The Economic Science Association (ESA) is a professional organization devoted to economics as an observational science, using controlled experiments to learn about economic behavior. One day before the 2022 North American Economic Science Association (ESA) conference in Santa Barbara, CA...

We live in a time of unprecedented challenges for the energy sector. As the world begins to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, it becomes evident that the pandemic has brought to the surface economic and societal vulnerabilities, while its repercussions on energy systems have already started to...

The Economic Science Association (ESA) is a professional organization devoted to economics as an observational science, using controlled experiments to learn about economic behavior. The ESA welcomes participation by economists interested in the results of such experiments, as well as scholars...

The conference is open to all forms of energy and environment topics. For energy, the subjects could range from production, transmission, distribution, retail and financial markets. For environment, the topics could focus on policies, emerging technologies and institutions.