Event – CESifo Area Conference

CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics 2022

Keynote Speaker: Maureen Cropper (University of Maryland, and Resources for the Future)
4 – 5 March 2022


Online
Area_ECE_1140x744.jpg

Scientific Organizer: Professor Maximilian Auffhammer.

The scope of relevant topics for this conference is broad, ranging from climate mitigation and adaptation to the study of energy and resource markets as well as environmental market failures more broadly. The aim of the Energy and Climate Economics Area is to bring leading researchers from both sides of the Atlantic together to facilitate and discuss new and innovative theoretical and empirical research.

Cropper Maureen
Maureen Cropper

The keynote speech "On Valuing Climate Damages and the Social Cost of Carbon" was delivered by Maureen Cropper (University of Maryland, and Resources for the Future).

The conference was held online.

Program

  • Friday, 4 March 2022
    •  

      12:45 - 13:00 Welcome and Introduction
      MAXIMILIAN AUFFHAMMER (University of California, Berkeley)
       
       

      Session 1
      Efficiency of Measures
      Chair: Maximilian Auffhammer

      13:00 - 13:30

      Do Carbon Offsets Offset Carbon?
      RAPHAEL CALEL (Georgetown University), Jonathan Colmer, Antoine Dechezleprêtre, and Matthieu Glachant

      13:30 - 14:00

      Do Consumers Rationally Acquire Information? Evidence from an Experiment in Energy Efficiency
      ANDREA LA NAUZE (University of Queensland), Erica Myers, and Iza Ding

       

      Session 2
      Climate Impacts and Spatial Economics
      Chair: Raphael Calel

      14:00 - 14:30

      The Economic Effects of Climate Change in Dynamic Spatial Equilibrium
      IVAN RUDIK (Cornell University), Gary Lyn, Weiliang Tan, and Ariel Ortiz-Bobea

      14:30 - 15:50

      Does Telecommuting Reduce Commuting Emissions?
      WALDEMAR MARZ (ifo Institute) and Suphi Sen

      15:00 - 15:30

      Coffee Break (breakout rooms)

       

       

      Session 3
      Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award Session
      Chair : Karen Pittel

      15:30 - 16:00

      Cross-Dynastic Intergenerational Altruism
      FRIKK NESJE (University of Copenhagen)

      16:00 - 16:30

      Technology Lock-In and Optimal Carbon Pricing
      Jonathan T. Hawkins-Pierot and KATHERINE R. H. WAGNER (University of California, Berkeley)

      16:30 - 17:00

      Coffee Break (breakout rooms)

       

       

      Session 4
      Keynote Lecture
      Chair : Maximilian Auffhammer

      17:00 - 18:00

      On Valuing Climate Damages and the Social Cost of Carbon
      MAUREEN L. CROPPER (University of Maryland and Resources for the Future

  • Saturday, 5 March 2022
    •  

       

      Session 5
      Climate & Markets
      Chair: Maximilian Auffhammer

      13:00 – 13:30

      A Quantity-Based Approach to Constructing Climate Risk Hedge Portfolios
      GEORGIJ ALEKSEEV (NYU Stern), Stefano Giglio, Quinn Maingi, Julia Selgrad, and Johannes Stroebel

      13:30 – 14:00

      Climate Change Mitigation: How Effective Is Green Quantitative Easing?
      Raphael Abiry, MARIEN FERDINANDUSSE (European Central Bank), Alexander Ludwig, and Carolin Nerlich
       

      Parallel Session 6A 
      Stranded Assets
      Chair: Stefano Carattini

      14:00 – 14:30 Endogenous Climate Policy, Systemic Risk and Asset Stranding
      Achim Hagen, NIKO JAAKKOLA (University of Bologna), and Angelika Vogta
      14:30 – 15:00 Climate Policy Uncertainty and Firms’ and Investors’ Behavior
      Pier Basaglia, STEFANO CARATTINI (Georgia State University), Antoine Dechezleprêtre, and Tobias Kruse
       

      Parallel Session 6B 
      Regulation
      Chair: Marcel Oestreich

      14:00 – 14:30 The Co-Pollution Impacts of Climate Policy: Evidence from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
      Laure de Preux, DANA KASSEM (University of Mannheim), Ulrich J. Wagner
      14:30 – 15:00 Compliance and Truthfulness: Leveraging Peer Information with Competitive Audit Mechanisms
      Timo Goeschl, MARCEL OESTREICH (Brock University), and Alice Soldà    

      15:00 – 15:30

      Coffee Break (breakout rooms)

       

      Parallel Session 7A
      Energy Policy
      Chair: Marta Talevi

      15:30 – 16:00 Grandfathering with Anticipation
      Christopher Costello and CORBETT GRAINGER (University of Wisconsin - Madison)

      16:00 – 16:30

      Incentives for the Energy Transition: Feed-in Tariffs, Rebates, or a Hybrid Design?
      MARTA TALEVI (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

       

      Parallel Session 7B
      Externalities
      Chair: Andreas Gerster

      15:30 – 16:00 Environmental Externality and Social Interaction: Evidence from Refinery Pollution in the U.S.
      XINMING DU (Columbia University)
      16:00 – 16:30 Energy Tax Exemptions and Industrial Production
      ANDREAS GERSTER (University of Mannheim) and Stefan Lamp
      16:30 – 17:00 Coffee Break (breakout rooms)
       

      Parallel Session 8 
      Food and Agriculture
      Chair: Maximilian Auffhammer

      17:00 – 17:30 Agricultural Labor Exits Increase Crop Fires
      TEEVRAT GARG (University of California San Diego), Maulik Jagnani, and Hemant K. Pullabhotla
      17:30 – 18:00

      Climate Change and Long-Run Inequality: The Case of Food Prices in the Developing World
      ALKIS BLANZ (MCC Berlin) and Matthias Kalkuhl

      18:00 Announcement of Distinguished CESifo Affiliate Award Winner*s
      Farewell, end of conference
Contact
Katja Gramann

Katja Gramann

Research Network Manager and Conference Organizer
Tel
+49(0)89/9224-1342
Fax
+49(0)89/9224-1409
Mail
Karin Fournier

Karin Fournier

Conference Organizer
Tel
+49(0)89/9224-1213
Fax
+49(0)89/9224-1409
Mail
You Might Also Be Interested In

Overview

Research Network