9th Occasional California Workshop on

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

Made possible with a generous grant from the US EPA

With additional support from the Environmental Economics Group at

UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management

Organizers: Chris Costello, Charlie Kolstad, and Matthew Kotchen with Laura Grant

Venue: Bren Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara

Presentation times: Long papers (presentation 20 min, discussant 5 min, questions 5 min),

Short papers (presentation 8 min, questions 4 min)

* Indicates the presenter

PROGRAM

Friday, November 3
10:30 – 1:00 pm	Registration
11:30 – 1:30 pm		Student Reception, Lunch on the Dean’s Terrace
12:20 pm		Welcome Remarks (Matthew Kotchen)
12:30 – 2:00 pm		I. Markets and Pollution Chair: Carol McAusland (University of Maryland) Subsidies to Industry and the Environment David Kelly* (University of Miami)          Discussant: Charles Mason (University of Wyoming) Environmental Federalism with regards to accidental pollution Klaas Van’t Veld*(University of Wyoming) Jason F Shogren (University of Wyoming) EU Agri-Environmental Policy: Politics or Pollution? Kathy Baylis* (University of British Columbia) Gordon Rausser (University of California, Berkeley) Leo Simon (University of California, Berkeley) Transboundary Water Pollution Abatement Through Financial Transfers: Evidence from NAFTA Linda Fernandez (University of California, Riverside) An Econometric Test of the Endogeneity of Institutions: Water Markets in the Western United States Kristi Hansen* (University of California, Davis) Richard Howitt (University of California, Davis) Jeffrey Williams (University of California, Davis)
2:00 – 2:15 pm		Break
2:15 – 4:00 pm		II. Spatial Dimensions of Resource Use Chair: Christopher Costello (University of California, Santa Barbara) Do Firms Interact Strategically?: An Empirical Analysis of Investment Timing Decisions in Offshore Petroleum Production. Cynthia Lin (University of California, Davis) Discussant: Michael Springborn (University of California, Santa Barbara) Poverty and Spatial Dimensions of Non-Timber Forest Extraction Alejandro Lopez-Feldman* (University of California, San Diego) James E Wilen (University of California, Davis) Discussant: Jonah Busch (University of California, Santa Barbara) Spatial property rights and optimal harvest of renewable resources Daniel T Kaffine*(University of California, Santa Barbara) Christopher J Costello (University of California, Santa Barbara) Peer Effects in Spatial Decision-Making John Lynham (University of California, Santa Barbara) Spatial Dynamics of Water Management in Irrigated Agriculture Daya Muralidharan* (University of California, Riverside) Keith C Knapp (University of California, Riverside)
4:00 – 4:15 pm		Break
4:15 – 6:00 pm		III. Economics of Climate Change Chair: Charles Kolstad (University of California, Santa Barbara) Climate Policy when the Distant Future Matters Larry Karp* (University of California, Berkeley) Yacov Tsur (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) Discussant: James Roumasset (University of California, Davis & University of Hawaii) Specification and Estimation of the Transfer Function in Paleoclimatic Reconstructions Maximilian Auffhammer* (University of California, Berkeley) Brian D Wright (University of California, Berkeley) Seung Jick Yoo (Korea Energy Economics Institute) Discussant: Olivier Deschenes (University of California, Santa Barbara) Adaptation to Climate Change for Urban Water Planning Under Incomplete Information Jeffrey O'Hara (University of California, San Diego) Shepherds’ dilemma: Climate prediction models and livestock disease disclosure Glenn Sheriff* (Columbia University) Daniel Osgood (Columbia University) The Health Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Annual Fluctuations in Weather and Mortality Olivier Deschenes* (University of California, Santa Barbara) Michael Greenstone (University of California, Berkeley)
6:00 – 7:00 pm		Welcome Reception
7:00 – 9:00 pm		Working Dinner
8:00 pm		Keynote Address: Jay Shogren (University of Wyoming)
