https://youtu.be/OschD4MJyt0 Speaker Akshaya Jha is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy. Institution: Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University Title  "Start-up Costs and Market Power: Lessons from the Renewable Energy Transition" Abstract   Firms expect to recover the fixed costs required to start production by earning positive operating profits […]

https://youtu.be/iSXvZACBoAY Speaker Adrien Fabre is a CNRS researcher at CIRED Title  Fighting Climate Change: International Attitudes Toward Climate Policies Abstract Using new surveys on more than 40,000 respondents in twenty countries that account for 72% of global CO2 emissions, we study the understanding of and attitudes toward climate change and climate policies. We show that, […]

Speaker Charles F. Mason is H.A. True Chair in Petroleum and Natural Gas Economics. Department of Economics, University of Wyoming Title  Complications in Cooperating when Players are Asymmetric: Theory and Experimental Evidence Abstract I study an indefinitely repeated game where players' payoffs are asymmetric. Attempts to cooperate in such an environment, for example by rationing […]

Feel free to watch our last FLM's video https://youtu.be/09km8YRkslk     Speaker Philippe Quirion is Research Director at CNRS, CIRED Title Tackling car emissions in urban areas: Shift, Avoid, Improve (join work with Marion Leroutier) Abstract The environmental externalities associated with car use represent a significant cost to society. Using a representative transport survey from […]

https://youtu.be/A8G-G-Jdh1o Speaker Clément Nedoncelle is an INRAe Research Fellow, in the UMR PSAE (INRAE, AgroParisTech) Title Extreme temperatures and inequality: Evidence from French agriculture. Abstract   Climate change is expected to alter the frequency of occurrence of extreme weather events. Ap-plying quantile regressions on French crop farmers individual cross sectioned data over the period2002-2017, we […]

https://youtu.be/8DPq5vwOB5s Speaker Marc Baudry is a Professor at the University of Paris Nanterre and Head of the CO2 Price and Low Carbon Innovation Program Title  Long-term decarbonisation: can the EU-ETS do better? Abstract Despite the marked increase in the price of carbon on the EU-ETS for several years, the European Commission has shown its willingness […]

  https://youtu.be/JZsCcIi7A3w Speaker Anna Creti is a Professor at the University of Paris Dauphine and Director of the CEC Title Decoding the reform of the electricity market  (The FLM will take place in an interview format, with Anna Creti answering questions from the Chair's PhD students) Abstract The current system has provided an efficient and […]

Speaker Alexandre Mayol is Lecturer in economics (BETA - University of Lorraine) and holder of the Natural Resources and Local Economy Chair Title Tariff design, incentives and transports: an experimental approach (with Philippe Gagnepain, Sébastien Massoni et Carine Staropoli)  Abstract How do consumers react to tariff design? The theoretical literature in industrial organization aims to […]

https://youtu.be/zH36JvTUjCg Speaker Luca Taschini is an economist and his research is interdisciplinary and spans economics and applied finance. It cuts across the fields of environmental and resource economics, financial economics and industrial organisation. Luca Taschini is Professor of Climate Change Finance at the University of Edinburgh Business School and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the […]

  https://youtu.be/CHVmB47yfCU Speaker Kenneth Houngbedji is a Researcher (IRD, LEDa-DIAL) Title Rainy days and learning outcomes: evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa with Yasmine Bekkouche (ULB)and Oswald Koussihouèdé (UNESCO IIEP) Abstract We combined information on daily rainfall at school locations and standardized test scores to study how learning outcomes at primary schools are affected by precipitation during […]

Speaker Vincent Viguié is a researcher at CIRED, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech Titre  Simulating the impact of urban climate policies over a large number of cities Résumé City-level policies are increasingly recognized as key components of strategies to reduce transport greenhouse gas emissions. However, at a global scale, their total efficiencies, costs and practical feasibility […]