EES SPEAKERS and EVENTS: ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS
Academic Year '07-'08
Academic Year '06-'07
Academic Year '05-'06
Academic Year '04-'05
Academic Year '03-'04
ALL EVENTS WILL TAKE PLACE ON FRIDAYS FROM 4:00-5:30 P.M., UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED
FALL 2007:October 19: Stephen Holland, UNC Greensboro, Bren Hall 1414
"When to Pollute, When to Abate? Evidence on Intertemporal Permit Use in the LA NOx Market"
October 26: Erin Mansur, Yale University, Bren Hall 1414
"Averting Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence from New Source Review"
November 16: James Wilen, UC Davis, Bren Hall 1424
"The Economics of Spatial-Dynamic Processes"November 30: Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley, Bren Hall 1424
“Sacred Cars? Optimal Regulation of Stationary and Non-stationary Pollution Sources”
WINTER 2008:February 20: Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois [note day change: Wednesday, Feb 20, 5pm], Bren Hall 1414
"What Drives Firms to be Green? Environmental Management Systems and Pollution Prevention Innovation"
February 29: Kathy Segerson, UConn, Bren Hall 1424
TBAMarch 7: Jinhua Zhao, Iowa State University, Bren Hall 1424
TBASPRING 2008: (Tentative speakers, scheduling in progress)
Mark Jacobsen, UC San Diego
TBA
Daniel Rondeau, University of Victoria
TBA
April 25: Ed Barbier, University of Wyoming, Bren Hall 1424
TBA
May 16: Scott Taylor, University of Calgary, Bren Hall 1424
"Buffalo Hunt: International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the North American Bison"
FALL 2006:
September 29: Prof. David Sunding, UC Berkeley (4pm, Bren Hall 3526)
"Rationing in the Market for New Housing"October 27: Prof. Paul Ferraro, Georgia State University (4pm, Bren Hall 3526)
"How Effective are Protected Areas in Slowing Land Use Change? An econometric assessment"October 31: Prof. Charles Perrings, Arizona State University (12:30pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Biological Invasions, Biological Diversity and Trade"Ninth Occasional California Workshop on Environmental and Resource Economics (Nov 3-4, 2006).
December 1: Prof. Bonnie G. Colby, University of Arizona (4pm, Bren Hall 3526)
"Negotiated Water Prices in Colorado and Arizona: The Role of Drought"WINTER 2007:
January 12: Alex Farrell, UC Berkeley (4pm, Bren Hall 1510)
"The Race for 21st Century Fuels "
Janurary 26: Steve Salant, University of Michigan (4pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Putting Free-Riding to Work: A Partnership Solution to the Common-Property Problem"
February 23: Ramon Lopez, University of Maryland (4pm, Bren Hall 1510)
"Structural Change and Sustainable Development"
March 2: Andrew Plantinga, Oregon State University (4pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Optimal Reduction of Habitat Fragmentation with Incentive-Based Policies"
March 9: Ellen Hanak, Public Policy Institute of California (4pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Is Water Policy Limiting Residential Growth? Evidence from California"
SPRING 2007:April 27: Jon Jungbien Moon, University of Pennsylvania - Wharton (1-2 pm, NH 2212)
"In Good Company: A Critical Evaluation of the Corporate Social Performance - Corporate Financial Performance Link"
April 27: Hossein Farzin, UC Davis (4pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Social Norm of Work and the Optimality of Resource Extinction"
May 25: Erin Mansur, Yale University (4pm, Bren Hall 1424)
"Averting Enforcement: Strategic Response to the threat of Environmental Regulation"
June 1: Rognvaldur Hannesson, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (4 pm, Bren Hall)
"Cooperative Equilibria in Fisheries: How Many Players?"
ACADEMIC YEAR '05-'06
FALL 2005:
Eighth Occasional California Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics
FALL 2004:
October 13: Dr. Urvashi Narain, Resources for the Future
“Poverty and the Environment: Exploring the Relationship Between Household Incomes, Private Assets, and Natural Assets”
October 22: Professor Steve Polasky, University of Minnesota
"Diversity, productivity, and temporal stability in the economies of humans and nature"WINTER 2005:
January 13: Prof. Wolfram Schlenker, Dept. of Economics, UCSD (Currently visiting Princeton)
"The Impact of Global Warming on US Agriculture"
Feb. 9: Prof. Karl-Gustaf Löfgren, Umea University, Sweden
"The Water and Diamond Paradox and NNP as a Welfare Indicator"
March 7: Prof. Jay Shimshack, Dept. of Economics, Tufts University (Visiting Prof., Bren, 2004-5)
"Are Mercury Advisories Effective? Information, Education, and Fish Consumption”
March 9: Terry Anderson, Hoover Institution, Stanford
"The Wealth of Indian Nations: Economic Performance and Institutions on Reservations"
SPRING 2005:
April 14: Prof. Steve Hamilton, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
"Marketable permits, low-sulfur coal, and the behavior of railraods"
April 20: Prof. Scott Barrett, Johns Hopkins University
Title TBA
May 10: Prof. Tom Lyons, University of Michigan
"Greenwash: Corporate Environmental Disclosure Under Threat of Audit"
FALL 2003:
October 24: Prof. Severin Borenstein, University of California, Berkeley
"Efficiency Effects of Introducing Time-Varying Retail Prices in Competitive Electricity Markets"October 31: Prof. Anna Alberini, University of Maryland
“Willingness to Pay for Future Risk: How Much Does Latency Matter?”November 14: Prof. Trudy Cameron, University of Oregon and UCLA
”Ex Ante Valuation of Probabilistic Reductions in Morbidity/Mortality”November 21: Prof. Sheila Olmstead, Yale
"Does Price Structure Matter? Household Water Demand Under Increasing-block and Uniform Prices"SPRING 2004:
April 23: Prof. Arik Levinson, Georgetown
"Happiness and Pollution: A New Assessment of Environmental Values"
May 7: Prof. James Wilen, University of California, Davis
"Optimal Spatial Management of Renewable Resources"
May 14: Prof. Michael Greenstone, MIT
"The Trade-off Between Economic Activity and Environmental Quality: Evidence from Plant-Level Production Functions"May 20: Prof. Roz Naylor, Stanford University
"The Global Aquaculture Industry: Transformations in Seafood Production, Marketing, and Marine Ecosystems"May 21: Prof. Rob Williams, University of Texas at Austin
"Empirical Estimates for Environmental Policy Making in a Second-Best Setting"May 24: Prof. Ray Hillborn, University of Washington
"Fish Stock Assessment and Management"