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!