AGENDA
Heartland Environmental and Resource
Economics Workshop, September 22-23, 2002
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22
(All sessions in the Scheman Building, 2nd floor, Iowa State Center, Ames)
11:00–11:30: Check in at Scheman Building
11:30–12:45: Luncheon and Keynote Address: Ted McConnell,
University of Maryland
1:00–3:00: Pollution Control Policy (Lyubov Kurkalova, moderator)
“Quantities Without Apologies: A Sympathetic Review of Command and Control,”
Peter Berck and Gloria Helfand
“Designing an Optimal Exchange Ratio between Carbon Sequestration and
Conventional Carbon Abatement,” Ram Ranjan, James Shortle, and Richard Horan
“Commitment versus Flexibility in Pollution Control Policy in the Presence of
Learning,” Nori Tarui and Stephen Polasky
“Marketable Emissions Permits with Large Firms: Bargaining and Efficiency,” Jee
Hoon Lee, Stephen Polasky, and Jay Coggins
3:00–3:30: Break, coffee and beverages
3:30–5:30: Agriculture and the Environment (Sergey Rabotyagov, moderator)
“Farmland Values as Indicators of Productivity, Location, and Potential Environmental
Risk,” John Miranowski and Anita Regmi
“Integrating Farmers’ Decision-Making in Targeting Conservation Programs,”
Wanhong Yang and Murat Isik
“Yield Benefit of Corn Event MON 863: Comparing Composed Error Models,” Paul
Mitchell and Jillian Yang Juan
“On the Demand for a State-Contingent, Cost-Saving Seed Trait,” David Hennessy and
Alexander Saak
5:30–7:30: Outdoor Reception (south patio of Scheman) (wine,
beer, & appetizers) and music (The Porch Stompers!) Dinner on
your own
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 (All sessions and meals 2nd floor of Scheman Building)
7:30–8:00: Continental Breakfast
8:00–10:00: Morning Mixture (Hongli Feng, moderator)
“Some Dynamic Aspects of Economic Policy for Invasive Species,” Richard Jensen
“Environmental Aid and North-South Trade,” Paul Chambers
“Discounting and the Price of Risk,” Paul Fackler
“Economics and Ecology,” Catherine Kling, Stephen Polasky and William Provencher
10:00–10:15: Break, coffee and beverages
10:15–11:45: Short Papers Session (10-Minute Presentations)
(Shikha Marwah, moderator)
“Privatization of Water Resource Development,” Stephen Holland
“Measurements of Technical Efficiency and Productivity Growth in the Presence of
Environmental Externalities,” Shunrong Qi
“Money, Technological Progress, Environmental Quality, and Growth,” Farzad
Taheripour and Madhu Khanna
“An Economic Analysis of Proposed Effluent Treatment in Hybrid Striped Bass
Aquafarming Using Mixed Integer Programming,” Yong-Suhk Wui and Carole Engle
“Econometric Consequences of Combining Hedonic Model and Conjoint Analysis for
Environmental Valuation,” Arianto Patunru
“Does Spatial Dependence Matter for Site-Specific Input Management? Surveying the
Literature,” Basanta Dhungana
“Nutrient Best Management Practice Insurance,” Paul Mitchell
11:45–1:00: Luncheon and Special Speaker: Chuck Mason, University
of Wyoming
1:15–3:15: Nonmarket Valuation (Chris Azevedo, moderator)
“Experience, Recall, and Expectations: Exploring the Cognitive Linkages Between
Ex Ante and Retrospective Fishing Trip Valuations Using Combined Revealed and
Stated Preference Data,” Michael Bennett and Bill Provencher
“The Benefits and Costs of Fish Consumption Advisories for Mercury in the
Chesapeake Bay,” Paul Jakus, Alan Krupnick, and Meghan McGuinness
“The Effects of Orthogonal and Countervailing Variation in Multiple Dimensions of
Water Quality on Recreation Demand,” Dietrich Earnhart
“Pests, Plagues, and Patents,” Timo Goeschl and Timothy Swanson
3:15–3:30: Break, coffee and beverages
3:30–5:30: Hedonics and Locational Externalities (Silvia Secchi, moderator)
“Describing Urban Sprawl: Evidence from Remote-Sensing Imagery,” Henry
Overman, Diego Puga, and Matthew Turner
“Environmental Regulation Stringency and Firm Location Decisions: Evidence from
Dairy Farm Locations,” Murat Isik
“Selection Bias in Property Value Estimation,” Christine Poulos and V. Kerry Smith
“Conservation Reserve Selection: Can’t We Optimize?” Hayri Onal
See you next year!