May 18, 2026

HOOVER INSTITUTION, STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Annenberg Conference Room, George Shultz Building

8:30 AM | LIGHT BREAKFAST

9:00 AM | OPENING REMARKS: INSTITUTIONS, PROSPERITY, AND ADAPTATION

Dominic Parker, U. of Wisconsin, Hoover Institution 

Mary Shirley, Ronald Coase Institute

9:25 AM | SESSION 1: OVERVIEW OF EVIDENCE ON GLOBAL ADAPTATION

Tamma Carleton, UC Berkeley

9:50 AM | BREAK

10:00 AM | 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

11:00 AM | BREAK

11:15 AM | SESSION 3: PROPERTY RIGHTS

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, University of Padova (Presenter)

Alemu Lambamo, CSAE- Oxford University, and the Ministry of Finance- Ethiopia.

11:45 AM | Discussion

Gary Libecap, UCSB & Ronald Coase Institute

Dinsha Mistree, Hoover Institution

12:15 PM | LUNCH

Shultz Auditorium

1:15 PM | 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

2:15 PM | BREAK

2:30 PM | 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 Shocks, 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, Johns Hopkins University, IFPRI, & Ronald Coase Institute

Meera Mahadevan, UC San Diego

3:40 PM | BREAK

3:50 PM | 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

4:40 PM | CONFERENCE WRAP-UP & CLOSING COMMENTS

Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution

Alexandra Benham, Ronald Coase Institute

Lee Benham, Ronald Coase Institute

5:00 PM | ON-SITE RECEPTION

5:30 PM | DINNER