ECON 3016B: Graduate Student Workshop in Environmental Economics
Spring 2021 | Fridays 12:00 - 1:00 pm ET | Zoom Link
Course Description: Participants discuss recent research in environmental and natural resource economics and present their own work in progress. Students must complete both parts of this course (parts A and B) within the same academic year in order to receive credit.
Speaker Schedule:
| Date | Speaker 1 | Speaker 2 | Title |
| February 12 | Elizabeth Spink | -- |
"Household Water Source Substitution and Demand for Water Connections" |
| February 19 | Jake Bradt | -- |
"Voluntary Purchases and Selection in the Market for Flood Insurance" |
| February 26 | Johnny Tang | -- |
"Can Financial Innovation Overcome Intermediary Frictions? The Case of Catastrophe Bonds" |
| March 5 | Shweta Bhogale | -- |
"Water Runs: Evidence on Competition and Cooperation for Groundwater in India" |
| March 12 | Frank Pinter | -- |
"Emissions Regulation and Electric Vehicle Product Variety" (joint with Sarah Armitage) |
| March 19 |
Tridevi Chakma (30 min) |
Chika Okafor (30 min) |
Chakma: "The Effects of the Hurricane Katrina Diaspora on Places" Okafor: "Framing Our Future: Salience and Political Agreement in Climate Communication" |
| March 26 | Sarah Armitage | -- | "Technology Adoption and the Timing of Environmental Policy: Evidence from Efficient Lighting" |
| April 2 | Eleanor Krause (30 min) | Kelsey Larson (30 min) |
Krause: "Environmental gentrification and endogenous population mobility" (joint with Tridevi Chakma) Larson: "Optimal Tax Incentives for Conservation Easements" |
| April 9 | Daniel Stuart | -- | "Decarbonizing the Power Sector: U.S. Federal Policy Options" |
| April 16 | Edgard Dewitte (30 min) | Aseem Mahajan (30 min) |
Dewitte: "The Historical Roots of Climate Change Denial" Mahajan: "Understanding who participates in local public adaptation: evidence from Massachusetts's Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness program" |
| April 23 | Marcos Barrozo | -- | "Supply chains and deforestation in the Amazon" |
| April 30 | Karl Aspelund | -- | "Designing Payments for Ecosystem Services: Evidence from the Conservation Reserve Program" (joint with Anna Russo) |
Course Summary:
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