Program

 

Inaugural JEEM Conference

in Environmental and Resource Economics

Preliminary Program

 

Friday, 22 June 2018

8:00am            Registration and Introductions

8:30am           The Effect of Subway Expansion on Air Quality: Evidence from Beijing

Presenter: Shanjun Li, Cornell University
Co-Authors: Yanyan Liu, IFPRI; Avralt-Od Purevjav; Cornell
University; and Lin Yang, Cornell University
Discussant: Jinhua, Zhao, Michigan State University

9:30am           Willingness to Pay for Clean Air in China

Presenter: Christopher Timmins, Duke University
Co-Authors: Richard Freeman, Harvard University; Wenquan Liang,
Jinan University; and Ran Song, Harvard University
Discussant: Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University

10:30am          Break

11:00am          Instrument Choice and Stranded Assets in the Transition to Clean Capital

Presenter: Adrien Vogt-Schilb, Inter-American Development Bank
Co-Authors: Julie Rozenberg, World Bank; and Stephane Hallegatte,
World Bank
Discussant: Knut Einar Rosendahl, Norwegian University of Life
Sciences

12:00pm          Lunch & Presentation by Maureen Cropper, University of Maryland

2:00pm            Price Perceptions in Water Demand

Presenter: Daniel A. Brent, Louisiana State University
Co-Author: Michael Ward, Monash University
Discussant: Katrina Jesseo, University of California – Davis

3:00pm           Smart Meters: Do Prices Matter to Their Adoption and Do They
Save Energy?

Presenter: Robert Metcalfe, Boston University
Co-Authors: John List, University of Chicago; and Michael Price,
University of Alabama
Discussant: Kerry Smith, Arizona State University

4:00pm            Break

4:30pm           Optimal Timing of Hazardous Waste Clean-Up under an Environmental Bond and a Strict Liability Rule

Presenter: Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf, University of Waterloo
Co-Author: Margaret Insley, University of Waterloo
Discussant: Michael Springborn, University of California – Davis

5:30pm            Adjourn for the day

7:00pm            Reception and Dinner

 

Saturday, 23 June 2018

8:30am            A Behavioral Rebound Effect

Presenter: Zack Dorner, Monash University
Discussant: Andreas Lange, University of Hamburg
 
9:30am            Prospect Theory and Energy Efficiency

Presenter: Garth Heutel, Georgia State University
Discussant: Till Requate, Kiel University

10:30am          Break

11:00am          Structurally-Consistent Estimation of Use and Non-Use Values
for Landscape-Wide Environmental Change

Presenter: Ian Bateman, University of Exeter
Co-Authors: Brett Day, University of Exeter; Amy Binner,
University of Exeter; Silvia Ferrini, University of Exeter;
Carlo Fezzi, University of Exeter
Discussant: Roger H. von Haefen, North Carolina State University

12:00pm          Lunch

1:30pm            Urban Afforestation and Infant Health: Evidence from MillionTreesNYC

Presenter: Benjamin A. Jones, University of New Mexico
Co-Author: Andrew Goodkind, University of New Mexico
Discussant: Hendrik Wolff, Simon Fraser University

2:30pm            Adjourn