NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

MONDAY, JULY 30:

8:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts

8:20 AM Welcome and Introductions

8:30 AM HELMUTH CREMER, University of Toulouse

FIROUZ GAHVARI, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

NORBERT LADOUX, University of Toulouse

Environmental Taxes with Heterogeneous Consumers:

An Application to Energy Consumption in France

Discussant: ROBERTON WILLIAMS, University of Texas at Austin and NBER

9:30 AM GEOFFREY HEAL, Columbia University and NBER

Bundling Public and Private Goods: Are Development and Conservation Necessarily in Conflict?

Discussant: TALBOT PAGE, Brown University

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM WALLACE OATES, University of Maryland

A Reconsideration of Environmental Federalism

Discussant: ROBERT INMAN, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

12:00 N Lunch

1:00 PM RESEARCH SKETCHES

JAMES HAMMITT, Harvard University

2:00 PM Break

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2:30 PM ANTONIO BENTO, UC, Santa Barbara

MAUREEN CROPPER, MUSHFIQ MOBARAK and KATJA VINHA,

University of Maryland

The Impact of Urban Spatial Structure on Travel Demand

in the United States

Discussant: MATTHEW KAHN, Tufts University

3:30 PM KENNETH CHAY, UC, Berkeley

MICHAEL GREENSTONE, University of Chicago and NBER

Air Quality, Infant Mortality, and the Clean Air Act of 1970

Discussant: VERNON HENDERSON , Brown University and NBER

4:30 PM Adjourn

6:00 PM Clambake

Harvard Faculty Club

20 Quincy St.

Cambridge, MA

TUESDAY, JULY 31:

8:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts

8:30 AM IAN PARRY, Resources for the Future

KENNETH SMALL, UC, Irvine

Does Britain or America Have the Right Gasoline Tax?

Discussant: SARAH WEST, Macalester College

9:30 AM ARIK LEVINSON, Georgetown University and NBER

SCOTT NIEMANN, PA Consulting Group

Energy Use by Apartment Tenants When Landlords Pay for Utilities

Discussant: GILBERT METCALF, Tufts University and NBER

10:30 AM Break

11:00 AM CHARLES MASON and JASON SHOGREN, University of Wyoming

CHAD SETTLE, University of Tulsa

JOHN LIST, University of Central Florida

Environmental Catastrophes and Non-Expected Utility Maximization:

An Experimental Evaluation

Discussant: V. KERRY SMITH, North Carolina State University

12:00 N Lunch

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1:00 PM ANNA ALBERINI, University of Maryland

MAUREEN CROPPER, University of Maryland

ALAN KRUPNICK, Resources for the Future

NATHALIE SIMON, US Environmental Protection Agency

The Willingness to Pay for Mortality Risk Reductions in Canada

and the United States

Discussant: JAMES HAMMITT, Harvard University

2:00 PM Break

2:30 PM DAVID KELLY, University of Miami

CHARLES KOLSTAD, UC, Santa Barbara

Price and Quantity Regulation in Dynamic General Equilibrium

Discussant: RICHARD NEWELL, Resources for the Future

3:30 PM NATHANIEL KEOHANE and BENJAMIN VAN ROY, Harvard University

RICHARD ZECKHAUSER, Harvard University and NBER

Controlling Stocks and Flows to Promote Environmental Quality, with Applications to Physical and Human Capital

Discussant: CAROLYN FISCHER, Resources for the Future

4:30 PM Adjourn

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