Seminars
and Events
Academic Year '07-'08
Academic Year '06-'07
Academic Year '05-'06
Academic Year '04-'05
Academic Year '03-'04
ACADEMIC YEAR '07-'08
NOTE: 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:
Feb 20: Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois, MSI 1302
[note day and time
change:
Wednesday, Feb
20, 2:00-3:30 pm]
"Green
Management and the Nature of Technical Innovation"
February
29: Kathy Segerson, UConn, Bren Hall 1424
"Eliminating
Polluting Products:
Voluntary vs. Regulatory Approaches?"
March 12: Robert
Mendelsohn, Yale, Bren Hall 1414
[note day and time
change:
Wednesday, March 12, 5:30-6:30 pm]
Discussion of a set of papers, focusing on the impacts of climate
change spanning three continents (Africa, South America and
Asia). The authors use a “Structural Ricardian” model to analyze
various impacts on agriculture in these regions.
March 13: Jinhua Zhao,
Iowa State University, Bren
Hall 1424
[note day change: Thursday,
March 13]
“Renewable
Energy R&D: Impacts of Energy and Environmental Policies”
SPRING 2008:
[Date TBA] Daniel
Rondeau, University of Victoria
TBA
April 25: Ed Barbier,
University of Wyoming, Bren Hall 1424
"Corruption, Trade and
the Political Economy of Resource-Based Development: A
Comparison of
Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa"
May
9: Mark
Jacobsen,
UC San Diego, Bren Hall 1414
"U.S. Fuel
Economy Standards in
a Model with Producer and
Household Heterogeneity"
May
16: Scott Taylor, University of Calgary, Bren Hall 1424
"Buffalo
Hunt:
International Trade and the Virtual Extinction of the
North American Bison"
ACADEMIC YEAR '06-'07
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
ACADEMIC YEAR '04-'05
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 L�fgren, 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"
ACADEMIC YEAR '03-'04
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"