NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

Environmental Economics Working Group Meeting

Don Fullerton, Organizer

April 9-10, 2004

NBER

30 Alta Road

Stanford, CA

FRIDAY, APRIL 9:

12:45 PM Lunch

(Lunch and the following two papers will be joint with Public Economics group)

1:45 PM RICHARD CARSON, UC, San Diego

Probabilistic Influence and Supplemental Benefits:

A Field Test of the Two Key Assumptions Underlying Stated Preferences

(joint with Theodore Groves, John List, and Mark Machina)

Discussant: WILLIAM HARBAUGH, University of Oregon and NBER

3:00 PM LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER

Consumption and Changes in Home Energy Costs:

How Prevalent is the Heat or Eat Decision?

(joint with Julie Cullen and Catherine Wolfram)

Discussant: RAJ CHETTY, UC, Berkeley and NBER

4:15 PM Break

4:45 PM WILLIAM PIZER, Resources for the Future

Estimating the Gains to Emission Trading

(joint with Richard Newell and Jhih-Shyang Shih)

Discussant: MICHAEL GREENSTONE, MIT and NBER

6:00 PM Adjourn

6:00 PM Shuttle van departs NBER for Stanford Park Hotel

6:30 PM Reception and Dinner

Zibibbo Restaurant

430 Kipling Street

Palo Alto, CA

SATURDAY, APRIL 10:

7:45 AM Shuttle van departs Stanford Park Hotel for NBER

8:00 AM Continental Breakfast

8:30 AM JOSHUA GRAFF ZIVIN, Columbia University and NBER

Risk Aversion, Liability Rules, and Safety

(joint with Richard Just and David Zilberman)

Discussant: DONALD WITTMAN, UC, Santa Cruz

9:45 AM TRUDY ANN CAMERON, University of Oregon

Superfund Taint and Neighborhood Change:

Ethnicity, Age Distributions, and Household Structure

(joint with Graham Crawford)

Discussant: RANDALL WALSH, University of Colorado

11:00 AM Break

11:30 AM CHARLES KOLSTAD, UC, Santa Barbara

Uncertainty in Self-Enforcing International Environmental Agreements

Discussant: BRIAN COPELAND, University of British Columbia

12:45 PM Lunch and Adjourn

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