Inequality and the Economic Analysis of Climate Change Schedule
Inequality and the Economic Analysis of Climate Change
Duke Law School Room 4047, May 27-28, 2015
Schedule
Presentations will be approximately 20 minutes, followed by Q&A. Supporting material (working papers, powerpoints, etc.) will be available on the conference website. Presenters are listed below in italics (co-authors of underlying papers are noted). For logistical information about the conference, please contact Victoria Zellefrow or Stephanie Lowd at icc2015@law.duke.edu. For questions about conference content, please contact Matthew Adler, adler@law.duke.edu.
Wednesday, May 27
10:30−11:00 Registration
11:00−12:30 Session
David Anthoff (Berkeley): “Inequality and integrated assessment models”
Charles Kolstad (Stanford): “Inequality and the IPCC”
Chair: Richard Newell (Duke)
12:30–1:15 Lunch
1:15−2:45 Session
Valentina Bosetti (Bocconi/Stanford; paper co-authored with Marco Maffezzoli): “The impact of a carbon tax in a heterogeneous agents DSGE model”
Martin Ross and Brian Murray (Duke; paper co-authored with Billy Pizer): “Distributional impacts of the clean power plan”
Chair: Steven Sexton (Duke)
2:45−3:15 Coffee break
3:15−4:45 Session
Matthew Adler (Duke; paper co-authored with Nicolas Treich): “Prioritarianism and climate change”
Nicolas Treich (Toulouse School of Economics: paper co-authored with Matthew Adler): “Consumption, risk and prioritarianism”
Chair: David Anthoff (Berkeley)
4:45−5:00 Coffee break
5:00−5:45 Session
Drew Shindell (Duke): “The social cost of atmospheric release”
Chair: James Hammitt (Harvard)
Thursday, May 28
8:00−8:30 Breakfast available
8:30−10:00 Session
Bryan Cwik and Nancy Tuana (Penn State): “Ethical perspectives and climate change”
Greg Garner and Klaus Keller (Penn State): “Prioritarian tradeoffs in an integrated assessment model”
Chair: James Hammitt (Harvard)
10:00−10:30 Coffee break
10:30–12:00 Session
Billy Pizer (Duke; paper co-authored with Ben Groom and Simon Dietz): “Weighing the costs and benefits of climate change to our children”
Geir Asheim (Oslo; paper co-authored with Stephane Zuber): “Evaluating intergenerational risks: Probability adjusted rank-discounted utilitarianism”
Chair: Matthew Adler (Duke)
12:00−1:00 Lunch
1:00−2:30 Session
Joseph Aldy (Harvard): “Climate reparations or redistribution?”
Alex Pfaff (Duke): “Can REDD help the poor?”
Chair: Jonathan Wiener (Duke)
2:30−3:00 Coffee break
3:00−4:30 Session
Antony Millner (London School of Economics; paper co-authored by Geoff Heal): “Redressing the balance: Strategic consequences of equity motives for climate change”
Rob Lempert (Rand): “Inequality, uncertainty, and urban climate risk management”
Chair: Lori Bennear (Duke)