8:00 - 8:30:  Breakfast & Introductions

8:30 - 9:00:  "On the Probabilistic Treatment of Multiple Risks: Translation vs. Scaling" Mary Evans and V. Kerry Smith (NC State University)

9:00 - 9:30:  "The Demographics of Pollution: Evidence from the EPA’s Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators Model" T. Robert Fetter (SAIC) and Michael Ash (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

9:30 - 10:00:  "Ambiguity in Food Safety Valuation" Paul Kivi and Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming)

10:00 - 10:15: Break

10:15 - 10:45:  "Recreation Demand with Supply Constraints" David Scrogin (University of Central Florida)

10:45 - 11:15:  "Families of Discrete Choice Models for Analyzing Spatial Fishing Behavior" David Layton (University of Washington)

11:15 - 11:45:  "Harvesting Prey while Protecting an Endangered Predator in a General Equilibrium Ecosystem Model" David Finoff (University of Central Florida) and John Tschirhart (University of Wyoming)

11:45 - 1:30 Lunch & Keynote Address:  "Economic Sorting Models" Dennis Epple (Carnegie Mellon University)

1:30 - 2:00:  "Strategic Environmental Policy in a Reciprocal Market Model with Rent Seeking" Patrik Hultberg (University of Wyoming) and Edward Barbier (University of Wyoming)

2:00 - 2:30:  "Public Disclosure Programs and Firm Environmental Performance:  Is There an ‘Information Echo Effect’ in the Toxic Release Inventory?" Tisha Nakao Emerson (Baylor University) Arthur J. Caplan (Utah State University)

2:30 - 3:00:  "Analysis of Public Perspectives of Wild and Prescribed Fires in Colorado" Pamela Kaval and John Loomis (Colorado State University)

3:00 - 3:15: Break

3:14 - 3:45:  "Individualized Choice Experiment Surveys: An Application to the Job Preferences of Academic Economists" Edward Morey, Luke Rodgers, and Jennifer Thacher (University of Colorado)

3:45 - 4:45:  "Setting Environmental Taxes in a Second Best World" William K. Jaeger (Oregon State University)

5:00 - 6:30: Cocktail Party, CU Heritage Center

Tuesday, July 16

8:00 - 8:30:  Breakfast & Introductions

8:30 - 9:00: "Economic Growth and the Environment: What can we learn from household data?" Shubham Chaudhuri and Alexander Pfaff (Columbia University)

9:00 - 9:30: "Strike when the Force is with You: A Robust Rule involving the Force of Interest and Natural Resources" Robert Cairns (McGill University) and Graham Davis (Colorado School of Mines)

9:30 - 10:00: "The Economics of Urban Sprawl: Causes and Market Based Instruments" Antonio Bento (UC Santa Barbara)

10:00 - 10:15: Break

10:15 - 10:45: "Using Random Parameters to Account for Heterogeneous Preferences in Contingent Valuation of Public Goods" Laura González, Maria L. Loureiro, and John Loomis (Colorado State University)

10:45 - 11:15: "Incentive Compatibility of Hypothetical Referenda and the Role of Social Isolation on Stated Preferences" John A. List (University of Maryland), Robert P. Berrens (University of New Mexico), Alok K. Bohara (University of New Mexico), Joe Kerkvliet (Oregon State University)

11:15 - 11:45: "Toward an Understanding of the Difference between Actual and Hypothetical Donations" Rebecca Moore (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

11:45 - 1:30 Lunch & Presentation: "Measuring the Economic Impact of Climate Change on Recreation Demand and Regional Employment" Robert Richardson and John Loomis (Colorado State University)

1:30 - 2:00:  "Uncertainty, Irreversibility, and Farmer Participation in the Conservation Reserve Program" Murat Isik (Iowa State University) and Wanhong Yang (University of Guelph)

2:00 - 2:30:  "Spatial Habitat Design by Agglomeration Bonus" Gregory M. Parkhurst (University of Wyoming)

2:30 - 3:00:  "The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand in the United States" Antonio Bento (UC Santa Barbara), Maureen Cropper (University of Maryland and World Bank), Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak (University of Maryland), Katja Vinha (University of Maryland)

3:00 - 3:15: Break

3:14 - 3:45:  "Shadow Prices of CO2, Output Substitutability and Productivity Growth: A Cross Country Study" Surender Kumar (University of Illinois and Arya College, Panipat India)

3:45 - 4:15:  "The Economics of Fetal Development" Stefanos Nastis (University of Wyoming)

4:15 - 4:45: "Recycling Incentives with Heterogeneous Transaction Costs" Bevin Ashenmiller (UC Santa Barbara)