Videos

The Keynesian Concept of Uncertainty

25 November 2009
Speaker: André Orléan (CNRS)
Commentator: Michèle Leclerc (EHESS)

Three Sources of Probability Calculations in the 18th Century

28 October 2009
Speaker: Michel Armatte (Centre Alexandre Koyré)
Commentator: Pierre-Charles Pradier (University of Paris-I)

Bayesian Confirmation Theory

26 March 2009
Speaker: Mikaël Cozic (École Normale Supérieure)
Commentator: Brian Hill (G.R.E.G.H.E.C.)

Appeal: Towards a Common Fiscal Policy: Relaunching the Euro-zone Economies

9 February 2009 (in Berlin)

Jean-Louis Beffa (Saint-Gobain), Gerhard Illing (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich), Inge Kaul (Hertie School of Governance), Günther Schmid (W.Z.B.), Robert Solow (M.I.T.)

Stochastic Models of Decision Making

5 February 2009
Speaker: Jérôme Sackur (École Normale Supérieure)
Commentator: Catherine Tallon-Baudry (C.N.R.S.)

Thursday, 18 December 2008

The Economic Cost of Climate Change

Morning Session
1. Economics and the Environment
Martin Weitzman (Harvard University)
Olivier Godard (CNRS)
Commentator: Philippe Quirion (CNRS)

Some Basic Economics of Extreme Climate Change, Martin Weitzman (Harvard University)

Economics in the Environmental Crisis: Part of the Solution or Part of the Problem?, Olivier Godard (CNRS)

Comments on Olivier Godard and Martin Weitzman’s presentations, Philippe Quirion (CNRS)

Afternoon Session
2. Scenarios and Models of Climate Change
Michel Armatte (Centre Alexandre Koyré)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg)
Commentator: Jean-Charles Hourcade (CIRED)

Building Scenarios: How Climate Change Became an Economic Question, Michel Armatte (INSEE)

In Defence of Sensible Economics, Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg)

Comments on Michel Armatte and Thomas Sterner’s presentations, Jean-Charles Hourcade (CIRED)

Comments, Questions and Answers

Morning Session
3. Certainties, Uncertainties and What They Imply about Action
Thomas Schelling (University of Maryland), keynote speaker
Commentators: Masahiko Aoki (Stanford University) and Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Stanford University)

Comments on Thomas Schelling’s presentation, Masahiko Aoki (Stanford University)

Comments on Thomas Schelling’s presentation, Jean-Pierre Dupuy (Stanford University)

Afternoon Session
4. Round Table chaired by Robert Solow (MIT): Where Do We Stand and Where Do We Go from Here?
Inge Kaul (Hertie School of Governance)
Thomas Schelling (University of Maryland)
Nicholas Stern (London School of Economics)
Thomas Sterner (University of Gothenburg)
Martin Weitzman (Harvard University)

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