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2020 HEEP Student Paper Prize Winners

May 27, 2020

CAMBRIDGE, MA – The Harvard Environmental Economics Program has, for the eleventh consecutive year, awarded three prizes to Harvard University students for the best research papers addressing a topic in environmental, energy, or natural-resource economics – one prize each for an undergraduate paper or senior thesis, master’s student paper, and doctoral student paper. Each prize was accompanied by a monetary award. The...

2020 Placements for Graduating Pre-Doctoral Fellows

May 22, 2020

Two Pre-Doctoral Fellows with the Harvard Environmental Economics Program will receive their Ph.D’s on Thursday, May 28^th, 2020 and have accepted new positions.... Read more about 2020 Placements for Graduating Pre-Doctoral Fellows

"Dynamic Responses to Carbon Pricing in the Electricity Sector"

May 22, 2020

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program co-hosted, along with our colleagues at Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley, a presentation based on a paper by Paige Weber, University of California, Santa Barbara and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The paper, "Dynamic Responses to Carbon Pricing in the... Read more about "Dynamic Responses to Carbon Pricing in the Electricity Sector"

"The Heterogeneous Value of Solar and Wind Energy: Empirical Evidence from the United States and Europe"

May 14, 2020

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program co-hosted, along with our colleagues at Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley, a presentation based on a paper by Kenneth Gillingham and Marten Ovaere. The paper, "The Heterogeneous Value of Solar and Wind Energy: Empirical Evidence from the United States and Europe” was presented by Gillingham over video... Read more about "The Heterogeneous Value of Solar and Wind Energy: Empirical Evidence from the United States and Europe"

"Estimating a Social Cost of Carbon for Global Energy Consumption"

May 11, 2020

Former US Lead Climate Negotiator Sue Biniaz Reflects on COP-26 Postponement, and Hopes for Re-engagement of the US in New Episode of “Environmental Insights”

May 8, 2020

Sue Biniaz, former lead climate negotiator for the United States, shared her thoughts on the postponement of COP-26, and on the possible re-engagement of the U.S. in the international effort to address climate change in the newest episode of “Environmental Insights: Discussions on Policy and Practice from the...

Adverse Selection as a Policy Instrument: Unraveling Climate Change

April 30, 2020

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program co-hosted, along with our colleagues at Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley, a presentation based on a paper by Steve Cicala (University of Chicago), David Hemous (University of Zurich), and Morten Olsen (University of Copenhagen). The paper, “Adverse Selection as a Policy Instrument:...

HEEP Faculty Fellow Melissa Dell Awarded Clark Medal

April 28, 2020

Melissa Dell has been awarded the John Bates Clark Medal by the American Economic Association (AEA). The Clark Medal is among the most prestigious awards in the field of economics. It is presented annually, in April, to “that American economist under the age of forty who is judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge.” The AEA first awarded the Clark Medal in 1947 – to Paul Samuelson – and a number of previous...

“Using Carbon Taxes to Meet an Emissions Target”; Billy Pizer and Bobby Harris, Sanford School and Nicholas Institute, Duke University

April 27, 2020

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program co-hosted, along with our colleagues at Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley, a presentation based on a paper by Billy Pizer and Bobby Harris of the Sanford School and Nicholas Institute at Duke University. The paper, “Using Carbon Taxes to Meet an Emissions Target” was presented by Pizer and Harris over video conference on Wednesday, April 22. Pizer is a former...

"Optimal Unilateral Carbon Policy" by David Weisbach, Samuel Kortum, and Michael Wang, paper presentation co-hosted by Harvard Environmental Economics Program

April 20, 2020

The Harvard Environmental Economics Program co-hosted, along with our colleagues at Yale University and the University of California at Berkeley, a presentation based on a paper by David Weisbach (University of Chicago), Samuel Kortum (Yale University), and Michael Wang (Northwestern University). The paper, “Optimal Unilateral Carbon Policy” was presented by Samuel Kortum over video conference on Wednesday, April 15. A captioned recording of the talk is available, as well as a copy of the slides that Professor Kortum used.