Let's Get Serious about Climate Change Policy: What's Really Achievable at What Cost?

William A. Pizer

Senior Fellow and Director, Energy and Natural Resources, Resources for the Future

April 8, 2008 12:00pm—1:30pm

Bell Hall

Environmental Economics and Policy Seminar

Harvard University course number Economics 2690hf;
John F. Kennedy School of Government course number ENR-551y

Robert N. Stavins (Kennedy School) and Martin L. Weitzman (Department of Economics)
Meeting Time: Wednesdays, 4:10 - 5:30 pm
Room L-382, Kennedy School of Government

This is a year-long research seminar on topics in environmental and natural resource economics. Prof. Robert Stavins of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Prof. Martin Weitzman of Harvard’s Department of Economics have led the seminar since the late 1980s. Seminars emphasize theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications, featuring presentations by invited speakers. In addition to students, faculty from the area typically participate in the sessions. Auditors are welcome. An orientation session for students who wish to register for the course is held on Wednesday, September 13, in Room L-382 of the Kennedy School of Government at 79 JFK Street.

For more information

January 30   Amy Finkelstein, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. "E-Z Tax: Tax Salience and Tax Rates."

February 6   Kelly Gallagher and Erich Muehlegger, Harvard University.  “Giving Green to Get Green? Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology.”

February 13 Mathew Adler, University of Pennsylvania.  "Risk Equity: A New Proposal."

February 27 David Rapson, Boston University.  “Consumer Durable Goods and the Long-Run Demand for Electricity”

March 5     Jay Shimshack, Tufts University,  “Mercury Advisories and Household Health Trade-Offs.”

March 19   Robert Hahn, AEI Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies.  “The Evolving Role of Economic Analysis in Regulatory Decision Making.”

April 9     William Pizer, Resources for the Future,  “Prices vs. Quantities vs. Bankable Quantities for Stock Pollutants”

April 16   Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University,  “Measuring the Distributional Impacts of Carbon Pricing”

April 16    Ian Perry, Resources for the Future,  “Should Urban Transit Subsidies Be Reduced?”

For a PDF of the schedule please click here.

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