I propose a framework to estimate demand and analyze welfare in water markets using transactions data. To infer preferences from observed choices in an existing market, this framework overcomes two key empirical challenges. First, it can recover marginal valuations in the presence of unobserved transaction costs, which lead observed prices ...
Air pollution is a vexing problem for emerging countries that strike a delicate balance between environmental, health, and energy for growth. We examine these difficulties in a study of disparate levels of exposure to pollution from coal-fired power generation in India, a country with high levels of air pollution and ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
Nonequilibrium Dynamics in Colloidal Semiconductor NanomaterialsStructure, surface chemistry, and energetic disorder can dramatically affect excited state dynamics in low-dimensional systems. Using a combination of ultrafast laser spectroscopy, time-resolved optical microscopy, and kinetic modeling, I will show how these effects manifest in assemblies of colloidal quantum dots (QD) and atomically thin 2D semiconductors, which are promising ...
Where: BerkeleyCost: Free
8th Annual San Francisco Green Film FestivalNumber of Films Forecast: 50 films in 8 daysNumber of Guest Speakers/Filmmakers Forecast: 100+ guest speakers including filmmakers, environmental experts, and global partners.Venues: Venues across San Francisco including Opening & Closing Nights at the Castro Theatre, with additional screenings at Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, YBCA, Koret Auditorium at ...
Join an interdisciplinary panel of Bay Area experts, featuring museum educators, scientists, resilience designers, and governance and policy leaders. Participants will share approaches to climate change adaptation and engagement that help create a better future for the Bay and its communities. Topics for this lively discussion will include:Large-scale investment in ...
Radio AstronomyKeith Payea will discuss the basics of radio astronomy and how it relates to visual astronomy. He will also inform us how amateurs can do meaningful radio astronomy with simple backyard equipment or by on-line remotely accessible radio telescopes. We are receiving radio signals all of the time from our ...
Julia Galef is the president and co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality, a nonprofit organization focused on improving reasoning and decision making through building new tools and strategies and connecting interested people to them. Galef also sits on the board of the New York City Skeptics and hosts the ...
