Bracing for the ecological transition: challenges, opportunities, solutions

Natalia Fabra will be presenting her research on renewables and local jobs at the 5th Joint Research Conference on Firm organization, firm financing and firm dynamics entitled “Bracing for the ecological transition: challenges, opportunities, solutions”, and organized by Banque de France, Banca d’Italia and Sciences Po, in cooperation with the CEPR.

THURSDAY 12/1

9.40 – 10.00. Registration
10.00 – 10.45. Managerial and Financial Barriers during the Green Transition. Ralph De Haas (EBRD), Ralf
Martin (Imperial College), Mirabelle Muûls (Imperial College), Helena Schweiger (EBRD).
10.45 – 11.05. Coffee break
11.05 – 11.50. The Impact of Corporate Climate Action on Financial Markets: Evidence from Climate-Related
Patents. Ulrich Hege (TSE), Sébastien Pouget (TSE), Yifei Zhang (Peking University).
11.50 – 12.35. Are Carbon Prices Priced in Stock Returns? Patrick Bolton (Imperial College), Adrian Lam
(Amsterdam University), Mirabelle Muuls (Imperial College).
12.35 – 13.45. Buffet lunch.
13.45 – 14.30. Do Renewables Create Local Jobs? Natalia Fabra (CarlosIII and CEPR), Eduardo Gutiérrez
(Banco de Espana), Aitor Lacuesta (Banco de Espana), Roberto Ramos (Banco de Espana).
14.30 – 15.15. The Effects of Climate Change on Labor and Capital Reallocation. Christoph Albert (Collegio
Carlo Alberto), Paula Bustos (CEMFI), Jacopo Ponticelli (Northwestern University).
15.15 – 15.35. Coffee break
15.35 – 16.20. Climate Variability and International Trade. Walter Steingress (Syracuse University).
19.30 Dinner (on invitation)

FRIDAY 12/2

9.30 – 9.45. Registration
9.45 – 10.30. Emission caps and investment in green technologies. Bruno Biais (HEC), Augustin Landier
(HEC).
10.30 – 10.50. Coffee break
10.50 – 11.35. Induced Innovation, Inventors, and the Energy Transition. Eugenie Dugoua (LSE), Todd
Gerarden (Cornell University).
11.35 – 12.20. The Effect of ESG Disclosure on Corporate Investment Efficiency. Elsa Allman (Banque de
France), Joonsung Won (Baruch College).
12.20 – 13.30. Buffet lunch.
13.30 – 14.15. Dance for the rain or pay for insurance? An empirical analysis of the Italian crop insurance
market. Luca Citino (Bank of Italy), Alessandro Palma (GSSI), Matteo Paradisi (EIEF).
14.15 – 15.00. Saving for a Dry Day: Coal, Dams and the Energy Transition. Michele Fioretti (Sciences Po),
Jorge Tamayo (Harvard).
15.00. Adjourn

Program committee:
Federico Cingano (Banca d’Italia), Stéphane Guibaud (Sciences Po), Andrea Linarello (Banca d’Italia),
Noémie Lisack (Banque de France), Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po and CEPR), Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier
(Banque de France and Sciences Po).
Organization committee:
Federico Cingano, Jean-Stéphane Mésonnier, Maria Ohlund (Sciences Po), Pilar Calvo (Sciences Po)

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