Opening Remarks
Kartik Athreya
Executive Vice President and Director of Research
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Suboptimal Climate Policy

• Presenter: Per Krusell, Stockholm University
• Discussant: Anastasios Karantounias, Federal Resreve Bank of Atlanta

In Harm's Way? Infrastructure Investments and the Persistence of Coastal Cities

• Presenter: Clare Balboni, MIT
• Discussant: Jonathan Dingel, University of Chicago

Break

Estimating a Social Cost of Carbon for Global Energy Consumption

• Presenter: Solomon Hsiang, UC Berkeley
• Discussant: Alan Barreca, UCLA

Climate Change, Directed Innovation, and Energy Transition: The Long-run Consequences of the Shale Gas Revolution

• Presenter: Lint Barrage, UC Santa Barbara
• Discussant: Stephie Fried, Arizona State University

Opening Remarks
Tom Barkin
President
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

The Macroeconomic Impact of Europe's Carbon Taxes

• Presenter: James Stock, Harvard University
• Discussant: Christian Matthes, Indiana University

The Rising Cost of Climate Change: Evidence from the Bond Market

• Presenter: Glenn Rudebusch, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
• Discussant: Billy Pizer, Duke University

Break

The Local Economic Impact of Natural Disasters

• Presenter: Brigitte Roth Tran, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
• Discussant: Laura Bakkensen, University of Arizona

Disasters and Defaults

• Presenter: Toan Phan, Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
• Discussant: Tamon Asonuma, International Monetary Fund