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Upcoming Events |
SEMINAR IN ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS AND POLICYCo-Coordinators:
Robert Stavins and Martin
Weitzman OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Upcoming seminarsSeptember 13 - Student Orientation October 4 - Michael Kremer, Harvard University, et al. "Is Clean Water Overrated?" October 11 - Jeffrey Zabel, Tufts University, and Robert Paterson, Industrial Economics. "The Impact of Critical Habitat Designation on the California Housing Market." October 18 - Jay Shimshack, Tufts University, et al. "Mandatory Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance in the Electricity Industry." October 25 - Tom Tietenberg, Colby College. "Design Insights from the Use of Tradeable Permits for Air Emissions, Water Allocation, and Fisheries." November 1 - Fan Zhang, Harvard University. "Does Electricity Restructuring Benefit the Environment? A Structural, Empirical Analysis of Intertemporal Emission Trading in the U.S. SO2 Allowance Market." November 8 - Alexander Pfaff and Juan Andres Robalino, Columbia University. "Evaluating Policy Impacts on Tropical Deforestation." November 15 - Wolfram Schlenker and Michael Roberts, Columbia University. "Non-Linear Effects of Weather on Crop Yields: Implications for Climate Change." November 29 - James Hammitt, Harvard University, and Nicolas Treich, University of Toulouse. "Statistical vs. Identified Lives in Benefit-Cost Analysis." |
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Organized by Michael W. Toffel, this conference convenes scholars researching institutional mechanisms for solving industry-wide problems. These "institutions for self-regulation" operate in a wide array of domains including collaborative research and development, environmental protection, fiduciary responsibility, consumer protection, and worker or product safety. Examples include open source communities, professional codes of conduct, ratings organizations, standard-setting bodies, and a variety of private-sector alternatives to government regulation. See the conference web page for a call for papers, due December 1, 2006. |
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BY INVITATION ONLY
Economists and other scholars -- particularly from the United States -- have been critical of the Kyoto Protocol, noting that because of its specific deficiencies it will be ineffective for the problem, and relatively costly for the little it accomplishes. Some others have been more supportive of the Protocol, noting that it is essentially the "only game in town." Both sides agree, however, that whether this first step is good or bad, a second step is required. Given the global commons nature of the climate change problem, a central element of that second step will most likely be an international agreement. The basic shape and structure of that agreement -- its architecture -- is the focus of the workshop and subsequent book. "Workshop focuses on next steps after Kyoto Protocol," Harvard University Gazette, May 18, 2006. (PDF Version of article.) |
News and AwardsRobert Stavins was quoted in the May 17, 2007 New York Times article "Energy Standards Needed, Report Says" Nathaniel Keohane, Associate Professor of Economics, Yale School of Management, is leaving Yale to become Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense, in New York City. Nat received his Ph.D. Robyn Meeks has been awarded the 2007 Vicki Norberg Bohm Fellowship by the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and the Environment and Natural Resources Program at the KSG. Her project is titled "Investigations into integrated water resource management and development: Linkages between local, national and international levels." Robert Stavins was quoted in the March 7, 2007 New York Times article "A Coal Executive With a Cleanup Mission" Robert Stavins' work on water-efficiency improvements cited in a February 2, 2007 High Country News article on "The Efficiency Paradox: Why water conservation along the Colorado River — a much-vaunted silver bullet for the West’s coming era of shortage — could have devastating environmental costs." PDF version of High Country News article. On February 6th, it was announced that Enel, the Italian energy
company, has made a gift of $5 million to establish The Enel
Endowment for Environmental Economics. This endowment will allow
EEPHU, which will be renamed as the Harvard Environmental Economics
Program, to substantially expand its research efforts. On January 23rd, Professor Robert Stavins was interviewed in a BBC article on President Bush's energy policy. