CREE 2013 Final Program (September 10, 2013) Where: Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1 When: September 27-­‐September 29, 2013 Time Friday, Sept. 27 7:00-­‐9:00 PM LOCATIONS Saturday, Sept. 28 8:00-­‐8:45 AM Saturday, Sept. 28 8:30-­‐10:00 AM Welcome Reception (Alphie’s) Academic South 202 Academic South 201 Continental Breakfast (in Corridor outside AS201) Session 1: Energy/Electricity Chair: Brandon Schaufele, Ottawa 1. Energy Codes and the Landlord-­‐Tenant Problem (Maya Papineau, Carleton); Discussant: Laura Grant, Wisconsin-­‐
Milwaukee na 2. Does the Quality of Electricity Matter? Evidence from Rural India (Ujjayant Chakravorty, Tufts; Martino Pelli, Sherbrooke; and Beyza Ural Marchand, Alberta); Discussant: Ron Chan, Maryland 3. An Options Pricing Approach to Ramping 1 10:00-­‐10:15 AM Saturday, Sept. 28 10:15-­‐11:45 AM Lunch 11:45 AM-­‐1:00 PM Invited Speaker 1:00-­‐2:00 PM Rate Restrictions at Hydro Power Plants (Shilei Niu, Waterloo and Margaret Insley, Waterloo); Discussant: Charles Séguin, UQAM Refreshment Break (corridor outside AS201) Session 2: Public and Private Investments in the Environment Chair: Andrew Leach, Alberta 1. Second-­‐best public transit investment and the implications for congestion and air quality (Justin Beaudoin, UC Davis); Discussant: Marcel Oesterich, Brock 2. Investment and Income in the Simple Hotelling Model (Robert Cairns, McGill); Discussant: Anna Sophia Ciesielski, Ifo Institute Session 3: Energy/Oil and Gas Chair: Anthony Ward, Brock 1. Is there a Global Relationship Across Crude Oil Benchmarks? (Janelle Mann, Manitoba, and Peter Sephton, Queen’s); Discussant: Roberto Martínez-­‐Espiñeira, Memorial 2. New Vehicle Feebates: Theory and Evidence (Nicholas Rivers, Ottawa and Brandon Schaufele, Ottawa); Discussant: Martino Pelli, Sherbrooke 3. The second-­‐best optimal gasoline tax for the Greater Toronto-­‐Hamilton Area (Joel Wood, Fraser Institute); Discussant: Collins Ayoo, Carleton. Lunch (Alphie’s) In Academic South 202 Keynote: Christopher Costello, UCSB, "Be careful what you wish for: The global push for property 2 Saturday, Sept. 28 2:00-­‐3:30 PM Saturday, Sept. 28 3:30-­‐3:45 PM Saturday, Sept. 28 3:45-­‐5:15 PM rights in fisheries") Session 4: Carbon Issues Chair: Dina Tasneem, McGill 1. Carbon Footprint Taxes (Carol McAusland, UBC and Nouri Najjar, UBC); Discussant: Itziar Lazkano, Wisconsin-­‐
Milwaukee 2. Carbon emissions scenarios in Europe based on a semi-­‐endogenous growth model (Anna Sophia Ciesielski, Ifo Institute); Discussant: Carol McAusland, UBC 3. Payments for Carbon Sequestration in Agricultural Soils: Incentives for the Future and Rewards for the Past (Mireille Chiroleu-­‐Assouline, Paris School of Economics and Sébastien Roussel, Université Montpellier); Discussant: Joel Bruneau, Saskatchewan Refreshment Break (corridor outside AS201) Session 6: Climate Change Chair: Carol McAusland, UBC 3 Session 5: Environmental Regulation Chair: Stephan Schott, Carleton 1. Future Strategic Effects of Environmental Policy Commitments: Climate Change, Solar Radiation Management and Correlated Air Pollutants (Jingwen Qu, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Emilson Silva, Alberta); Discussant: Bidyut Talukdar, Saint Mary’s 2. On Optimal Audit Mechanisms (Marcel Oesterich, Brock); Discussant: Justin Beaudoin, UC Davis 3. Organizational Learning and Optimal Environmental Policy (Bidyut Talukdar, Saint Mary’s); Discussant: Stephan Schott, Carleton Session 7: Non-­‐market Valuation Chair: Maya Papineau, Carleton 1. Climate Change Skepticism in the Face of Catastrophe (Mark Kagan, VU University); Discussant: Andrea Craig, Queen’s 2. Adaptation to Climate Change: How does Heterogeneity in Adaptation Costs Affect Climate Coalitions? (Itziar Lazkano, Wisconsin-­‐Milwaukee; Walid Marrouchy, CIRANO, and Bruno Nkuiyaz, Laval); Discussant: