Thematic Sessions

Names of presenters appear in bold type.

THEMATIC SESSION: SUPPLY SIDE, WHITE CERTIFICATES AND ‘GREEN’ INNOVATION

Time: Thursday June 29, 9:00 – 11:00

Organizer: Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University

Chair: Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University

Supply side implications of pollution taxes on the location choice of a manufacturer and social welfare

Michael Kopel, University of Graz; Harald Hinterecker, University of Graz

White certificate, additionality, and incentive compatibility under hidden information

Peiyao Shen, ShanghaiTech University; Soo-Keong Yong, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University; Regina Betz, Zurich University of Applied Science

Managerial delegation contracts in a Cournot duopoly with pollution

Joanna Poyago-Theotoky, La Trobe University; Soo-Keong Yong, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

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THEMATIC SESSION: ELECTRICITY AND THE DIFFUSION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY

Time: Thursday June 29, 9:00 – 11:00

Organizers: Stefan Ambec, Toulouse School of Economics, Carsten Helm, University of

Oldenburg, and Matti Liski, Aalto University

Chair: Matti Liski, Aalto University

Decarbonizing electricity generation with intermittent sources of energy

Stefan Ambec, Toulouse School of Economics; Claude Crampes, Toulouse School of Economics

Efficient diffusion of intermittent renewable energies: a roller-coaster ride

Carsten Helm, University of Oldenburg; Mathias Mier, University of Oldenburg

Gone with the wind? An empirical analysis of the renewable energy rent transfer

Matti Liski, Aalto University; Iivo Vehviläinen, Aalto University

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THEMATIC SESSION: WHAT ARE US HOUSEHOLDS WILLING TO PAY TO AVOID INJURIES FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL?

Time: Thursday June 29, 14:15 – 16:15

Organizer: Richard T. Carson, University of California, San Diego

Chair: Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business

Kevin Boyle, Virginia Tech

Richard T. Carson, University of California, San Diego

W. Michael Hanemann, Arizona State University

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THEMATIC SESSION: DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS OF CLIMATE AND ENERGY POLICIES

Time: Thursday June 29, 16:45 – 18:45

Organizer: Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future

Chair: Thomas Sterner, University of Gothenburg

Equity effects in energy regulation

Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future; William A. Pizer, Duke University

Efficiency and distributional consequences of heterogeneous behavioral responses to energy fiscal policies

Sébastien Houde, University of Maryland; Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University

Distributional and welfare impacts of renewable subsidies in Italy

Roberta Distante, University of Copenhagen; Elena Verdolini, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei; Massimo Tavoni, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei

Is the gasoline tax regressive in the twenty-first century?

Jordi J. Teixidó, European University Institute; Stefano F. Verde, Florence School of Regulation – Climate, RSCAS, EUI

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THEMATIC SESSION: DEALING WITH ECONOMIC AND CLIMATE RISKS: PREDICTABILITY, CLIMATE TARGETS, AND POLICY

Time: Friday June 30, 09:00 – 11:00

Organizers: Rick van der Ploeg, Oxford University, and Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business

Chair: Rick van der Ploeg, Oxford University

Optimal carbon abatement in a stochastic equilibrium model with climate change

Christoph Hambel, Goethe University Frankfurt; Holger Kraft, Goethe University Frankfurt; Eduardo Schwartz, University of California, Los Angeles

Climate policies for climate targets

Yongyang Cai, Ohio State University; Ken Judd, Stanford University; Thomas Lontzek, RWTH Aachen University

Valuing predictability

Antony Millner, London School of Economics and Political Science; Daniel Heyen, London School of Economics and Political Science

Climate policies under climate model uncertainty: max-min and min-max regret

Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business; Rick van der Ploeg, Oxford University

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THEMATIC SESSION: STRATEGIES FOR LINKING COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE

Time: Friday June 30, 14:15 – 16:15

Organizer: Scott Barrett, Columbia University

Chair: Scott Barrett, Columbia University

Measures to enhance the effectiveness of international climate agreements: the case of border tax adjustments

Alaa Al Kohourdajie, University of Bath; Michael Finus, University of Bath; Pedro Pintassilgo, University of Algarve

Buy coal and act strategically on the fuel market

Thomas Eichner, University of Hagen; Rüdiger Pethig, University of Siegen

Coercive trade agreements for supplying global public goods

Scott Barrett, Columbia University; Astrid Dannenberg, University of Kassel

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THEMATIC SESSION: DEEP UNCERTAINTY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ECONOMICS

Time: Friday June 30, 16:45 – 18:45

Organizers: Loïc Berger, IESEG School of Management, and Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business and ICRE8

Chair: Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business

Are climate policymakers ambiguity averse?

Loïc Berger, IESEG School of Management; Valentina Bosetti, Università Bocconi

Spatially structured deep uncertainty, robust control, and climate change policies

Anastasios Xepapadeas, Athens University of Economics and Business; Athanasios Yannacopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business

Alternative types of ambiguity and their effects on the probabilistic properties and tail risks of environmental-policy variables

Phoebe Koundouri, Athens University of Economics and Business; Nikitas Pittis, University of Piraeus; Panagiotis Samartzis, University of Piraeus; Nikolaos Englezos, University of Piraeus; Andreas Papandreou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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THEMATIC SESSION: ENERGY AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION

Time: Saturday, July 1, 9:00 – 11:00

Organizers: Subhrendu Pattanayak, Duke University, Marc Jeuland, Duke University, and Faraz Usmani, Duke University

Chair: Marc Jeuland, Duke University

Short-run subsidies and long-run adoption: experimental evidence on improved cooking stoves in Senegal

Gunther Bensch, RWI - Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research; Jörg Peters, RWI - Leibniz-Institute for Economic Research

Impact of rural households’ concern for the environment on willingness to pay for energy efficient technologies: evidence from rural Ethiopia

Sied Hassen, Environment and Climate Research Center

Characterizing fuel choices and fuelwood use for residential heating and cooking in urban areas of central-southern Chile: the role of prices, income, and the availability of energy sources and technology

Mónica Marcela Jaime, University of Concepción; Carlos Chávez, University of Talca; Walter Gómez, Universidad de La Frontera

Energy transitions and technology change: “leapfrogging” reconsidered

T. Robert Fetter, Duke University

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THEMATIC SESSION: ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS: VALUING REDUCTIONS IN MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY

Time: Saturday, July 1, 14:45 – 16:45

Organizer: Laura Taylor, North Carolina State University

Chair: Kevin Boyle, Virginia Tech

Randomized safety inspections and risk exposure on the job: quasi-experimental estimates of the value of a statistical life

Jonathan Lee, East Carolina University; Laura Taylor, North Carolina State University

Risk perception, risk factors, and parents’ marginal willingness to pay for heart disease risk reductions

Wiktor Adamowicz, University of Alberta; Mark Dickie, University of Central Florida; Shelby Gerking, Tilburg University; Marcella Veronesi, University of Verona

Peeling back the onion: using latent class analysis to uncover heterogeneous responses to stated preference surveys

James Hammitt, Harvard University; Daniel Herrera-Araujo, Paris School of Economics