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Environmental Economics 2007

Yale Environmental Economics Seminar

2007


February 7

Steven Wallander (PhD Candidate, Yale FES) and Katrina Jessoe (PhD Candidate, Yale FES), PhD prospectus presentations

February 14

Martin Weitzman (Harvard) - "The Stern Review on Climate Change: An Assessment"

February 21

Carol McAusland (University of Maryland) - "Police powers, regulatory takings, and the efficient compensation of domestic and foreign investors" (with Emma Aisbett and Larry Karp)

February 28

Ian Sue Wing (Boston University) - "Induced Technological Change: Firm Innovatory Responses to Environmental Regulation"

March 7

Karen Fisher-Vanden (Dartmouth) - "What Will a Science and Technology Takeoff in China Mean for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions?"

March 28

Joe Aldy (Resources for the Future) - "Temperature Shocks, Energy Prices, and U.S. Mortality: An Assessment of the Health Impacts of Climate Change' (with Daniel Stone)

April 4

Raphaele Preget (INRA) - "Hedonic Prices for Timber Auctions with Endogenous Participation" (with Patrick Waelbroeck)

April 11

Christopher Timmins (Duke) - "Roy Model Sorting and Non-Random Selection in the Value of a Statistical Life" (with Thomas DeLeire)

April 18

Erin Mansur (Yale SOM/FES) - "Nearest (Polluting) Neighbor Estimates: An Empirical Estimate of the RECLAIM Market" (with Meredith Fowlie and Stephen Holland)

April 25

Sylvia Brandt (UMass-Amherst) - "Willingness to Pay for Improved Health: A Comparison of Stated and Revealed Preference Models' (with Michael Hanneman)

May 2

Katrin Jordan (Free University of Berlin) - "First-Mover Advantage and Renewable Energy Policy"

September 12

Steven Wallander (PhD Candidate, Yale FES) - "The Effects of Improved Plumbing Fixture Efficiency on Water Demand"

September 19 Ulrich Wagner (Columbia) - "Climate Policy and the Business Sector"
September 26 Niggol Seo (Yale FES) and Robert Mendelsohn (Yale FES) - "A Structural Ricardian Analysis of Climate Change Impacts and Adaptations in South American Farms"
October 3
Graeme Auld (PhD Candidate, Yale FES) - "The Institutionalization of Global Private Regulation: Lessons from Social and Environmental Certification in Coffee, Forestry, and Fisheries Sectors"
October 10 Seth Binder (PhD Candidate, Yale FES) - "Valuation and Dynamic Optimization of Ecosystems Services in the Willamette River Basin"
October 17 Ulrich Wagner (Columbia) - "Estimating Strategic Complementarities in a Dynamic Game of Timing: The Case of the Montreal Protocol"
October 24 Erin Mansur (Yale SOM) - "Averting Regulatory Enforcement: Evidence from New Source Review" (with Nat Keohane and Andrey Voynov)
October 31 Robert Mendelsohn (Yale FES) - "Comparing Structural and Traditional Ricardian Models"
November 7 Molly Lipscomb (PhD Candidate, University of Colorado) - "Negotiation over Water Quality: Evidence from Brazilian Water Basin Committees"
November 16 Erich Muehlegger (Harvard) - "Giving Green to Get Green? The Effect of Incentives and Ideology on Hybrid Vehicle Adoption", Len Edlund (Columbia) - "Chrnobyl's Subclinical Legacy: Prenatal Exposure to Radiactive Fallout and School Outcomes in Sweden" (with Doug Almond and Marten Palme), Wayne Gray (Clark) - "Regulatory Regime Changes Under Federalism: Do States Matter More?" (with Ronald Shadbegian), and Karen Fisher-Vanden (Dartmouth) - "Technology, Development, and the Environment" (with Mun Ho)
November 28 Katrina Jessoe (PhD Candidate, Yale FES) - "Improved Source, Improved Quality? Demand for Clean Drinking Water in Rural India"

Organizers:

  • Nat Keohane (SOM): January 2003 to May 2007
  • Erin Mansur (SOM): May 2007 to December 2009
  • Sheila Olmstead (FES): May 2007 to June 2009
Sponsors:
  • Center for Business and the Environment at Yale through the F.K. Weyerhaeuser Memorial: September 2006 to present