Instructions to presenters: Your presentation should last about 20 minutes, followed by 5 minutes for the discussant and 5 minutes for questions from the audience. Your presentation should be in either PowerPoint or PDF format. You can bring a copy using a USB key.
| 19:00 | Welcome Reception (Alphie's) | |
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| 21:00 | End | |
| 08:00 | Continental Breakfast (in Corridor outside AS201) | |
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| 08:45 | Energy/Electricity | no parallel session |
| Chair: Brandon Schaufele (U Ottawa) Location: Academic South 202 |
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| Maya Papineau (Carleton University):
Energy Codes and the Landlord-Tenant Problem Discussant: Laura Grant (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) Martino Pelli (University of Sherbrooke): Does the Quality of Electricity Matter? Evidence from Rural India Discussant: Ron Chan (Maryland) Shilei Niu (University of Waterloo): An Options Pricing Approach to Ramping Rate Restrictions at Hydro Power Plants Discussant: Charles Séguin (UQAM) |
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| 10:00 | Refreshment Break (corridor outside AS 201) | |
| 10:15 | Public and Private Investments in the Environment | Energy/Oil and Gas |
| Chair: Andrew Leach (U Alberta) Location: Academic South 202 |
Chair: Anthony Ward, Brock Location: Academic South 201 |
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| Justin Beaudoin (University of California, Davis):
Second-best public transit investment and the implications for congestion and air quality Discussant: Marcel Oesterich (Brock U) Robert Cairns (McGill University): Investment and Income in the Simple Hotelling Model Discussant: Anna Sophia Ciesielski (Ifo Institute) |
Janelle Mann (University of Manitoba):
Is there a Global Relationship Across Crude Oil Benchmarks? Discussant: Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira (Memorial U) Brandon Schaufele (University of Ottawa): New Vehicle Feebates: Theory and Evidence Discussant: Martino Pelli (U Sherbrooke) Joel Wood (Fraser Institute): The second-best optimal gasoline tax for the Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area Discussant: Collins Ayoo (Carleton U) |
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| 11:45 | Lunch (Alphie's) | |
| 13:00 | Keynote Speaker: Christopher Costello (UCSB) Be careful what you wish for: The global push for property rights in fisheries Location: Academic South 202 Chair: Diane Dupont |
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| 14:00 | Carbon Issues | Environmental Regulation |
| Chair: Dina Tasneem (McGill U) Location: Academic South 202 |
Chair: Stephan Schott (Carleton U) Location: Academic South 201 |
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| Carol McAusland (U British Columbia):
Carbon Footprint Taxes Discussant: Itziar Lazkano, Wisconsin-Milwaukee Anna Sophia Ciesielski (Ifo Institute in Munich (Germany)): Carbon emissions scenarios in Europe based on a semi-endogenous growth model Discussant: Carol McAusland, UBC Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline (Paris School of Economics & University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): Payments for Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: Incentives for the Future and Rewards for the Past Discussant: Joel Bruneau, Saskatchewan |
Emilson Silva (University of Alberta):
Future Strategic Effects of Environmental Policy Commitments: Climate Change, Solar Radiation Management and Correlated Air Pollutants Discussant: Bidyut Talukdar, Saint Mary's Andreas Marcel Oestreich (University of Guelph / Brock University): On Optimal Audit Mechanisms Discussant: Justin Beaudoin, UC Davis Bidyut Talukdar (Saint Mary's University): Organizational Learning and Optimal Environmental Policy Discussant: Stephan Schott, Carleton |
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| 15:30 | Refreshment Break (corridor outside AS 201) | |
| 15:45 | Climate Change | Non-market Valuation |
| Chair: Carol McAusland (UBC) Location: Academic South 202 |
Chair: Maya Papineau (Carleton U) Location: Academic South 201 |
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| Mark Kagan (VU University Amsterdam):
Climate Change Skepticism in the Face of Catastrophe Discussant: Andrea Craig (Queen's U) Itziar Lazkano (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): Adaptation to Climate Change: How does Heterogeneity in Adaptation Costs Affect Climate Coalitions? Discussant: Mark Kagan (VU University) Andrea Craig (Queen's University): Optimal Emissions with Multiple Climate Predictions and Learning Discussant: Christopher Costello (UCSB) |
Roberto Martínez-Espiñeira (Memorial University of Newfoundland):
Modelling scale heterogeneity in the estimation of the benefits of road traffic risk reductions: the case of moose-vehicle collisions in Newfoundland Discussant: Olivier Beaumais (U Corsica) Olivier Beaumais (LISA, UMR CNRS 6240, University of Corsica and EconomiX UMR 7235, France): Implausible willingness to pay estimates in choice experiments: preference space versus willingness to pay space Discussant: Van Lantz (UNB) Justin Quinton (Memorial University of Newfoundland): Scale Sensitivity, Respondent Certainty, and Numerical Skills in Contingent Valuation Surveys of Risk Reduction Policies Discussant: James Price (Brock U) |
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| 18:30 | Conference Dinner at Benchmark Restaurant (Niagara College, Niagara-on-the-Lake) | |
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| 08:00 | Continental Breakfast (in Corridor outside AS201) | |
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| 08:30 | Abatement Issues | Games and Resource/Environmental Problems |
| Chair: Robert Cairns (McGill U) Location: Academic South 202 |
Chair: Joel Bruneau (Saskatchewan U) Location: Academic South 201 |
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| Andrew Leach (University of Alberta):
Buying Greenhouse Insurance with Lottery Tickets Discussant: Jennifer Winter (Calgary U) Hei Sing (Ron) Chan (University of Maryland, College Park): Optimal Compliance with Environmental Policy: How Large are the Cost Savings from Emissions Trading? Discussant: Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline (Paris School of Economics) Alain-Desire Nimubona (Department of Economics, University of Waterloo): Search for Abatement Technologies Discussant: Keisaku Higashida (Kwansei Gakuin) |
Dina Tasneem (Department of Economics, McGill University):
An Experimental Study of Extraction of a Common-Pool Renewable Resource in Continuous Time Discussant: Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf (U Waterloo) Charles Séguin (UQAM): Nonlinear differential games with Skiba points Discussant: Eftichios Sartzetakis (Macedonia) Eftichios Sartzetakis (University of Macedonia): International Environmental Agreements: An Emissions Choice Model with Abatement Technology Discussant: Horatiu Rus (U Waterloo) |
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| 10:00 | Refreshment Break (corridor outside AS 201) | |
| 10:15 | Computable General Equilibrium Models, Trade, and the Environment | Water |
| Chair: Alain-Desiré Nimubona (U Waterloo) Location: Academic South 202 |
Chair: Marcel Oestreich (Brock U) Location: Academic South 201 |
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| Van Lantz (University of New Brunswick):
Economic impacts of climate change considering individual, additive, and simultaneous changes in agriculture and forest sectors in Canada: A dynamic, multi-regional CGE model analysis Discussant: Emilson Silva (U Alberta) Aaron Gertz (The University of Western Ontario): Structural change and climate policy in developing countries Discussant: Alain-Desiré Nimubona (U Waterloo) Keisaku Higashida (Kwansei Gakuin University): Trade in Used Durables and Recycling Policies Discussant: Brian Copeland (UBC) |
Laura Grant (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee):
Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the Effect of Environmental Groups on Water Quality. Discussant: Steven Renzetti (Brock U) Stephan Schott (Carleton University): Marginal Valuations of Water Flow Adjustments over Niagara Falls Discussant: Joel Wood (Fraser Institute) |
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| 11:45 | Lunch and Business Meeting (Alphie's) | |
| 13:00 | End | |