NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002
Workshop on Public Policy and the Environment
Lawrence Goulder and Michael Greenstone, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
July 29-30, 2002
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, JULY 29:
8:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:20 AM Welcome and Introductions
8:30 AM NATHANIEL O. KEOHANE, Yale University
Environmental Policy and the Choice of Abatement Technique:
Evidence from Coal-Fired Power Plants
Discussant: BILLY PIZER, Resources for the Future
9:30 AM RICHARD NEWELL and JAMES SANCHIRICO, Resources for the Future SUZI KERR, Motu Economic and Policy Research
Discussant: PAUL JOSKOW, MIT and NBER
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM ANN WOLVERTON, US Environmental Protection Agency
Does Race Matter? An Examination of Polluting Plants' Location Decisions
Discussant: VERNON HENDERSON, Brown University and NBER
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM RESEARCH SKETCHES
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM MATTHEW J. KOTCHEN, University of Michigan
Green Markets and Private Provision of Public Goods
Discussant: ROBERTON C. WILLIAMS III, University of Texas, Austin and NBER
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3:30 PM JAMES HAMMITT, Harvard University
JIN-TAN LIU, National Taiwan University
Effects of Disease Type and Latency on the Value of Mortality Risk
Discussant: MAUREEN CROPPER, University of Maryland
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Clambake
Harvard Faculty Club
20 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA
TUESDAY, JULY 30:
8:00 AM Coffee and Pastries
8:30 AM IAN W. H. PARRY, Resources for the Future
KENNETH A. SMALL, UC, Irvine
On Optimal Subsidies for Public Transport
Discussant: RICHARD ARNOTT, Boston College and NBER
9:30 AM TALBOT PAGE and QINGHUA ZHANG, Brown University
Non-distortionary Properties of Environmental Taxes:
Extension of Sandmo's Observation
Discussant: LAWRENCE GOULDER, Stanford University and NBER
10:30 AM Break
ANTONIO RANGEL, Stanford University and NBER
How to Protect Future Generations Using Tax Base Restrictions
Discussant: EDWARD GLAESER, Harvard University and NBER
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM SHANTI GAMPER RABINDRAN, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Does Mexico Specialize in Polluting and Injurious Industries?
Empirical Evidence from NAFTA-Related US-Mexican Trade
Discussant: BRIAN COPELAND, University of British Columbia
2:00 PM Break
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2:30 PM WOLFRAM SCHLENKER, ANTHONY FISHER, and
W. MICHAEL HANEMANN, UC, Berkeley
The Impact of Global Warming on U.S. Agriculture:
An Econometric Analysis
Discussant: WILLIAM NORDHAUS, Yale University and NBER
3:30 PM MAXIMILLIAN AUFFHAMMER and RICHARD CARSON, UC, San Diego
TERESA GARIN-MUN0Z, Universida Nacional de Education a Distancia
Forecasting Chinese Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A Provincial Approach
Discussant: CHRISTOPHER TIMMINS, Yale University
4:30 PM Adjourn
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