The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy.

• Position: Conferences

NBER Research Associates Don Fullerton of the University of Illinois and Catherine Wolfram of the University of California, Berkeley organized a conference on "The Design and Implementation of U.S. Climate Policy" which took place in Washington, DC on May 13-14, 2010. These papers and topics were discussed:

* Lawrence H. Goulder, Stanford University and NBER, and Robert Stavins, Harvard University and NBER, "Interactions of State and Federal Climate Change Policies"

* Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University and NBER, "Regulating a Global Carbon Market"

* Matthew E. Kahn, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER, "Urban Policy Effects on Carbon Mitigation"

* Lucas W. Davis, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "Evaluating the Slow Adoption of Energy Efficient Investments: Are Renters Less Likely to Have Energy Efficient Appliances?"

* Matthew J. Kotchen, Yale University and NBER, "Climate Policy and Voluntary Initiatives: An Evaluation of the Connecticut Clean Energy Communities Program"

* Christopher R. Knittel, University of California, Davis and NBER, and Ryan Sandier, University of California, Davis, "Carbon Prices and Automobile Greenhouse Gas Emissions: The Extensive and Intensive Margins"

* Kevin A. Hassett and Aparna Mathur, American Enterprise Institute, and Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER, "Distributional Impacts in a Comprehensive Climate Policy Package"

* Arik Levinson, Georgetown University and NBER, "Interactions among Climate Policy Regulations"

* Hilary Sigman, Rutgers University and NBER, "Monitoring and Enforcement of Climate Policy"

* Meredith Fowlie, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, "Updating the Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permits in a Federal...