Institutional Barriers to Climate Adaptation:
Evidence from around the World
Light Breakfast
Opening Remarks: Institutions, Prosperity, and Adaptation
Dominic Parker, U. of Wisconsin, Hoover Institutio
Mary Shirley, Ronald Coase Institute
Session 1: Overview of Evidence on Global Adaptation
Tamma Carleton, UC Berkeley
Break
Session 2: Tradeoffs between Mitigation and Adaptation
10:00 AM
Dilemma between Climate Mitigation and Adaptation
Zilen Chen, Peking University (presenter)
Xianling Long, Peking University
Jingyuan Wang, University of Michigan
10:15 AM
High Energy Prices Kill People and Productivity: Evidence from a Nuclear Accident
Takanao Tanaka, UC Berkeley
10:30 AM
Discussion
Steven Koonin, Hoover Institution
Shanjun Li, Stanford University
Break
11:15 AM
Land Record Digitization and Climate Resilience in India
Aliz Toth, London School of Economics
11:30 AM
Secure Land Rights and Climate Adaptation in Ethiopia (Virtual)
Dagmawe Tenaw, Dire Dawa University, Ethiopia (Presenter)
Alemu Lambamo et al., Dire Dawa University, Ethiopia
11:45 AM
Discussion
Gary Libecap, UCSB & Ronald Coase Institute,
Dinsha Mistree, Hoover Institution
Lunch
Session 4: Policy Incentives
1:15 PM
Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta
Allan Hsiao, Stanford University
1:30 PM
Perverse Incentives of Land Regulation in the Amazon
Kathyrn Baragwanath, U. of Melbourne
Nilesh Shinde, Indiana U. (Presenter)
1:45 PM
Discussion
Matthew Kahn, USC & Hoover Institution
Phil Keefer, Inter-American Development Bank & Ronald Coase Institute
Break
Session 5: Egg Timers Sessions with Young Scholars
2:30 PM
Voters can Reward Climate Adaptation Policy
Anthony Calcino, U. of Oxford
Cesar B. Martínez-Álvarez, UC Santa Barbara (Presenter)
2:40 PM
Urbanization, Climate Change Uncertainty, and Density
Joaquin A. Urrego, Wake Forest U. (Presenter)
Juan Jose Miranda, World Bank
2:50 PM
Drought, Land Ownership and Labor Reallocation: Evidence from India
Sayahnika Basu, James Madison University
3:00 PM
Adapting to Climate or Policy? Price Supports and Farmer Choices in India
Nisha Koppa, Colorado University
3:10 PM
Discussion
Katrina Kosec, John Hopkins University & Ronald Coase Institute
Meera Mahadevan, UC San Diego
Break
Session 6: Evaluation and Promoting Adaptation
3:50 PM
Are we Adapting?
Marshall Burke, Stanford University
4:10 PM
Discussion
Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution
Roger Noll, Stanford University
Conference Wrap-Up & Closing Comments
Terry Anderson, Hoover Institute
Alexandra Benham, Ronald Coase Institute
Lee Benham, Ronald Coase Institute