NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2000
Workshop on Public Policy and the Environment
Don Fullerton and Lawrence Goulder, Organizers
Royal Sonesta Hotel
5 Cambridge Parkway
Cambridge, Massachusetts
August 7-8, 2000
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
MONDAY, AUGUST 7:
8:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
8:20 AM Welcome and Introductions
8:30 AM GUNNAR ESKELAND, The World Bank
Externalities and Production Efficiency
Discussant: FIROUZ GAHVARI, University of Illinois
9:30 AM DAVID BRADFORD, Princeton University and NBER
KLAUS KELLER, Princeton University
Global Warming Potentials: An Economic Interpretation
Discussant: CHARLES KOLSTAD, UC Santa Barbara
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM JAMES HAMMITT, Harvard University
JIN-TAN LIU, National Taiwan University
JIN-LONG LIU, National Central University, Taiwan
Survival is a Luxury Good: The Increasing Value of a Statistical Life
Discussant: MAUREEN CROPPER,
University of Maryland and the World Bank
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM RESEARCH SKETCHES
2:00 PM Break
SI00 PEFG Program
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2:30 PM KENNETH CHAY and MICHAEL GREENSTONE, UC, Berkeley and NBER
Does Air Quality Matter? Evidence from the Housing Market
Discussant: NANCY BOCKSTAEL, University of Maryland
3:30 PM HOLGER SIEG, Duke University
V. KERRY SMITH, North Carolina State University
SPENCER BANZHAF and RANDY WALSH, Duke University
Estimating the General Equilibrium Benefits of Large Policy Changes:
The Clean Air Act Revisited
Discussant: SUDIP CHATTOPADHYAY, San Francisco State University
4:30 PM Adjourn
6:00 PM Group Dinner - Location to Be Announced
TUESDAY, AUGUST 8:
8:00 AM Coffee and Doughnuts
8:30 AM WAYNE GRAY, Clark University and NBER
RONALD SHADBEGIAN, University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth
When Is Enforcement Effective - Or Necessary?
Discussant: ALEX PFAFF, Columbia University
9:30 AM ARTHUR SMALL and JOSHUA ZIVIN, Columbia University
Risk Sharing in Coasian Contracts
Discussant: LOUIS KAPLOW, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 AM Break
11:00 AM HILARY SIGMAN, Rutgers University and NBER
International Spillovers and Water Quality in Rivers
Discussant: ELI BERMAN, Boston University and NBER
12:00 N Lunch
1:00 PM ROBERTON WILLIAMS III, University of Texas at Austin and NBER
Should Emissions Permit Programs Allow Trading and Banking?
Discussant: JONATHAN RUBIN, University of Maine
SI00 PEFG Program
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2:00 PM Break
2:30 PM MARTIN WEITZMAN, Harvard University
Landing Fees vs. Harvest Quotas with Uncertain Fish Stocks
Discussant: JAMES WILEN, University of California, Davis
3:30 PM RICHARD NEWELL and WILLIAM PIZER, Resources for the Future
Discounting the Distant Future with Uncertain Rates
Discussant: ANDREW METRICK, University of Pennsylvania
4:30 PM Adjourn
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