IZA Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics: Applied and Behavioral Perspectives
May 14, 2025 - May 16, 2025
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IZA Workshop on Climate and Environmental Economics: Applied and Behavioral Perspectives

May 14, 2025 - May 16, 2025
IZA, Bonn
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Organizers: Olivier Deschenes (UC Santa Barbara and IZA), Ingo E. Isphording (IZA), Julia Mink (University of Bonn and IZA), Juan Palacios (Maastricht University and IZA), Nico Pestel (Maastricht University and IZA), Florian Zimmermann (IZA and University of Bonn)
Event Manager: Dominik Spitza

Program

+++ presentation: 30 min +++ Q&A: 10 min +++

Wednesday, May 14

12:30 - 13:00

Lunch & Registration

13:00 - 13:30

Welcome

13:30 - 15:00

Session A: Effective Policy Instruments for Climate Mitigation

Chair: Nico Pestel (Maastricht University and IZA)

Catharina Latka (University of Bonn), Kathy Baylis (UC Santa Barbara), Robert Heilmayr (UC Santa Barbara), Felipe Jordán (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile), Andrew J. Plantinga (UC Santa Barbara), et al. (UC Santa Barbara)
"Policy Design for Effective and Equitable Reductions in Deforestation Emissions"

15:00 - 15:30

Break

15:30 - 17:00

Session B: Public Support and Policy Design for Climate Action

Chair: Nico Pestel (Maastricht University and IZA)

Sandra Bohmann (DIW Berlin), Lars Felder (DIW Berlin), Peter Haan (DIW Berlin and IZA), Laura Schmitz (DIW Berlin), Jürgen Schupp (DIW Berlin and IZA), Merve Kücük (Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC))
"Climate Dividends and Public Support for Carbon Pricing: The Role of Information and Policy Design"

Karolina Rütten (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Matthias Kalkuhl (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Maximilian Kellner (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Andreas Peichl (LMU Munich and IZA), Lisa Windsteiger (University of Salzburg)
"Preferences and Willingness to Pay for Climate Policy Mixes"

17:00 - 17:30

Break

17:30 - 19:00

Policy Roundtable: Harnessing Rigorous Research to Shape Climate Policy and Inform the Public Debate

More info and the registration link are available here.

19:00

Reception

Thursday, May 15

09:00 - 11:00

Session C: Heat, Health, and Public Adaptation

Chair: Julia Mink (University of Bonn and IZA)

Giulia Valenti (Ca' Foscari University of Venice), Filippo Pavanello (ifo Insitute)
"Mortality, Temperature, and Public Adaptation Policy: Evidence from Italy"

Francesco Savazzi (Center for Economics in Paris Saclay (CEPS)), Leonie Wenz (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research), Manuel Linsenmeier (Princeton University)
"Are Heat Warnings Effective? Mitigating Heat-Related Mortality Through Adaptation"

Tim Ruberg (University of Hohenheim), Lester Lusher (University of Pittsburgh and IZA)
"Unveiling the Unseen Illness: Public Health Warnings and Heat Stroke"

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 13:00

Keynote

Chair: Olivier Deschenes (UC Santa Barbara and IZA)

Tamma Carleton (UC Berkeley), Esther Duflo (MIT), Kelsey Jack (UC Berkeley and IZA), Guglielmo Zappalà (UC Berkeley)
"Adaptation to Climate Change"

13:00 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 15:30

Session D: Climate Change, Education, and Social Behavior

Chair: Juan Palacios (Maastricht University and IZA)

Stefano Carattini (Georgia State University), Pamela Giustinelli (Bocconi University), Marcella Veronesi (Technical University of Denmark)
"Climate Change in the Classroom"

Alexander M. Danzer (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt and IZA), Matthias Holzmann (Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt )
"Excuse My Behavior: Social Norms and Moral Costs"

15:30 - 16:00

Break

16:00 - 17:30

Session E: Economic Externalities of Environmental Degradation

Chair: Juan Palacios (Maastricht University and IZA)

Lei Li (University of Göttingen and IZA), Xinming Du (NUS), Eric Zou (University of Michigan)
"Trade, Trees, and Lives"

Sandra Aguilar Gomez (Universidad de los Andes), Joshua Graff Zivin (UC San Diego), Matthew Neidell (Columbia University)
"Killer Congestion: Temperature, Healthcare Utilization and Patient Outcomes"

18:30

Dinner

Friday, May 16

09:00 - 11:00

Session F: Environmental Pollution and Human Capital

Chair: Julia Mink (University of Bonn and IZA)

Sarah Chung (University of Miami), Claudia L. Persico (American University and IZA), Jing Liu (University of Maryland and IZA)
"The Effects of Daily Air Pollution on Students and Teachers"

Claudia L. Persico (American University and IZA), Sarah Crittenden Fuller (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"The Cleaner the Air, the Better They Fare: The Effects of Air Filtration on Student Achievement"

11:00 - 11:30

Break

11:30 - 13:00

Keynote

Chair: Olivier Deschenes (UC Santa Barbara and IZA)

Robert Metcalfe (Columbia University), Robert Hahn (University of Oxford), Nathaniel Hendren (MIT), Ben Sprung-Keyser (University of Pennsylvania)
"A Welfare Analysis of Policies Impacting Climate Change"

13:00

Lunch & Farewell

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