Instructions to presenters: Your presentation should last about 15 minutes. This leaves 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.
| 18:00 | Registration, near Room C680 | |
|---|---|---|
| 18:00 | Cocktail Reception, Room C680 | |
| 08:30 | Energy | Fish |
|---|---|---|
| Chair: Sumeet Gulati (UBC) Location: C680 |
Chair: Brian Copeland (UBC) Location: C400 |
|
| Lucija Muehlenbachs (Resources for the Future): The Drill and the Bill: Shale Gas Development and Property Values Discussant: Robert Weiner (George Washington University) Linda Wong (University of Victoria): Generating Electricity in a Carbon Constrained World: Wind, Gas and Nukes Discussant: Joel Wood (Fraser Institute) Brooks Kaiser (University of Southern Denmark): Bioeconomic factors of natural resource transitions: The US sperm whale fishery of the 19th century and the discovery of petroleum Discussant: Elisheba Spiller (RFF) |
Jon Conrad (Cornell University): Differential Games in a Stochastic Fishery Discussant: Pierre Lasserre (UQAM) Stephanie McWhinnie (University of Adelaide): Sabotage in a Fishery Discussant: Laura Grant (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee) Louis Hotte (Université d'Ottawa): Open Access vs Exclusive Access With Two Variable Factors Discussant: Brian Copeland (UBC) |
|
| 10:10 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:40 | International | Land |
| Chair: Derek Kellenberg (U Montana) Location: C680 |
Chair: John Janmaat (UBC Okanagan) Location: C400 |
|
| Robert Weiner (George Washington University): Do International Investment Agreements Protect Investment? Petroleum Evidence Discussant: Derek Kellenberg (University of Montana) Bruno Nkuiya (Université Laval): International environmental agreements under endogenous uncertainty Discussant: Louis Hotte (Université d'Ottawa) Trevor Tombe (University of Calgary): The Productivity Effect of Energy Taxes: Inter- and Intra-Industry Reallocation with Heterogeneous Firms Discussant: Carol McAusland (UBC) |
Markus Herrmann (Université Laval): Mangaging Pest Resistance to Bt Crops with Dynamic Refuge Size Adjustments Discussant: Michael Springborn (UC Davis) James Vercammen (UBC): The Welfare Impacts of a Conservation Easement Discussant: John Janmaat (UBC Okanagan) Celine Nauges (University of Queensland, Australia): Evaluating greening farm policy: a structural model of agri-environmental subsidies Discussant: Ralph Mastromonaco (U Oregon) |
|
| 12:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 | Climate | Bioeconomics |
| Chair: Werner Antweiler (UBC) Location: C680 |
Chair: Stephanie McWhinnie (U Adelaide) Location: C400 |
|
| Trudy Ann Cameron (University of Oregon): Extreme Weather Events and Rural-to-Urban Migration Discussant: Sebastien Houde (Standford University) Charles Séguin (UQAM): Optimal Fuel Choice as a Food-Pollution Trade-of Discussant: Jay Coggins (U Minnesota) Ross McKitrick (University of Guelph): Cheering Up the Dismal Theorem Discussant: Robert Cairns (McGill University) |
Derek Kellenberg (University of Montana): Crying Wolf? A Spatial Analysis of Wolf Location and Depredations on Calf Weight Discussant: Lucija Muehlenbachs (RFF) Michael Springborn (University of California Davis): Adaptive management of ecosystem service provision: a methodology for non-trivial ecological dynamics Discussant: Linda Nøstbakken (U Alberta) Duncan Knowler (Simon Fraser University): Assessing Willingness To Pay And Consumer Purchasing Implications Associated With Sustainable Salmon Farming Using A Discrete Choice Experiment And Latent Class Analysis Discussant: Daniel Rondeau (U Victoria) |
|
| 14:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 14:45 | Keynote Speaker: Trudy Ann Cameron (University of Oregon) Topic: Demand for Health Risk Reduction Location: C680 Chair: Brian Copeland (UBC) | |
| 16:15 | Pause | |
| 16:30 | Quotas | Forest |
