Seminars: Environmental Economics and Policy

API-905Y/Econ 3116 Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy
Term: Fall 2026
Harvard Location: Land Hall, Belfer 400 (HKS campus) MIT Location: TBD
Meeting Time: Wednesday 3:00 PM - 4:15 PM
Description: Selected topics in environmental and resource economics. Emphasizes theoretical models, quantitative empirical analysis, and public policy applications. Includes invited outside speakers. Offered jointly with the Kennedy School as API-905Y.
List Serve/Announcements: Seminar Schedules \| Harvard Environmental Economics Program For further information, please contact the course assistant, Meredith Landry (617-496-8054), or visit the seminar website.
Please refer to the following Canvas course site: API 905Y: Seminar in Environmental Economics and Policy (Fall 2026)

DATE	SPEAKER	LOCATION	TITLE
9/10	Susanna Berkouwer (Wharton School of Business)	MIT	Susanna B. Berkouwer (Wharton) and Joshua T. Dean (Booth). 2026. Green subsidies with demand distortions (paper)
9/17	Simon Greenhill (Harvard)	HKS	Simon Greenhill (Harvard). 2026. Noise pollution and infant health (paper)
9/24	Marco Tabellini (HBS)	MIT	Peter Huybers (Harvard), Marco Tabellini (Harvard - HBS), Charles A. Taylor (Harvard - HKS) & Francesco Toti (University of Michigan). 2026. Climate and Prehistoric Migration (paper)
10/1	Ashley Langer (University of Arizona)	HKS	Gautam Gowrisankaran (Columbia), Ashley Langer (University of Arizona) and Nicholas Ryan (Yale). 2026. Plugging in the Wind and Sun: Grid Integration with Cost Externalities and Uncertainty
10/8	Practice job talk: Chloe Tanaka	HKS
10/15	Practice job talk: Coly Elhai	HKS
10/22	Juan-Pablo Montero (PUC Chile)	MIT	TBD
10/29	Sarah Armitage (Boston University - Questrom School of Business)	HKS	Sarah C. Armitage (Boston University), Judson Boomhower (UCSD) & Catherine Hausman (University of Michigan). 2026. Cutting Costs or Cutting Corners: Asset Reallocation in Oil and Gas Production (paper)
11/5	Farid Farrokhi (Boston College)	MIT	TBD
11/12	Rafael Araujo (FGV EESP)	HKS	Rafael Araujo (FGV EESP). 2026. When Clouds Go Dry: An Integrated Model of Deforestation, Rainfall, and Agriculture (paper)
11/19	David Molitor (University of Illinois)	MIT	David A. Keiser (University of Massachusetts, Amherst), Bhashkar Mazumder (University of California, Irvine), David Molitor (University of Illinois) & Joseph S. Shapiro (UC Berkeley). 2026. Water Works: Causes and Consequences of Safe Drinking Water in America (paper)