Workshop Agenda

September 6
Session 1: “Thinking Clearly about Markets vs Mandates”
Discussants: Terry Anderson and Matthew Kahn
Session 2: “Intended and Unintended Consequences of Mandates”
Discussants: Gary Libecap and Dominic Parker
Session 3: “Environmental Markets and Markets for Climate Mitigation”
Discussants: Todd Henderson and Daniel Phaneuf
Discussion: “What Is Unseen”
Moderator: Holly Fretwell

September 7
Session 4: “Energy Transitions, Part 1 (Global)”
Discussants: Lance Gilliland and Steve Koonin
Session 5: “Energy Transitions, Part 2 (United States)”
Discussants: Neil Chatterjee and David Fedor
Session 6: “Applications to the American West”
Discussants: Paasha Mahdavi and David Sickey
Discussion: “Transitions”
Moderator: Holly Fretwell

Participants

Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution; Sanjai Bhagat, University of Colorado; Peter Brown, Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation; Neil Chatterjee, Hogan Lovells; Dora Costa, UCLA; James Curley, Xchange 365; Shana Farley, Hoover Institution; David Fedor, Hoover Institution; Holly Fretwell, Property and Environment Research Center; Lance Gilliland, Perella Weinberg Partners; Todd Henderson, University of Chicago and Hoover Institution; Rhiannon Jerch, University of Wisconsin; Akshaya Jha, Carnegie Mellon University; Sarah Johnston, University of Wisconsin; Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California and Hoover Institution; Daniel Kessler, Hoover Institution; Steven Koonin, New York University and Hoover Institution; Gary Libecap, UCSB; Paasha Mahdavi, UCSB; Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin and Hoover Institution; Daniel Phaneuf, University of Wisconsin; David Sickey, Sickey Global Strategies LLC; James Sweeney, Hoover Institution; and Jeremy Weber, University of Pittsburgh.

The Hoover workshop at West Creek Ranch was made possible by the generosity of the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation.

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