| Chair: Louis Hotte (Université d'Ottawa) Location: C680 |
Chair: Daniel Gordon (U Calgary) Location: C400 |
|
| Andrew Goodkind (University of Minnesota): Prices vs. Quantities With Increasing Marginal Benefits Discussant: Stefan Ambec (Toulouse School of Economics) Werner Antweiler (University of British Columbia): Emission Permit Trading for Air Pollution Hot Spots Discussant: Charles Séguin (UQAM) Stefan Ambec (Toulouse School of Economics): Prices vs Quantities with Multiple Pollutants Discussant: Andrew Goodkind (University of Minnesota) Itziar Lazkano (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee): The Role of Capacity in Quota Compliance Discussant: John Livernois (University of Guelph) |
Robert Cairns (McGill University): Faustmann's Formulae for Forest Capital Discussant: Craig Johnston (University of Victoria) G Cornelis van Kooten (University of Victoria): Protecting Timber Supply on Public Land in Response to Catastrophic Natural Disturbance: A Principal-Agent Problem Discussant: John Boyce (U Calgary) Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline (Paris School of Economics, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne): North-South Contractual Design through REDD+ scheme Discussant: James Vercammen (UBC) |
|
| 18:10 | Pause | |
| 19:00 | Conference Dinner: Kirin Restaurant, Downtown Vancouver 1182 Alberni Street (betwen Thurlow and Bute) | |
| 09:00 | Energy Efficiency | Water |
|---|---|---|
| Chair: Carol McAusland (UBC) Location: C680 |
Chair: Werner Antweiler (UBC) Location: C400 |
|
| David Ryan (University of Alberta): Catching on the Rebound: Economic Modelling of Energy Services and Determining Rebound Effects Resulting from Energy Efficiency Improvements Discussant: Daniel Gordon (U Calgary) Elisheba Spiller (Resources for the Future): The Distributional Concerns of Rising Gasoline Prices: Why Where We Live Matters Discussant: Sumeet Gulati (UBC) |
Jay Coggins (University of Minnesota): Water Quality Trading: Can We Get the Prices of Pollution Right? Discussant: Werner Antweiler (UBC) John Janmaat (UBC Okanagan): Residential Water Use and Persuasion in Kelowna: Persistence Pays Discussant: Joel Bruneau (U Saskatchewan) |
|
| 09:50 | Pause | |
| 10:00 | Rachel Samson (Environment Canada) Topic: Environment Canada Research Initiatives Location: C680 Chair: Carol McAusland (UBC) | |
| 10:30 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:00 | Voluntary/Emissions | Non-Renewable Resources |
| Chair: Trudy Ann Cameron (U Oregon) Location: C680 |
Chair: Jim Vercammen (UBC) Location: C400 |
|
| Linda Nøstbakken (University of Alberta): Optimal renewable energy capital deployment Discussant: Markus Herrmann (Université Laval) Andreas Marcel Oestreich (University of Guelph): Firms' Emissions and Self-Reporting under Competitive Audit Mechanisms Discussant: Emma Hutchinson (U Victoria) Sebastien Houde (Stanford University): Bunching With the Stars: How Firms Respond to Voluntary Energy Efficiency Standards. Discussant: David Ryan (U Alberta) Katherine Grooms (University of California - Santa Barbara): Do nonprofits encourage compliance? Watershed groups and the US Clean Water Act Discussant: Trevor Tombe |
Daniel Gordon (University of Calgary): Induced Biased Innovation and Exhaustible Resource Prices Discussant: Andrew Leach (University of Alberta) Margaret Insley (University of Waterloo): On the timing of non-renewable resource extraction with regime switching prices Discussant: Ross McKitrick (U Guelph) John R. Boyce (University of Calgary): Recycling of Non-Renewable Resources and the Least-Cost-First Principle Discussant: Jon Conrad (Cornell University) Pierre Lasserre (Université du Québec à Montréal): Non-Renewable Resource Supply: Substitution Effect, Compensation Effect, and All That Discussant: Margaret Insley (U Waterloo) |
|
| 12:40 | Lunch and Business Meeting | |
| 14:00 | End | |