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2025 Program
ALL EVENTS WILL BE AT LOMA PELONA EVENT CENTER
Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:00 Masterclass: Economics of Climate Change Adaptation hosted by Tamma Carleton
4:00 Welcome event (light refreshments)
Friday, October 24, 2025
8:30 Light Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:15 Shifrah Aron-Dine, UC Berkeley
Rebuild or Relocate: Recovery after Natural Disasters
Discussant: Jacob Bradt, University of Texas, Austin
10:00 Will Rafey, UC Los Angeles
Measuring Water Misallocation in California
Discussant: Jackson Dorsey, University of Texas, Austin
10:45 Break
11:10 Eleanor Krause, University of Kentucky
Climate Tradeoffs: Emission Mitigation Policy, Public Assistance, and Adapting to a Warming Planet
Discussant: Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 Keynote Speaker: David Lobell, Stanford University
Agricultural adaptation to climate change: building multiple lines of evidence
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Quick-Fire Presentations
Paul Stainier, University of Pennsylvania
Local Labor Market Conditions and Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Workers’ Outside Options
Guglielmo Zappala, Harvard University
Demand for Crop Insurance: Evidence from Pakistan
Teevrat Garg, UC San Diego
High Returns, Low Adoption: Air Purifiers in Bangladeshi Firms
2:45 Frederik Noack, University of British Columbia,
The Value of Biodiversity for Economic Production: Evidence from Migratory Birds
Discussant: Raahil Madhok, University of Minnesota
3:30 Break
4:00 Egg-Timer Presentations
Simon Greenhill, UC Berkeley
Noise Pollution and Health at Birth
Minwoo Hyun, UC Santa Barbara
Trapped or Transferred: Worker Mobility and Labor Market Power in the Energy Transition
Clara Berestycki, Columbia University
Behavioral Responses to Wildfire Smoke: Insights from Smartphone Location Data
Claire Fan, University of Chicago
Dam Thy Neighbor: International Relations and the Externalities of Impounding Rivers
Maren Ludwig, UC Berkeley
Global Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Demand: The Role of Adaptation and Electrification
Shu-Chen Tsao, UC Santa Barbara
Innovation and Adaptation to Expanding Biological Threats
Andres de Loera, Harvard University
Climate Change and the Common-Pool Problem in Fisheries
Xiyue (Michelle) Li, Harvard University
Of Tracks and Trails: How Accessible Green Spaces Reshape Communities
Zebang Xu, Cornell University
The (Mis)Allocation Channel of Climate Change: Evidence from Global Firm-level Microdata
Matthew Brooks, UC Davis
The Pollution–Productivity Curve: Non-linear Effects and Adaptation in High-pollution Environments
Antonia Marcheva, Cornell University
Agricultural adaptation to surface water scarcity
Peter Lugthart, University of Pennsylvania
Optimal Shared Micromobility Taxes with Distributional Concerns
Lucy Hackett, UC Berkeley
Land Subsidence: Environmental risk in housing markets in Mexico City
5:15 Reception: Appetizers, drinks
Saturday, October 25, 2025
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Judson Boomhower, UC San Diego
The Distribution and Consequences of Disaster Property Losses: Evidence from Tax Returns of Wildfire Victims
Discussant: Eleanor Krause, University of Kentucky
9:45 Kelsey Larson, Montana State University
Paying for Costs, Hoping for Quality: Environmental Value and Selection in Conservation Easement Tax Incentives
Discussant: Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin, Madison
10:30 Break
11:00 Quick Fire Talks
Peter Christiensen, UC Santa Cruz
Incentive-Based Pay and Building Decarbonization: Experimental Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program
Josephine Gantois, University of British Columbia
The Efficacy of Conservation Expenditures: Evidence From Local Ballot Measures
James Rising, University of Delaware
Drivers of the Country-Level Social Cost of Carbon
Xinyi Peng, Ohio State University
Navigating Change: Google Maps, Real-time Information, and Transit Ridership
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Matthew Kotchen, Yale University
Carbon Taxes and Green Subsidies in a World Economy
Discussant: Kyle Meng, UC Santa Barbara
1:45 Edward Rubin, University of Oregon
Power Plants, Air Pollution, and Regulatory Rebound
Discussant: Corbett Grainger, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2:30 Adjourn
