ASSA 2020 Webcasts of Select Sessions
View webcasts of select sessions from the Annual Meeting in San Diego on January 3-5, 2020 (compliments of the AEA).
January 3, 2020
Carbon Tax Policy
Presiding: Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University
Measuring the Macroeconomic Impact of Carbon Taxes - Gilbert Metcalf, Tufts University and NBER and James Stock, Harvard University
The Fiscal Costs of Climate Change - Lint Barrage, University of California-Santa Barbara and NBER
The Welfare Implications of Carbon Price Certainty - Joseph E. Aldy, Harvard University and NBER and Sarah Armitage, Harvard University
Meredith Fowlie, University of California-Berkeley
Roberton Williams III, University of Maryland and NBER
Garth Heutel, Georgia State University and NBER
AEA/AFA Joint Luncheon: Nudges are Not Enough: The Case for Price-Based Paternalism
David Laibson, Harvard University, introduced by David Hirshleifer, University of California-Irvine
How Can Economics Solve Its Race Problem?
Presiding: Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
Ebonya Washington, Yale University
Randall Akee, University of California-Los Angeles
Cecilia Conrad, Pomona College
Trevon Logan, Ohio State University
Edward Miguel, University of California-Berkeley
Marie T. Mora, University of Missouri-St. Louis
AEA Distinguished Lecture: Gender in the 21st Century
Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago, introduced by Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
January, 4, 2020
Alan Krueger's Contributions to Economics
Presiding: David Card, University of California-Berkeley
Alexandre Mas, Princeton University
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Northwestern University
Lawrence Katz, Harvard University
Lisa Lynch, Brandeis University
David Card, University of California-Berkeley
Economics for Inclusive Prosperity (EfIP)
Presiding: Dani Rodrik, Harvard University
Can Economics Rise to the Challenge? - Suresh Naidu, Columbia University, Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, and Gabriel Zucman, University of California-Berkeley
Economic Foundations of Real Freedom for All - Samuel Bowles, Santa Fe Institute and Wendy Carlin, University College London
The Political Limits of Economics - Luigi Zingales, University of Chicago
Nobel Laureate Luncheon honoring the 2018 Nobel Laureates William Nordhaus (Yale University) and Paul Romer (New York University)
Presiding: Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
Lint Barrage, University of Southern California-Santa Barbara
Robert Gordon, Northwestern University
George Akerlof, University of California-Berkeley
Chad Jones, Stanford University
Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Presiding: Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Anne Case, Princeton University
Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University
Raghuram Rajan, University of Chicago
Kenneth Rogoff, Harvard University
AEA Awards Ceremony
Presiding: Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
AEA Presidential Address: The New Tools of Monetary Policy
Ben Bernanke, Brookings Institution, introduced by Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
January 5, 2020
Japanification, Secular Stagnation, and Fiscal and Monetary Policy Challenges
Presiding: Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
Mario Draghi, European Central Bank
Lawrence Summers, Harvard University
Janet Yellen, Brookings Institution
Adam Posen, Peterson Institute for International Economics
See Also: 2020 Continuing Education Webcasts