7:45 a.m. – 8:30
Breakfast and Introductions
8:30 – 9:00
“Bankruptcy and Shared Liability in Dangerous Product Cases: The
US Asbestos Litigation,” Kristin Roti Jones (University of Connecticut)
9:00 – 9:30
“Designing an Eco-Marketing Program for Passenger Vehicles: What
is the likelihood of success?” Mario Teisl, Caroline Noblet, Jonathan Rubin,
and Alice White-Cyr (University of Maine)
9:30 – 10:00
“The Role of Certainty Questions and Cheap Talk in Mitigating Hypothetical
Bias,” Patricia Champ (Rocky Mountain Research Station, USDA Forest Service),
Richard Bishop (University of Wisconsin), and Rebecca Moore (University of
Wisconsin)
10:00 – 10:15
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:45
“Communities, Competition, Spillovers, and Open Space,” Aaron Strong, Randall
Walsh, and Thomas Rutherford (University of Colorado)
10:45 – 11:15
“Testing for Environmental Gentrification: Migratory Responses to
Changes in Environmental Quality,” Spencer Banzhaf (Resources for the Future)
and Randall Walsh (University of Colorado)
11:15 – 11:45
“Environmental Injustice and Racial Segregation: Investigating the
Link,” Joshua Sidon (University of Colorado)
11:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 2:00
Keynote Address, ""Discrete Choice Models with Social Interactions: Applications
to Public
Economics," Patrick Bayer (Yale University) and Christopher Timmins (Duke
University)
2:00 – 2:30
“Asymmetric Dominance Effects in Choice Experiments and Contingent Valuation,”
Ian Bateman (University of East Anglia), Alistair Munro (University of East
Anglia), and Greg Poe (Cornell University)
2:30 – 3:00
“The Effects of Civic Norms on Environmental Attitudes and Behaviors,”
Anne Owens and Julio Videras (Hamilton College)
3:00 – 3:30
“Identifying Latent Groups: An Application to Environmental Ethics,”
G. Aldrich, K. Grimsrud, and Jennifer Thacher (University of New Mexico)
3:30 – 3:45
Afternoon Break
3:45 – 4:15
“Welfare Impact of Recreation Site Closure on Single Trip – Multiple Destination
Visitors,” Chris Bastian (University of Wyoming) and John Loomis (Colorado
State University)
4:15 – 4:45
“Economic Returns to Original Benefits Estimation Research as an Alternative
to Benefits Transfer,” Byron Allen and John Loomis (Colorado State University)
5:15 – 6:45
Reception
Dinner on your own
8:15 a.m. – 9:00
Breakfast
9:00 – 9:30
“Emissions Compliance Strategies: A Permit Auction Model,” Ravi Subramanian,
Sudheer Gupta, and Brian Talbot (University of Michigan)
9:30 – 10:00
“Does Adoption of Modern Irrigation Technology Imply Water Savings?” Georgina
Moreno (Scripps College)
10:00 – 10:15
Morning Break
10:15 – 10:45
“The Long Term Costs of Natural Disasters: Adverse Impact on Schooling
in Brazil,” Mushfiq Mobarak and Gina Hilton (University of Colorado)
10:45 – 11:15
“Land Reform Policy in Brazil: The Informational Role of the Landless
Peasant Movement,” Bernardo Mueller (University of Brasilia) and Lee Alston
(University of Colorado)
11:15 – 11:45
“Spatial Interactions in Forest Clearing: Deforestation and Fragmentation
in Costa Rica,” Juan Robalino and Alexander Pfaff (Columbia University)
11:45 – 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 – 1:30
“Wildfire Risk Mitigation as a Problem of Interdependent Security,” Aric
Shafan (University of Colorado)
1:30 – 2:00
“A Spatial Analysis of Moose Vehicle Collisions in Maine,” Kathleen Bell
and Reagan Clover (University of Maine)
2:00 – 2:30
“The Scale, Composition and Technology Effects: A Decomposition of
the Income-Emissions Relationship,” Rachel Bouvier (Wellesley College)
2:30 – 3:00
“Valuing Air Quality Policy Options Using a Conjoint-Based Choice Model,”
Jill Collins (University of Tennessee)
3:00 – 3:30
“Love of Variety & Habit Formation in Seaonsal Recreation Demand,”
David Kritzberg (University of Colorado)
3:30 – 3:45
Afternoon Break
3:45 – 4:15
“Controlling Invasive Species: A Bioeconomic Model of Sea Lamprey
in the Great Lakes,” Xiufen Yu and Jason Shogren (University of Wyoming)
4:15 – 4:45
“Uncharted Territory: The Charter Forest Experiment on the Valles
Calderas National Preserve,” Joseph Little (University of New Mexico), Robert
Berrens (University of New Mexico), and Patricia Champ (Rocky Mountain Research
Station, USDA Forest Service)