3:30 Optional meet up at Third Window Brewing (downtown SB)
Thursday, October 23, 2025
2:00 Masterclass: Economics of Climate Change Adaptation hosted by Tamma Carleton
4:00 Welcome event (light refreshments)
Friday, October 24, 2025
8:30 Light Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks
9:15 Shifrah Aron-Dine, UC Berkeley
Rebuild or Relocate: Recovery after Natural Disasters
Discussant: Jacob Bradt, University of Texas, Austin
10:00 Will Rafey, UC Los Angeles
Measuring Water Misallocation in California
Discussant: Jackson Dorsey, University of Texas, Austin
10:45 Break
11:10 Eleanor Krause, University of Kentucky
Climate Tradeoffs: Emission Mitigation Policy, Public Assistance, and Adapting to a Warming Planet
Discussant: Jisung Park, University of Pennsylvania
12:00 Keynote Speaker: David Lobell, Stanford University
Agricultural adaptation to climate change: building multiple lines of evidence
1:00 Lunch
2:00 Quick-Fire Presentations
Paul Stainier, University of Pennsylvania
Local Labor Market Conditions and Adaptation to Climate Change: The Role of Workers’ Outside Options
Guglielmo Zappala, Harvard University
Demand for Crop Insurance: Evidence from Pakistan
Teevrat Garg, UC San Diego
High Returns, Low Adoption: Air Purifiers in Bangladeshi Firms
2:45 Frederik Noack, University of British Columbia,
The Value of Biodiversity for Economic Production: Evidence from Migratory Birds
Discussant: Raahil Madhok, University of Minnesota
3:30 Break
4:00 Egg-Timer Presentations
Simon Greenhill, UC Berkeley
Noise Pollution and Health at Birth
Minwoo Hyun, UC Santa Barbara
Trapped or Transferred: Worker Mobility and Labor Market Power in the Energy Transition
Clara Berestycki, Columbia University
Behavioral Responses to Wildfire Smoke: Insights from Smartphone Location Data
Claire Fan, University of Chicago
Dam Thy Neighbor: International Relations and the Externalities of Impounding Rivers
Maren Ludwig, UC Berkeley
Global Climate Change Impacts on Electricity Demand: The Role of Adaptation and Electrification
Shu-Chen Tsao, UC Santa Barbara
Innovation and Adaptation to Expanding Biological Threats
Andres de Loera, Harvard University
Climate Change and the Common-Pool Problem in Fisheries
Xiyue (Michelle) Li, Harvard University
Of Tracks and Trails: How Accessible Green Spaces Reshape Communities
Zebang Xu, Cornell University
The (Mis)Allocation Channel of Climate Change: Evidence from Global Firm-level Microdata
Matthew Brooks, UC Davis
The Pollution–Productivity Curve: Non-linear Effects and Adaptation in High-pollution Environments
Antonia Marcheva, Cornell University
Agricultural adaptation to surface water scarcity
Peter Lugthart, University of Pennsylvania
Optimal Shared Micromobility Taxes with Distributional Concerns
Lucy Hackett, UC Berkeley
Land Subsidence: Environmental risk in housing markets in Mexico City
5:15 Reception: Appetizers, drinks
Saturday, October 25, 2025
8:30 Breakfast
9:00 Judson Boomhower, UC San Diego
The Distribution and Consequences of Disaster Property Losses: Evidence from Tax Returns of Wildfire Victims
Discussant: Eleanor Krause, University of Kentucky
9:45 Kelsey Larson, Montana State University
Paying for Costs, Hoping for Quality: Environmental Value and Selection in Conservation Easement Tax Incentives
Discussant: Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin, Madison
10:30 Break
11:00 Quick Fire Talks
Peter Christiensen, UC Santa Cruz
Incentive-Based Pay and Building Decarbonization: Experimental Evidence from the Weatherization Assistance Program
Josephine Gantois, University of British Columbia
The Efficacy of Conservation Expenditures: Evidence From Local Ballot Measures
James Rising, University of Delaware
Drivers of the Country-Level Social Cost of Carbon
Xinyi Peng, Ohio State University
Navigating Change: Google Maps, Real-time Information, and Transit Ridership
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Matthew Kotchen, Yale University
Carbon Taxes and Green Subsidies in a World Economy
Discussant: Kyle Meng, UC Santa Barbara
1:45 Edward Rubin, University of Oregon
Power Plants, Air Pollution, and Regulatory Rebound
Discussant: Corbett Grainger, University of Wisconsin, Madison
2:30 Adjourn
3:30 Optional meet up at Third Window Brewing (downtown SB)
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