In this episode, our guest is Robin Burgess from the LSE and we talked about the direction that the Environmental Economics is taking, new datasets, approaches, tension between economic growth, and climate change, and more!

Current Host: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen)

Podcast Owners: Ruveyda Gozen (@ruveyda_gozen) and John Van Reenen (@johnvanreenen)

01:30 Deforestation and Political Incentives

06:25 The Direction of Environmental Economics

10:50 A Personal Story by Robin Burgess and His Production Function

14:30 His New ERC Grant and The Projects Ahead!

21:00 Economic Growth and Climate Change Tension

25:40 Whose Turn(!) to Pollute?

34:30 Green Policies

42:50 Cheezy Questions!