Yale Environmental
Economics Seminar
Wednesdays, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Horchow Seminar Room,
55 Hillhouse Ave.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
– FALL 2006
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for schedules and papers from past semesters.
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September 20 |
Bill Nordhaus (Yale) – “The
Economics of Hurricanes” NOTE: Seminar will be held in the Wittink
Lounge, first floor of 46 Hillhouse Ave. |
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September 27 |
Jay Shimshack (Tufts) – “Mandatory Information Disclosure and
Environmental Performance in the Electricity Industry”
(with Magali Delmas and Maria Montes-Sancho) |
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October 11 |
Don Fullerton (Univ. of Texas –
Austin) – “The
General Equilibrium Effects of Environmental Mandates,” with Garth Heutel. |
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October 18 |
Alex Pfaff and Juan Robalino (Columbia) – “Evaluating
Policy Impacts on Tropical Deforestation” |
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October 25 |
Jim Bushnell (UC-Berkeley) – “The
Economic Effects of Vintage Differentiated Regulations: The Case of New
Source Review” (with Catherine Wolfram) |
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November 1 |
Erin Mansur (Yale)
– “Averting
Enforcement: Strategic Response to the Threat of Environmental Regulation”
(with Nathaniel Keohane and Andrey Voynov) |
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November 8 |
Sheila Olmstead (Yale) – “’The
Impact of Right-to-Know’: Information Disclosure and the Violation of
Drinking Water Standards” (with Lori Snyder Bennear) |
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November 15 |
Runsheng Yin
(Michigan State)
– “Preliminary
results and future directions in assessing the environmental and economic
impacts of China's ecological restoration programs” NOTE: Seminar will be held in Room A-51 of the
main SOM classroom building, 60 Sachem St. |
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November 29 |
Robert Mendelsohn (Yale) – “Changing
Farm Types and Irrigation as an Adaptation to Climate Change in Latin
American Agriculture”, with S. Niggol Seo |
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December 6 |
Joe Aldy (Resources
for the Future) –
“A
Numerical Analysis of the Value of Life” |
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December 13 |
Nick Muller (Yale,
PhD candidate) –
“Price-Based
Regulation of Air Pollution with Spatially-Variant Marginal Damages.” |
The seminar is organized by Nat Keohane (Yale School of
Management). Funding is graciously
provided by the Center for Business and the Environment at Yale (CBEY).
Please email Nat Keohane to
be placed on the seminar email list.
Papers will be posted as they become available.