Yale Environmental
Economics Seminar
Wednesdays, 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Horchow Seminar Room,
55 Hillhouse Ave.
SEMINAR SCHEDULE
– SPRING 2007
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for schedules and papers from past semesters.
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February 7 |
Two half sessions of work in progress by PhD candidates at
Yale FES: Steven Wallander – "Impermanent
Fixtures: Technological Change in Residential Water Demand" Katrina Jessoe – “Welfare Gains from Improved Drinking Water Sources: Evidence from Rural India” |
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February 14 |
Martin Weitzman
(Harvard) – “The
Stern Review on Climate Change: An Assessment” NOTE: SEMINAR WILL BE HELD IN SAGE HALL, ROOM 32, 205
PROSPECT ST. |
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February 21 |
Carol McAusland (University
of Maryland)
– “Police
powers, regulatory takings, and the efficient compensation of domestic and
foreign investors,”
(with Emma Aisbett and Larry Karp) |
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February 28 |
Ian Sue Wing (Boston
University)
– “Induced
Technological Change: Firm Innovatory Responses to Environmental Regulation” |
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March 7 |
Karen Fisher-Vanden (Dartmouth) – “What Will a Science and Technology Takeoff in
China Mean for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions?” – SPRING BREAK
– |
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March 28 |
Joe Aldy (Resources for the Future) – “Temperature Shocks, Energy Prices, and U.S. Mortality: An Assessment of
the Health Impacts of Climate Change" (with Daniel Stone) |
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April 4 |
Raphaele Preget (French National Institute for Agronomic Research
(INRA), visiting Yale FES) – “Hedonic
Prices for Timber Auctions with Endogenous Participation” (with
Patrick Waelbroeck) |
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April 11 |
Christopher Timmins
(Duke) – “Roy
Model Sorting and Non-Random Selection in the Value of a Statistical Life”
(with Thomas DeLeire) |
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April 18 |
Erin Mansur (Yale)
– “Nearest (Polluting)
Neighbor Estimates: An Empirical Estimate of the RECLAIM Market” (with
Meredith Fowlie and Stephen Holland) |
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April 25 |
Sylvia Brandt
(UMass-Amherst)
– “Willingness
to Pay for Improved Health: A Comparison of Stated and Revealed Preference
Models,” with Michael Hanneman. |
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May 2 |
Katrin Jordan (Free
University of Berlin, visiting Yale FES) – “First-Mover Advantage and Renewable
Energy Policy” |
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.