Agenda Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop, September 17-18, 2000 SUNDAY, September 17 All sessions and meals will be held in the Scheman Building, Iowa State University 10:30-11:00 REGISTRATION. Second floor lobby 11:00-12:30 WELCOMING REMARKS Arne Hallam, Chair, Department of Economics, Iowa State University Room 275 LUNCHEON and KEYNOTE ADDRESS “On the Theory and Practice of Environmental Economics” David Zilberman, Chair, Department of Ag and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley 1:00- 3:00 VALUATION Room 220-230 Brent Hueth, moderator “Combining Non-parametric Bounds with Parametric Models of Recreation Demand: A Bayesian Prior Interpretation” John (Skip) Crooker, Texas Tech University Daniel Phaneuf, North Carolina State University “Linking Revealed and Stated Preferences to Estimate Recreation Benefits” Dietrich Earnhart, University of Kansas “Alternative Methodologies for Incorporating the Opportunity Cost of Time in Recreation Demand Models” Chris Azevedo, Iowa State University 3:00-3:30 BREAK: Coffee, tea, and beverages Room 220-230 A message board will be available (515-294-1092) and a computer to check your email. 3:30-5:00 AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Room 220-230 Quinn Weninger, moderator “The Efficiency of Sequestering Carbon in Agricultural Soils” Greg Pautsch, Lyubov Kurkalova, Bruce Babcock, and Catherine Kling, Iowa State University “A Cost-effective Mechanism for Nonpoint Source Pollution Control” Kenneth Baerenklau, University of Wisconsin. “Economic Characterization of Wildlife Damage: A Case Study of Ontario” Lori Heigh and Kimberly Rollins, University of Guelph 5:30-7:30 Elwood Drive, South RECEPTION AT REIMAN GARDENS Wine and hors d'oeuvres Dinner on your own MONDAY, September 18 All sessions and meals will be held in the Scheman Building. 8:00-8:30 REGISTRATION. Second floor lobby 8:30-9:00 CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Room 220-230 9:00-10:30 Room 220-230 MORE AGRICULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT Bruce Babcock, moderator “Implementing Carbon Reductions with Agricultural Sinks” Hong-li Feng, Catherine Kling, and Jinhua Zhao, Iowa State University “Sequential Investment in Site-Specific Crop Management Under Output Price Uncertainty: Implications for Nitrogen Pollution Control” Murat Isik, Madhu Khanna, and Alex Winter-Nelson, University of Illinois “Green Insurance for Provision of Best Management Adoption Incentives” Paul Mitchell, Texas A&M University Bruce Babcock and David Hennessy, Iowa State University 10:30-11:00 BREAK: coffee, tea, and beverages Room 220-230 11:00-12:00 Room 220-230 MORE VALUATION PAPERS Chris Azevedo, moderator “An Ex-Post Benefit-Cost Analysis of Hydropower Dam Relicensing in Michigan” Michael Moore, University of Michigan Frank Lupi, Michigan State University Edward Rutherford, University of Michigan Matthew Kotchen, University. of Michigan “A Complete Characterization of the Implications of Slutzky Symmetry for the Linear, Log-Linear, and Semi-Log Incomplete Demand System Models” Roger von Haefen, Bureau of Labor Statistics 12:15-1:30 LUNCHEON and SPECIAL SPEAKER Second Floor “Ecology, Economics, and Ecological Economics” Lobby Steve Polasky, Department of Applied. Economics, University of Minnesota 1:45-3:15 INTEREST GROUPS AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES Room 220-230 Jinhua Zhao, moderator “Behavior in Environmental Conflicts with Asymmetric Information: Some Experimental Evidence” Terrance Hurley, University of Minnesota Jay Shogren, University of Wyoming “Fishing and Voting” Matthew Turner, University of Toronto Quinn Weninger, Iowa State University “Do Interest Groups Play Cournot?” Amy Ando, University of Illinois 3:15-3:30 BREAK: coffee, tea, and beverages Room 220-230 3:30-5:00 Room 220-230 GROWTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION Joseph Herriges, moderator “Economic Growth and the Dynamics of Environmental Quality” Ariaster Chimeli and John Braden, University of Illinois “Corporate Environmental Management: Regulatory and Market-based Incentives” Madhu Khanna and Wilma Rose Quimio, University of Illinois 5:30-7:30 RECEPTION AT THE BRUNNIER ART MUSEUM Second Floor Cash bar and hors d'oeuvres Music by the Iowa Collegiate Brass Ensemble WORKSHOP ENDS Thanks for coming!