The 32nd NBER-TCER-CEPR TRIO Conference: Energy and the Environment

“Global Policy Spillovers: Evidence from the Multinational Automobile Industry”

Koichiro Ito, University of Chicago and NBER.
James M. Sallee, University of California, Berkeley and NBER.
Andrew Smith, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Discussant:
Yuta Toyama, Waseda University

“The Environmental Impact of Multinational Firms in Africa”

Frederik Noack, University of British Columbia.
Dominic Rohner, Geneva Graduate Institute and CEPR.
Tommaso Sonno, University of Bologna.

Discussant:
Manabu Nose, Keio University

11:30 am – 11:45 am

Break

“The Economics of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms for Lower-Income Countries”

Clausing, Kimberly A. University of California, Los Angeles and NBER.
Jonathan Colmer, University of Virginia and CEPR.
Allan Hsiao, Stanford University.
Catherine Wolfram, MIT and NBER.

Discussant:
Toshihide Arimura, Waseda University, RIETI, and TCER

1:30 pm

“Biodiversity and firm performance: Empirical evidence in Japan”

Katsuyuki Kubo, Waseda University.
Thanh Thi Phuong Nguyen, Japan Securities Research Institute.

Discussant:
Noriyoshi Yanase, Keio University and TCER

“How Do ESG Performance and Awareness Affect Firm Value and Corporate Overinvestment?”

Tomoo Inoue, Seikei University.
Denny Irawan, Australian National University.
Tatsuyoshi Okimoto, Keio University.

Discussant:
Konari Uchida, Waseda University and TCER

“Common Ownership, Climate Risk and Lending”

Elena Carletti, Bocconi University and CEPR.
Anja Duranovic, Utrecht University.
Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University and CEPR.
Steven Ongena, University of Zurich and CEPR.

Discussant:
Hibiki Ichiue, Keio University

“The Impact of Emissions Trading Systems on Manufacturing Installation Productivity: Evidence from Japan”

Guanyu Lua, Waseda University.
Kenta Tanaka, Musashi University.
Toshihide Arimura, Waseda University, RIETI and TCER

Discussant:
Akio Yamazaki, GRIPS

“Nuclear Operations with a High Penetration of Renewables: The Case of France”

Nicolas Astier, Paris School of Economics.
Frank Wolak, Stanford University and NBER.

Discussant:
Claire Lim, University of Western Ontario and CEPR

“Market design for carbon and nature markets”

Beatrice Weder Di Mauro, Geneva Graduate Institute, INSEAD, and CEPR.
Estelle Cantillon, Universite Libre de Bruxelles and CEPR.
Eric Lambin, UC Louvain and Stanford.

Discussant:
Kenichi Ueda, The University of Tokyo

Break

“A Supply Curve for Forest-Based CO2 Removal”

Robert S. Pindyck, MIT and NBER.
Sergio L. Franklin Jr., Superintendencia de Seguros Privados.

Discussant:
Masahiro Sugiyama, The University of Tokyo

“The Incidence of a Global Carbon Tax and CO2 Emissions.”

Wolfram Schlenker, Harvard University and NBER.

Discussant:
Armon Rezai, Vienna University of Economics and Business and CEPR