workshop Program
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2026 DRAFT Program
Thursday, November 5, 2026
4:30pm Welcome event (light refreshments)
Friday, November 6, 2026
8:30am Breakfast
9:00am Opening Remarks
9:15am
Adam Solomon, New York University
Capital Costs, Reinsurance, and the Price of Climate Risk
Discussant: TBD
10:00am
Jenna Anders, University of Virginia
Central Authority in Local Regulation: A Sufficient Statistic for Welfare and an Application to Environmental Economics
Discussant: TBD
10:45am Break
11:15am
Yukiko Hashida, University of Georgia
The Political Economy of Extinction
Discussant: TBD
12:00pm Egg-timer Presentations
Jeremy Allen, University of British Columbia
Land Tenure and Management Modify the Effect of Armed Conflict on Forest Cover: Evidence from Central Asia
Ana Palacios Taboada, University of British Columbia
Land Beyond Borders: Trade Policy and the International Market for Land
Peter Lugthart, University of Pennsylvania
The Environmental Costs and Consumer Benefits of Competitive Smog Check Markets
Anna Pede, UC Santa Barbara
Fire and Punishment: Enforcement incentives and strategic fire use in the Brazilian Amazon
Clara Berestycki, Columbia University
Wildfire Smoke Avoidance Costs: A Revealed Preference Approach
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Quickfire Presentations
Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Heat Adaptation in Distance Running
Jeffrey Shrader, Columbia University
The Cost of Adaptation to Heat and Climate Change: Evidence From French Agriculture
Sandy Sum, UC Davis
The Unequal Socioeconomic Risks of Global Terrestrial Moisture Recycling
TBD
2:30pm
Dev Patel, Brown University
Floods: Measurement, Impacts, and Adaptation
Discussant: TBD
3:15pm Break
3:45pm
Reid Taylor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Processing Power: The Effect of Data Centers On Wholesale Electricity Markets
Discussant: TBD
4:30pm Egg-timer Presentations
Kaleb Javier, UC Berkeley
Cheap to Keep: Insurance Pricing and the Retirement of Hazardous Capital
Hannah Kamen, Colorado School of Mines
Can Inclusionary Zoning Mitigate Climate Gentrification? Income-Based Sorting on Urban Cooling Investments
Thor Larson, UC Berkeley
Rethinking Linking: Effects of Cap-and-Trade Integration on Equilibrium Emissions and Welfare
Vaios Triantafyllou, Cornell University
Taxing Carbon Across Borders: Trade, Pass-through, and Green Technology Adoption
Magdalena Larreboure, Harvard University
Water Allocation and Social Unrest: Evidence from Chilean Water Rights
5:00pm Reception: Appetizers, drinks
Saturday, November 7, 2026
8:30am Breakfast
9:00am
Tamma Carleton, UC Berkeley
A Hedonic Social Cost of Carbon: Evidence from US Migration
Discussant: TBD
9:45am
Jacob Bradt, University of Texas at Austin
Fraud, Evasion, and Enforcement in Decentralized Environmental Regulation
Discussant: TBD
10:30am Break
11:00am Quickfire Presentations
Bryan Leonard, University of Wyoming
Designing Environmental Markets to Address Community Impacts
Sumeet Gulati, University of British Columbia
Ethnic Favouritism in Environmental Disaster Payouts
Meera Mahadevan, UC San Diego
On the Back Burner: Experimental Evidence for Energy Transitions
Paige Weber, UC Berkeley
Environmental Externalities with Free Goods and Market Power
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm
Masterclass: Economics of Climate Innovation
Hosted by: Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:30pm Adjourn
3:30pm Optional meet up
4:30pm Welcome event (light refreshments)
Friday, November 6, 2026
8:30am Breakfast
9:00am Opening Remarks
9:15am
Adam Solomon, New York University
Capital Costs, Reinsurance, and the Price of Climate Risk
Discussant: TBD
10:00am
Jenna Anders, University of Virginia
Central Authority in Local Regulation: A Sufficient Statistic for Welfare and an Application to Environmental Economics
Discussant: TBD
10:45am Break
11:15am
Yukiko Hashida, University of Georgia
The Political Economy of Extinction
Discussant: TBD
12:00pm Egg-timer Presentations
Jeremy Allen, University of British Columbia
Land Tenure and Management Modify the Effect of Armed Conflict on Forest Cover: Evidence from Central Asia
Ana Palacios Taboada, University of British Columbia
Land Beyond Borders: Trade Policy and the International Market for Land
Peter Lugthart, University of Pennsylvania
The Environmental Costs and Consumer Benefits of Competitive Smog Check Markets
Anna Pede, UC Santa Barbara
Fire and Punishment: Enforcement incentives and strategic fire use in the Brazilian Amazon
Clara Berestycki, Columbia University
Wildfire Smoke Avoidance Costs: A Revealed Preference Approach
12:30pm Lunch
1:30pm Quickfire Presentations
Patrick Baylis, University of British Columbia
Heat Adaptation in Distance Running
Jeffrey Shrader, Columbia University
The Cost of Adaptation to Heat and Climate Change: Evidence From French Agriculture
Sandy Sum, UC Davis
The Unequal Socioeconomic Risks of Global Terrestrial Moisture Recycling
TBD
2:30pm
Dev Patel, Brown University
Floods: Measurement, Impacts, and Adaptation
Discussant: TBD
3:15pm Break
3:45pm
Reid Taylor, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
Processing Power: The Effect of Data Centers On Wholesale Electricity Markets
Discussant: TBD
4:30pm Egg-timer Presentations
Kaleb Javier, UC Berkeley
Cheap to Keep: Insurance Pricing and the Retirement of Hazardous Capital
Hannah Kamen, Colorado School of Mines
Can Inclusionary Zoning Mitigate Climate Gentrification? Income-Based Sorting on Urban Cooling Investments
Thor Larson, UC Berkeley
Rethinking Linking: Effects of Cap-and-Trade Integration on Equilibrium Emissions and Welfare
Vaios Triantafyllou, Cornell University
Taxing Carbon Across Borders: Trade, Pass-through, and Green Technology Adoption
Magdalena Larreboure, Harvard University
Water Allocation and Social Unrest: Evidence from Chilean Water Rights
5:00pm Reception: Appetizers, drinks
Saturday, November 7, 2026
8:30am Breakfast
9:00am
Tamma Carleton, UC Berkeley
A Hedonic Social Cost of Carbon: Evidence from US Migration
Discussant: TBD
9:45am
Jacob Bradt, University of Texas at Austin
Fraud, Evasion, and Enforcement in Decentralized Environmental Regulation
Discussant: TBD
10:30am Break
11:00am Quickfire Presentations
Bryan Leonard, University of Wyoming
Designing Environmental Markets to Address Community Impacts
Sumeet Gulati, University of British Columbia
Ethnic Favouritism in Environmental Disaster Payouts
Meera Mahadevan, UC San Diego
On the Back Burner: Experimental Evidence for Energy Transitions
Paige Weber, UC Berkeley
Environmental Externalities with Free Goods and Market Power
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm
Masterclass: Economics of Climate Innovation
Hosted by: Jacob Moscona, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2:30pm Adjourn
3:30pm Optional meet up
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