Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
A research-focused podcast on the economics of climate change and air pollution. Episodes are released every two weeks on Tuesday at 6 am CET. Episodes will be either expert interviews or solo explorations of key issues. Hosted by Dr. Arvid Viaene, a climate economist with a PhD from the University of Chicago. He has done research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture and mortality. His research on climate-related mortality has been published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics, and he has advised the European Commission on the impacts of climate policy on firm competitiveness.
Climate Economics with Arvid Viaene
# 13 Dr. Reed Walker – Estimating the Marginal Costs and Benefits of U.S. Air Pollution Regulations
In this episode, Berkeley professor Reed Walker discusses his American Economic Review paper with Joe Shapiro on the costs and benefits of U.S. air-pollution regulation—using Clean Air Act offset markets to infer marginal abatement costs—and why the results suggest regulation is often too lenient on the margin. We also touch on his Journal of Political Economy paper on the long-run consequences of cleaner air for children’s adult earnings.
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