Conferences.

Trade and Trade Policy in the 21st Century

A conference on Trade and Trade Policy in the 21st Century was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 29, 2022. Program Director Stephen J. Redding of Princeton University organized the meeting, which was supported by the Smith Richardson Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Robert W. Staiger, Dartmouth College and NBER, "Future of the World Trading System"

* Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Yale University and NBER, "Return to Protection and Global Trade Reallocation"

* Gordon H. Hanson, Harvard University and NBER, "Trade and Economically Distressed Regions"

* Nitya Pandalai-Nayar, University of Texas at Austin and NBER, "Global Value Chains (GVCs) and Supply Chain Resilience"

Chad Brown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics delivered a keynote address on "Vaccine Supply Chains."

Materials related to these papers may be found at www.nber.org/conferences/trade-and-trade-policy-21st-century-fall-2022

Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector

A conference on the Economics of Innovation in the Energy Sector was held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on September 30, 2022. Research Associates Ashley Langer of the University of Arizona and David Popp of Syracuse University organized the meeting, which was supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Thomas R. Covert, University of Chicago and NBER, and Richard Sweeney, Boston College, "Winds of Change: Estimating Learning by Doing without Cost or Input Data"

* Sarah C. Armitage, Environmental Defense Fund and Boston University, "Technology Adoption and the Timing of Environmental Policy: Evidence from Efficient Lighting"

* Sarah Johnston, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Chenyu Yang, University of Maryland, "An Empirical Analysis of the US Generator Interconnection Policy"

* Eugenie Dugoua, London School of Economics; Todd Gerarden, Cornell University; Kyle R. Myers, Harvard University; and Jacquelyn Pless, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, "How DOEs Government Funding Fuel Scientists?"

* Myriam Gregoire-Zawilski, Syracuse University, and David Popp, "Do Technology Standards Induce Innovation in Grid Modernization Technologies?"

* Anna Goldstein, Prime Coalition, "The ARPA Approach to Screening Prospective Energy Technology Research Investments"

Sally Benson, Deputy Director for Energy at the Office of Science and Technology Policy, delivered a keynote address on "Systems Thinking to Guide a Rapid and Just Energy Transition."

Summaries of these papers can be found at www.nber.org/conferences/economics-innovation-energy-sector-fall-2022

Financial and Economic Decision-Making, Alzheimer's Disease, and Outcomes over the Lifecycle

A conference on Financial and Economic Decision-Making, Alzheimer's Disease, and Outcomes over the Lifecycle met at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, MA on October 7, 2022. Julie Bynum of the University of Michigan and Faculty Research Fellow Nicholas W. Papageorge of Johns Hopkins University organized the meeting, which was supported by the National Institute on Aging and the University of Michigan Center to Accelerate Population Research in Alzheimer's.

This conference was designed to support interaction between economists and medical researchers. It was structured around a number of presentations highlighting the latest Alzheimer's-related research by each group. The program, including the titles of all presentations, may be found at www.nber.org/conferences/financial-and-economic-decision-making-alzheimers-disease-and-out-comes-over-lifecycle-fall-2022

Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century

A conference on the Economics of Transportation in the 21st Century met over Zoom.us on October 14, 2022. Research Associates Stephen J. Redding of Princeton University, Edward L. Glaeser of Harvard University...