NATIONAL
BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC. |
SUMMER
INSTITUTE 2004 |
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Workshop
on Public Policy and the Environment |
Lawrence
Goulder and Michael Greenstone, Organizers |
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Royal
Sonesta Hotel |
5
Cambridge Parkway |
Cambridge,
Massachusetts |
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August
2-3, 2004 |
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PROGRAM |
MONDAY, AUGUST 2: |
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8:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Pastries |
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8:20 a.m. |
Welcome and Introductions |
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8:30 a.m. |
SEBASTIAN GALIANI, Universidad
de San Andres |
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PAUL GERTLER, UC Berkeley and
NBER |
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ERNESTO SCHARGRODSKY,
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella |
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Water for Life: The Impact of the Privatization of Water
Services on Child Mortality |
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Discussant: JANET CURRIE, UCLA
and NBER |
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9:30 a.m. |
JARED CARBONE and V. KERRY
SMITH, North Carolina State University |
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Average
Substitution and Non-Market Effects in Second-Best Policies |
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Discussant: LAWRENCE GOULDER,
Stanford University and NBER |
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10:30
a.m. |
Break |
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11:00 APM |
LOUIS KAPLOW, Harvard University
and NBER |
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On the (Ir)Relevance of
Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy |
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Discussant: ROBERTON C. WILLIAMS
III, University of Texas, Austin and NBER |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
RESEARCH SKETCHES |
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2:15 p.m. |
Break |
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2:30 p.m. |
MICHAEL GREENSTONE, MIT and NBER |
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JUSTIN GALLAGHER, MIT |
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Does
Hazardous Waste Matter? |
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Evidence
from the Housing Market and the Superfund Program |
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Discussant: TED GAYER,
Georgetown University and American Enterprise Institute |
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3:30 p.m. |
MATTHEW J. KOTCHEN, Williams
College |
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MICHAEL R. MOORE, University of
Michigan |
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Conservation Behavior: From Voluntary Restraint to a Voluntary
Price Premium |
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Discussant: FELIX OBERHOLZER-GEE, Harvard University
and NBER |
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4:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3: |
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8:00 a.m. |
Coffee and Doughnuts |
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8:30 a.m. |
ERIN MANSUR, Yale University |
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Discussant: CHAD SYVERSON,
University of Chicago and NBER |
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9:30 a.m. |
YE FENG, University of Texas, Austin |
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DON FULLERTON, University of
Texas, Austin and NBER |
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LI GAN, University of Texas,
Austin |
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Discussant: KENNETH TRAIN, UC Berkeley |
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10:30 a.m. |
Break |
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11:00 a.m. |
EDWARD BARBIER, University of
Wyoming |
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Frontier
Expansion and Resource-Based Development with Spillovers |
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Discussant: M. SCOTT TAYLOR, University of Calgary and
NBER |
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12:00 p.m. |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
SUZI KERR and JOANNA HENDY, Motu,
New Zealand |
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SHUGUANG LIU, EROS Data Center |
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ALEXANDER PFAFF, Columbia
University |
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Discussant: KENNETH RICHARDS, Indiana University |
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2:00 p.m. |
RONALD SHADBEGIAN, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth |
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WAYNE GRAY, Clark University and NBER |
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CYNTHIA MORGAN, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments:
Who Got Cleaner AirBand Who Paid for It? |
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Discussant: DENNY ELLERMAN, MIT |
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3:00 p.m. |
Break |
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3:15 p.m. |
Two-Paper Session: |
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MITCH KUNCE and STEVE HAMILTON,
University of Wyoming |
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SHELBY GERKING, University of
Central Florida |
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Marketable
Permits, Low-Sulfur Coal, and the Behavior of Railroads |
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MEGHAN BUSSE, UC, Berkeley |
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NATHANIEL KEOHANE, Yale
University |
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Who Gained from Environmental Regulation?
The 1900 Clean Air Act |
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Discussant: SPENCER BANZHAF,
Resources for the Future |
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4:45 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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7/11/04 |
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