CU Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop 2000
Schedule
Boulder, Colorado

Monday, July 17

8:15 - 9:00

BREAKFAST

9:00 - 9:30

When is 'Not Significant' Persuasive? Statistical Power in Nonmarket Valuation Research - Dan Mullarkey and Timothy Wojan (Economic Research Service)

9:30 - 10:00

How Effective and Efficient Can the Kyoto Protocol Be in Controlling Global Carbon Emissions? - Arthur J. Caplan (Weber State University), Richard C. Cornes (Keele University), and Emilson C.D. Silva (Tulane)

10:00 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:00

Environmental and Land Use Regulations in the Oil and Gas Industry: Implications from the Wyoming Checkerboard - Mitch Kunce, Shelby Gerking, and William Morgan (University of Wyoming)

11:00 - 11:30

Environmental Growth and the Dynamics of Environmental Quality - Ariaster B. Chimeli and John B. Braden (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)

11:30 - 12:00

Valuing Improved Weather Forecasts Using Non-Market Valuation Methods - Jeffrey K. Lazo and William Breffle (Stratus Consulting)

12:00 - 1:30

LUNCH

1:30 - 2:00

To Be Announced - Edward Morey (University of Colorado)

2:00 - 2:30

Valuing the Loss of Rock Climbing Access in Wilderness Areas: A National-Level Random Utility Model - Therese Cavlovic, Dept of Economics (Weber State University), Robert P. Berrens (University of New Mexico), Alok Bohara (University of New Mexico), Paul Jakus, (University of Tennessee), and W. Douglass Shaw (University of Nevada, Reno)

2:30 - 3:00

Modeling Recreation Site Choice: Do Hypothetical Choices Reflect Actual Behavior? - Michel Haener (Canadian National Forest Service), Peter Boxall (Canadian National Forest Service), and Wictor L. Adamowicz (University of Alberta)

3:00 - 3:15

BREAK

3:15 - 3:45

Incorporating Observed Choice in the Construction of Welfare Measures from Random Utility Models - Roger von Haefen (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

3:45 - 4:15

The Kyoto Protocol & Payments for Tropical Fores: An Interdisciplinary Method for Estimating Carbon-Offset Supply and Increasing the Feasibility of a Carbon Market Under the CDM- Alexander S.P. Pfaff, Suzi Kerr, R. Flint Hughes, Shuguang Liu,
G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi and Vicente Watson (Columbia University)

4:15 - 4:45

Household Environmental Protection and the Intergenerational Transmission of Human  Capital - Thomas Crocker (University of Wyoming) and Mark Agee (Penn State University)

5:00

Cocktail Party
Followed by Group Dinner?


Tuesday, July 18

8:30 - 9:15

BREAKFAST

9:15 - 9:45

Comparing English and Spanish Speaking Households Willingness to Pay for Forest Fire Reduction Policies - John B. Loomis, (CSU), Lucas S. Bair (CSU), Armando Gonzalez-Caban (USDAFS Forest Fire Laboratory)

9:45 - 10:15

Modeling Multiple-Site Trips with NCES preferences: A Stated Preference Approach - W. Bowman Cutter (UCLA)

10:15 - 10:30

BREAK

10:30 - 11:00

Rationality Spillovers in the Yellowstone Interactive Web Experiment - Todd Cherry, Chad Settle, and Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming)

11:00 - 11:30

Environmental Self-Auditing:  Setting the Proper Incentives for Discovery and Correction of Environmental Harm - Alexander S. P. Pfaff,  Chris William Sanchirico (Columbia University)

11:30 - 12:00

Reputation and the Control of Pollution - Arthur J. Caplan (Weber State University)

12:00 - 1:30

LUNCH

1:30 - 2:00

Optimal Dynamics of Environmental Quality in Economies in Transition - Ariaster B. Chimeli and John B. Braden (University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana)

2:00 - 2:30

Measuring Preferences Over Depression - Jennifer Thacher and Edward Morey (University of Colorado)

2:30 - 3:00

Voluntary Environmental Standards as a Collusive Device - Julio Videras-Noguera (University of Colorado)

3:00 - 3:15

BREAK

3:15 - 3:45

The National Flood Insurance Program and Market Failure - James Chivers (State of Colorado)

3:45 - 4:15

Using Contingent Valuation to Value a Noxious Weeds Control Program: The Effects of Including a "Not Sure" Response Category - Anna Alberini (University of Maryland), Ignacio Correas (University of Colorado), and Patty Champ (USDA Forest Service Experiment Station)

4:15

WRAP UP