Climate Disasters & Environment
Will the federal government be ready for natural disasters this year?
Content from the Brookings-Tsinghua Public Policy Center is now archived. Since October 1, 2020, Brookings has maintained a limited partnership with Tsinghua University School of Public Policy and Management that is intended to facilitate jointly organized dialogues, meetings, and/or events.
On September 21 and September 22, the Brookings-Tsinghua Center for Public Policy will host a two-day conference on environmental and transportation issues in urban environments. Academics from China and abroad will present papers on air travel, electric vehicles, the automobile market, and transportation policies. Clifford Winston, the Searle Freedom Trust Senior Fellow in the Brookings Institution’s Economic Studies program will moderate the discussion. Distinguished economists from applied microeconomics will attend the conference and comment on papers presented.
Agenda
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September 22
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Environment-enhanced momentum
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
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Adoption of electric vehicles: Manufactures’ incentives and public policy
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Moderator
MJMark Jacobsen Associate Professor of Economics - University of California, San DiegoPanelist
JSJing Shao Associate Professor - University of International Business and EconomicsHYHangjun Yang Professor - Department of Transport Economics and Logistics, School of International Trade and Economics, University of International Business and EconomicsAZAnming Zhang Professor - Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia -
Negotiating a housing deal on a polluted day: Consequences and possible explanations
5:00 pm - 6:15 pm
Moderator
RCRobert Crandall Adjunct Senior Fellow - Technology Policy Institute -
Flights to safety: Evidence of Chinese residents fleeing air pollution via air travels
9:45 am - 11:00 am
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Supply, demand, and the effects of government policy in the Chinese automobile market
11:15 am - 12:30 pm
Moderator
Jia Yan Associate Professor - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University -
Subway boom in China: Does it reduce congestion?
2:00 pm - 3:15 pm
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Transportation policies and equilibrium sorting: Evidence from Beijing
3:30 pm - 4:45 pm
Moderator
Jia Yan Associate Professor - School of Economic Sciences, Washington State UniversityPanelist
Andrew Waxman Assistant Professor - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin @andrewrwaxmanJWJing Wu Head and Associate Professor - Department of Construction Management, Tsinghua University, Acting Director - Hang Lung Center for Real Estate, Tsinghua University -
Final comments and close of conference
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
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