Saturday, November 4
8:00 – 8:15 am		Buses Depart Hotel
8:30 – 10:15 am		IV. Environmental Policy Chair: Jay Shogren (University of Wyoming) Distributional and Efficiency Impacts of Increased US Gasoline Taxes Antonio Bento* (University of Maryland) Lawrence H Goulder (Stanford University) Mark R Jacobsen (Stanford University) Roger H von Haefen (North Carolina State University) Discussant: Peter Berck (University of California, Berkeley) Testing for Dynamic Efficiency of the Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Market Gloria E Helfand (University of Michigan) Michael Moore* (University of Michigan) Yimin Liu (University of Michigan) Discussant: Catherine Wolfram (University of California, Berkeley) Exporting Stars: Knowledge Worker Emigration and the National Interest Peter Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara) Carol McAusland* (University of Maryland) The Impact of Trade on the Environment Helen Tammela Naughton (University of Oregon)
10:15 – 10:45 am		Break
10:45 – 12:30 am		V. Institutions and Political Economy Chair: Gary Libecap (University of California, Santa Barbara) Mandatory Information Disclosure and Environmental Performance in the Electricity Industry Magali Delmas (University of California, Santa Barbara) Maria Montes-Sancho (Pompeu Fabra University) Jay Shimshack* (Tufts University) Discussant: Trudy Ann Cameron (University of Oregon) Anti-SLAPP legislation and citizen Enforcement: Measuring the “Chill” of Strategic Lawsuits Bevin Ashenmiller* (Occidental College) Catherine S. Norman (Johns Hopkins University) Term Limits and the Last Period Problem—with Evidence from Environmental Policy Allison Huang (University of California, Santa Barbara) The Organization and the Behavior of Bureaucracy: The Case of the Wildlife Agency Dean Lueck (University of Arizona) Nick Parker*(University of California, Santa Barbara) Principals vs. Principles: What do Managers do when Governance is Slack? Ralf Steinhauser (University of California, Berkeley)
12:30 – 1:30 pm		Working Lunch
1:30 – 3:00 pm		VI. Households and Environmental Policy Chair: Matt Kotchen (University of California, Santa Barbara) Gas Prices, Traffic, and Freeway Speeds in Los Angeles Nicholas E Burger* (University of California, Santa Barbara) Daniel T Kaffine (University of California, Santa Barbara) Discussant: Dean Lueck (University of Arizona) Evidence of a Shift in the Short-Run Price Elasticity of Gasoline Demand Jonathan E Hughes (University of California, Davis) Christopher R Knittel* (University of California, Davis) Daniel Sperling (University of California, Davis) Discussant: Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) Will Extending Daylight Saving Time Save Energy?  Evidence from an Australian Experiment Ryan Kellogg (University of California, Berkeley) Hendrik Wolff* (University of California, Berkeley) Residential Water Demand Shanthi Nataraj (University of California, Berkeley)
3:00 – 3:15 pm		Break
3:15 – 4:30 pm		VII. Panel Discussion: The Future of Environmental Economics Chair: Don Fullerton (University of Texas) Trudy Cameron (University of Oregon) Peter Berck (University of California, Berkeley) Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) Chuck Mason (University of Wyoming)
4:30 – 4:45 pm		Break
4:45 – 6:00 pm		VIII. Pollution Policy Chair: Magali Delmas (University of California, Santa Barbara) The Economic Effects of Vintage Differentiated Regulations: The Case of New Source Review James Bushnell* (University of California, Berkeley) Catherine Wolfram (University of California, Berkeley) Discussant: Don Fullerton (University of Texas, Austin) Bush v. Gore and the Effect of New Source Review Policy on Coal Plant Emissions Ian Lange* (Environmental Protection Agency) Josh Linn (University of Illinois, Chicago) Discussant: Marc Conte (University of California, Santa Barbara) Sacred Cars? Optimal Regulation of Stationary and Non-stationary Pollution Sources Meredith Fowlie (University of Michigan) Christopher Knittel (University of California, Davis) Catherine Wolfram* (University of California, Berkeley)
6:15		Buses Return to Hotel