Mark Kagan, VU University 1. Modelling scale heterogeneity in the estimation of the benefits of road traffic risk reductions: the case of moose-­‐vehicle collisions in Newfoundland (Roberto Martínez-­‐Espiñeira, Memorial; Nikita Lyssenko, Memorial, Justin Quinton, Memorial; and María Pérez-­‐Urdiales, University of Oviedo); Discussant: Olivier Beaumais, UMR LISA, University of Corsica and UMR EconomiX, University of Paris West 2. Implausible willingness to pay estimates in choice experiments: preference space versus willingness to pay space (Romain Crastes, Agri’terr LECOR, ESITPA; Olivier Beaumais, UMR LISA, University of Corsica and UMR EconomiX, University of Paris West and Pierre-­‐Alexandre Mahieu, University of Nantes); Discussant: Van Lantz, UNB 3. Optimal Emissions with Multiple Climate Predictions and Learning (Andrea Craig, Queen’s); Discussant: Christopher Costello, UCSB Saturday, Sept. 28 3. Scale Sensitivity, Respondent Certainty, and Numerical Skills in Contingent Valuation Surveys of Risk Reduction Policies (Justin Quinton, Memorial; Roberto Martínez-­‐Espiñeira, Memorial, and Nikita Lyssenko Memorial): Discussant: James Price, Brock Dinner at Benchmark Restaurant (Niagara College, Niagara-­‐on-­‐the-­‐Lake) 4 6:30-­‐10:00 PM Sunday, Sept. 29 8:00-­‐8:45 AM Sunday, Sept. 29 8:30-­‐10:00AM Sunday Continental Breakfast (in Corridor outside AS201) Session 8: Abatement Issues Chair: Robert Cairns, McGill 1. Buying Greenhouse Insurance with Lottery Tickets (Alistair Fraser, Queen’s, and Andrew Leach, Alberta); Discussant: Jennifer Winter, Calgary 2. Optimal Compliance with Environmental Policy: How Large are the Cost Savings from Emissions Trading? (Ron Chan, Maryland-­‐College Park); Discussant: Mireille Chiroleu-­‐Assouline, Paris School of Economics 3. Search for Abatement Technologies (Ujjayant Chakravorty, Tufts; Andrew Leach, Alberta, and Alain-­‐Desiré Nimubona, Waterloo); Discussant: Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin Session 9: Games and Resource/Environmental Problems Chair: Joel Bruneau, Saskatchewan 1. An Experimental Study of Extraction of a Common-­‐Pool Renewable Resource in Continuous Time (Hassan Benchekroun, McGill; Jim Engle-­‐Warnicky, McGill, and Dina Tasneem, McGill); Discussant: Sara Aghakazemjourabbaf, Waterloo 2. Nonlinear differential games with Skiba points (Larry Karp, UC Berkeley, and Charles Séguin, UQAM); Discussant: Eftichios Sartzetakis, Macedonia 3. International Environmental Agreements: An Emissions Choice Model with Abatement Technology (Eftichios Sartzetakis, Macedonia and Stefania Strantza, Concordia): Discussant: Horatiu Rus, Waterloo Refreshment Break (in corridor outside AS201) 5 10:00-­‐10:15 AM Sunday, Sept. 29 10:15-­‐11:45 AM Lunch 11:45 AM-­‐1:00 PM Session 10: Computable General Equilibrium Models, Trade, and the Environment Chair: Alain-­‐Desiré Nimubona, Waterloo 1. Economic impacts of climate change considering individual, additive, and simultaneous changes in agriculture and forest sectors in Canada: A dynamic, multi-­‐
regional CGE model analysis (Thomas O. Ochuodho, UNB, and Van Lantz, UNB); Discussant: Emilson Silva, Alberta 2. Structural change and climate policy in developing countries (Aaron Gertz, Western); Discussant: Alain-­‐Desiré Nimubona, Waterloo 3. Trade in Used Durables and Recycling Policies (Keisaku Higashida, Kwansei Gakuin); Discussant: Brian Copeland, UBC Lunch and Business Meeting (Alphie’s) 6 Session 11: Water Chair: Marcel Oesterich, Brock 1. Private Provision of Public Goods: Evidence from the Effect of Environmental Groups on Water Quality (Laura Grant, Wisconsin-­‐
Milwaukee and Christian Langpap, Oregon State); Discussant: Steven Renzetti, Brock 2. Marginal Valuations of Water Flow Adjustments over Niagara Falls (Kendra Sakaguchi, Carleton and Stephan Schott, Carleton); Discussant: Joel Wood, Fraser Institute