Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy.

• Position: Conferences

Members of the NBER's Program on Environmental and Energy Policy and the Economy met May 16 in Washington, DC. Research Associates Matthew Kotchen of Yale University and James H. Stock of Harvard University, and Program Director Catherine Wolfram of the University of California, Berkeley organized the meeting, which was sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. These researchers' papers were presented and discussed:

* Antonio Bento, University of Southern California and NBER; Mark R. Jacobsen, University of California, San Diego and NBER; Christopher R. Knittel, MIT and NBER; and Arthur van Benthem, University of Pennsylvania and NBER, "Estimating the Costs and Benefits of Fuel Economy Standards"

* Robert Stavins, Harvard University and NBER, "The Future of U.S. Carbon-Pricing Policy"

* Caroline Flammer, Boston University, "Green...