http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/ Conferences, Seminars, Workshops (c) Australian National University Copyright 2010. en-us Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +1000 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +1000 http://www.crawdord.anu.edu.au/RSS/podcast/2009/ crawford.webmaster@anu.edu.au (Webmaster) Dasgupta and Weitzman have shown that the saving rates implied by the Stern Review's values for the rate of pure time preference and the elasticity of the marginal utility of consumption are too high from either a normative (Dasgupta) or descriptive (Weitzman) perspective. Given the attention this debate has received in the literature, there is a need for a rigorous presentation of the determinants of saving rates in models actually used to evaluate climate change policy. Wed, 2 Dec 2009 14:00:00 +1000 http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/RSS/podcast/2009/ksmith.mp3 http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/RSS/podcast/2009/ksmith.mp3 Dr Nigel Jollands’ career spans 15 years in energy, resource management and economic analysis fields. In November 2006 he took up a post with the International Energy Agency (IEA) as Principal Administrator in the Energy Efficiency and Environment Division. In February 2009 he was appointed Head, Energy Efficiency Unit at the IEA. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +1000 http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/RSS/podcast/2009/njollands.mp3 http://www.crawford.anu.edu.au/RSS/podcast/2009/njollands.mp3