Program

TimeRoomTheme Paper TitlePresenterDiscussant
8.30 – 8.50am Registration
8.50 – 9am Opening remarks
9 – 10.30am Room B222 Gender Can girls’ education promote clean cooking? Evidence from Bangladesh Md Ubaydullah, Ritsumeikan University Yutong Xia, Deakin University
9 – 10.30am Room B222 Gender Weathering Abuse: Temperature Extremes and Violence Against Women in Australia Sharmi Sen, Monash University Md Ubaydullah, Ritsumeikan University
9 – 10.30am Room B222 Gender Female-led Governance and Urban Green Development under Environmental Promotion Pressure Yutong Xia, Deakin University (Session chair) Sharmi Sen, Monash University
9 – 10.30am Room B224 Finance Quantifying Time-Varying Climate Beta of Banks: A Semiparametric Approach Yueheng Hu, Monash University Yiding Ma, Technical University of Denmark
9 – 10.30am Room B224 Finance The impact of the R&D tax deduction pre-assessment policy on ESG performance: Evidence from China Fuying Wei, Massey University Yueheng Hu, Monash University
9 – 10.30am Room B224 Finance How does the cost of capital affect oil production? Yiding Ma, Technical University of Denmark (Session chair) Fuying Wei, Massey University
10.30 – 11am Morning tea
11am – 12.30pm Room B222 Energy transition Does Renewable Investment Revive Local Labour Markets? Evidence from US Coal-Closure Counties Hemawathy Balarama, London School of Economics and Political Science Abdoul Aziz Diaw, Université de Sherbrooke
11am – 12.30pm Room B222 Energy transition The Repurposing Trap: Time-Inconsistency and Frictions in Coal-to-Nuclear Transitions Shichang Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hemawathy Balarama, London School of Economics and Political Science
11am – 12.30pm Room B222 Energy transition Are Energy Efficiency Improvements Getting Harder to Find? Abdoul Aziz Diaw, Université de Sherbrooke (Session chair) Shichang Zhang, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
11am – 12.30pm Room B224 Nature, land use and biodiversity Low income drives biodiversity loss in Cambodia Sharar Kader, Monash University Ze (Emily) Wang, The University of Tokyo
11am – 12.30pm Room B224 Nature, land use and biodiversity Beyond Anthropocentrism? An Economic Analysis of Rights of Nature as Legal Technology Rossella De Sabbata, University of Bristol Sharar Kader, Monash University
11am – 12.30pm Room B224 Nature, land use and biodiversity Observable Compliance, Hidden Distortions: Cropland Protection under Incomplete Monitoring Ze (Emily) Wang, The University of Tokyo (Session chair) Rossella De Sabbata, University of Bristol
12.30 – 1.30pm Lunch
1.30 – 3pm Room B222 Climate shocks When the Flood Hits, Does Household Food Security Follow or Only When Prices Move? Evidence from Nigeria Jamilu Babangida, Griffith University Suzie Imelda Foudjo, University of Buea
1.30 – 3pm Room B222 Climate shocks Preferences, trust, and index-based flood insurance: Evidence from Peru Jose Armando Cobian Alvarez, The Australian National University Jamilu Babangida, Griffith University
1.30 – 3pm Room B222 Climate shocks The power of environmental constitutional disposition in reducing climate vulnerability: Evidence from the world Suzie Imelda Foudjo, University of Buea (Session chair) Jose Armando Cobian Alvarez, The Australian National University
1.30– 3pm Room B224 Trade and critical minerals Does Trade Liberalisation Favour Dirty Industries? Evidence from the China–Australia FTA Thuy-Linh Bui, The Australian National University Yitian Wang, Monash University
1.30 – 3pm Room B224 Trade and critical minerals Mines, Farms and Forests: Evidence from Brazil Fabio Maciel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Thuy-Linh Bui, The Australian National University
1.30 – 3pm Room B224 Trade and critical minerals Where Geopolitical Risk Binds: Complementary Roles for Stockpiling, Diversification and Technological Progress in Critical Mineral Supply Chains Yitian Wang, Monash University (Session chair) Fabio Maciel, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
3 – 3.30pm Afternoon tea
3.30 – 5pm Room B222 Transport Public Transit Strikes and Urban Air Pollution: Evidence from the London Underground Jacky Hu, Deakin University Zhihao Han, National University of Singapore
3.30 – 5pm Room B222 Transport NIMBY: Build-Out of High Speed Rail and the Housing Market Zhihao Han, National University of Singapore (Session chair) Jacky Hu, Deakin University
3.30 – 5pm Room B224 Carbon policy Optimal Carbon Tax and Rebate Mechanism under Asymmetric Information Zhuohong Shen, The Australian National University Inigo De Juan Razquin, University of Technology Sydney
3.30 – 5pm Room B224 Carbon policy Emission trading, financial frictions, and transition risks Saurav Kumar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research Zhuohong Shen, The Australian National University
3.30 – 5pm Room B224 Carbon policy Coordinating on an Environmental Path: Experimental Evidence Inigo De Juan Razquin, University of Technology Sydney (Session chair) Saurav Kumar, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research
6pm Dinner (Location TBD)