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6288957.stm A Boston Globe story on Have yourself a carbon-neutral Christmas..., published December 17, 2006, quotes Prof. Robert Stavins on the merits of buying carbon offsets. Profs. Richard Cooper and Robert Stavins were quoted in a New York Times story on The Cost of an Overheated Planet published on December 12, 2006, as part of a continuing series exploring "The Energy Challenge." Prof. Robert Stavins was featured on NPR's All Things Considered commenting on the Stern Report on Climate Change on October 30, 2006. Kelsey Jack is among the first recipients of the Norberg-Bohm Fellowship, awarded by the Harvard Kennedy School Belfer Center's Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP) and Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP). The Harvard Board of Overseers selected Prof. Robert Stavins to serve on the Faculty advisory group for the Harvard presidential search. (PDF version of article in Harvard Gazette.) Prof. Robert Stavins is co-editing the new Journal of Wine Economics. (PDF version of article in Harvard Gazette.) Michael W. Toffel's doctoral dissertation "Voluntary Environmental Management Initiatives: Smoke Signals or Smoke Screens?" won the 2006 "Best Dissertation Award" from the Academy of Management's Social Issues in Management Division, and was a finalist for the "Best Dissertation Award" from the Academy of Management's Organizations and Natural Environment Division. Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short's paper "Coerced Confessions: How Regulatory Deterrence Drives Self-Policing" won the 2006 Charles H. Levine Award for Best Conference Paper from the Academy of Management's Public and Non-Profit Division. Fan Zhang won the 2006 International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE) Best Student Paper Award. The Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, which publishes the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, is launching a new companion journal, the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Kennedy School Professor Robert Stavins has agreed to serve as the new journal's Editor. He will be assisted by two Co-Editors, Professor Carlo Carraro of the University of Venice and Professor Charles Kolstad of the University of California, Santa Barbara, plus a 25-person Editorial Board, and a managing editor. The Review of Environmental Economics and Policy will fill a gap between the popular press and scholarly environmental and resource economics journals, by publishing articles that will serve several goals: to synthesize and integrate lessons learned from active lines of environmental economic research; to provide economic analysis of environmental policy issues; to encourage cross-fertilization of ideas among the various sub-fields and perspectives of environmental economics; to offer readers an accessible source for state-of-the-art thinking; to suggest directions for future research; to provide insights and readings for classroom use; and to address issues relating to the environmental economics profession. Most articles appearing in the journal will be solicited by the Editor, though all will be subject to peer review. The Association anticipates that this will be a highly regarded and very well read periodical within its targeted audience -- economists and others interested in environmental and resource policy in academia, government, the private sector, and the advocacy world. The journal -- which is being published by Oxford University Press -- will initially be produced twice per year, with each issue having 300 pages of material. |
Graduate Student Placement
2007Pre-Doctoral Fellow Jing Cao has accepted a position as an Assistant Professor in Beijing at the Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University. Pre-Doctoral Fellow Gernot Wagner has accepted a position as a
Consultant in the Energy Practice at the Boston Consulting Group 2006Cynthia Lin, Ph.D. in Economics; Assistant Professor of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, University of California, Davis2005Joe Aldy, Ph.D. in Economics; Fellow, Resources for the FutureDarby Jack, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Post-doctoral Fellow, Earth Institute, Columbia University Alex Wagner, Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government; Assistant Professor, University of Zürich 2004Wenhua Di, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of DallasLori Snyder Bennear, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Assistant Professor, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2002Ruben Lubowski, Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government; Economist, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of AgricultureSheila Cavanagh Olmstead, Ph.D. in Public Policy, Assistant Professor of Environmental Economics, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Edmund Toy, Ph.D. in Health Policy; Economist, Office of Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President of the United States Alix Peterson Zwane, Ph.D. in Public Policy, Assistant Cooperative Extension Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley 2001Nathaniel Keohane, Ph.D. in Political Economy and Government; Assistant Professor, Yale School of Organization and Management1999Karen Fisher-Vanden, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies, Darthmouth College 1998Todd Schatzki, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Managing Economist, LECG, LLC.1997J.R. DeShazo, Ph.D. in Economics (Urban Planning); Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, UCLA Richard Newell, Ph.D. in Public Policy; Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future 1996William Pizer, Ph.D. in Economics; Fellow, Resources for the Future 1995Suzi Kerr, Ph.D. in Economics; Assistant Professor, University of Maryland; now: Senior Fellow, Motu Economic Research |
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