs and Economic Fundamentals" 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Feb 6, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Arik Levinson presenting "The Electric Gini; Income Redistribution through Energy Prices." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Feb 27, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Erin Mansur presenting "Decompositions and Policy Consequences of an Extraordinary Decline in Air Pollution from Electricity Generation." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Mar 6, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Joseph Aldy presenting "Transparency in Climate Policy: Using Forecasting Tools to Evaluate Emission Mitigation Efforts." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Apr 10, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Marshall Burke presenting "Warming and Welfare: Global Micro Evidence." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Apr 17, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Torben Mideksa presenting "Managing Transboundary Public Goods." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Apr 24, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar: Nicholas Ryan presenting "The Demand for Off-Grid Solar Power: Evidence from Rural India's Surprisingly Competitive Retail Power Market." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Sep 4, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Student Orientation 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Sep 18, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Hunt Allcott, New York University. "Behavioral Economics and Public Policy." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 2, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Megan Bailey, Harvard University. "U.S. Carbon Pricing and Inefficient Coal." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 16, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Geoffrey Heal, Columbia University. "Coase, Hotelling, and Pigou: The Incidence of a Carbon Tax and CO2 Emissions." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 23, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Clare Balboni, MIT. "In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Oct 30, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Catherine Kling, Cornell University. "Temporal Reliability of Welfare Estimates from Revealed Preferences." 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Nov 6, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Ioana Marinescu, University of Pennsylvania. "Can Pigou at the Polls Stop the U.S. Melting the Poles?" 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wed Dec 4, 2019 Calendar Event Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy: Patrick Behrer, Harvard University. "Raising Wages, Raising Pollution: Unintended Environmental Consequences of Anti-Poverty Programs." 4:15pm to 5:30pm