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

page two



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

page three



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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