2026 Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics
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About
Welcome to the 2026 Northeast Workshop on Energy Policy and Environmental Economics, hosted this year at Boston College! This conference highlights the latest advances in energy and environmental economics, exploring key policy-oriented issues through the lenses of public economics, development economics, health economics, industrial organization, and macroeconomics.
May 8th-9th 2026 Hosted at Boston College Corcoran Commons
Event Details
- Dates: Friday and Saturday, May 8th - 9th, 2026
- Locations: Concoran Commons, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
- Organizers: Edson Severnini (BC Economics) and Richard Sweeney (BC Economics)
- The closest hotel to campus is the AC Hotel Boston Cleveland Circle. It's a ~20 minute walk to campus from there, and there are also BC shuttle buses.
- Another convenient hotel is the Courtyard by Marriott Boston Brookline. The Cleveland Circle shuttle bus is accessible after a short T ride from there. Contact Eileen Tishler (tishlere@bc.edu) to take advantage of Boston College’s corporate rate.
- A more affordable hotel is Arcadian Hotel in Brookline, the Cleveland Circle shuttle bus is accessible after a T ride on the C-line.
- The Commonwealth Ave Boston College Shuttle bus in Cleveland Circle can be accessed at either the Reservoir T stop or the Chestnut Hill Ave stop. For more information on the shuttle or for tracking details see the BC bus website.
Friday, May 8, 2026 | |
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| 9:30 AM | Welcome |
| 9:40 AM | “The Energy Transition, Local Air Pollution, and Mortality”
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| 10:25 AM | “The Value of Nature-Based Adaptation: Evidence that Tree Cover”
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| 10:50 AM | Coffee |
| 11:00 AM | “The Economics of New versus Used Electric Vehicle Subsidies"
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| 11:45 AM | Egg Timers (10 mins each) “Losing the Shield: How Political Connections Shape Environmental Enforcement,”
“Averting Deforestation at Scale”
“Trade Policy and Food Security,”
“The General Equilibrium Effects of Renewable Energy Policies,”
“Extreme Heat and Directed Innovation”
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| 12:45 PM | Lunch |
| 2:00 PM | “The Global Allocative Efficiency of Deforestation”
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| 2:45 PM | “Hidden Environmental Footprints of Large-Scale AI Training,”
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| 3:10 PM | Coffee |
| 3:45 PM | “Self- and Social Signaling: Evidence from Solar Adoption in California”
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| 4:10 PM | “Can Place-Based Incentives Accelerate the Energy Transition?”
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| 4:35 PM | “The (Mis)Allocation Channel of Climate Change”
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| 5:00 PM | Reception |
Saturday, May 9, 2026 | |
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| 8:30 AM | Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM | “Cutting Costs or Cutting Corners: Asset Reallocation in Oil and Gas Production”
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| 9:45 Am | “Propagation of Extreme Heat in Agriculture”
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| 10:10 AM | “Climate Change and Market Power”
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| 10:35 AM | Coffee |
| 11:00 AM | “Climate Matching, European Settlements and Long-run Development”
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| 11:45 AM | Egg Timers (10 mins each) “Water Allocation and Social Unrest”
“Property Insurance Availability and Housing Investment”
“Optimal Shared Micromobility Taxes with Distributional Concerns”
“Yellow to Green: Subsidizing Adoption to Accelerate Learning in Electric School Buses”
“Connection Policy Design for Electricity Access”
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| 12:35 PM | Lunch |