Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Sarah L. Stafford, College of William and Mary

Papers:

"Phase-In of Nonpoint Sources in a Transferable Discharge Permit (TDP) System for Water Quality Management: Setting Permit Prices"
Dennis Collentine, University of Gavle (Contact Author)

"Do Spatial Interactions Matter for Water Conservation Policy in Agriculture?"
Georgina Moreno, Scripps College (Contact Author)

"How to Prevent an Excessive Use of Packaging?"
Lucie Bottega, University of Toulouse I (Contact Author)

"The Efficient State Conservation Tax Credit"
David Martin, Davidson College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Marc Ribaudo, USDA-ERS
Wen-yuan Huang, USDA-ERS
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University
Will Wheeler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Juan Aguirre, Center for Sustainable Development - Costa Rica

Papers:

"Optimum Incentives and Habitat Conservation on Florida's Non-Industrial Private Forests"
Jagannadha Rao Matta, University of Florida (Contact Author)
Janaki Alavalapati, University of Florida
Evan Mercer, U.S. Forest Service

"Stochastic Dominance, Entropy and Biodiversity Manasgement"
Catherine M. Chambers, Central Missouri State University (Contact Author)
John R. Crooker, Central Missouri State University

"Assessing the Effectiveness of Biodiversity Conservation Strategies: The Case of the United States' Endangered Species Act"
Joe Kerkvliet, Oregon State University
Christian Langpap, Tulane University (Contact Author)

"Using an Elasticity-Based Model to Assess the Economic Impact of Import Regulations to Prevent Mediterranean Fruit Fly Establishment in U.S.: Applications on the Import of Spanish Clementines"
Wen-yuan Huang, USDA-ERS (Contact Author)
Craig Osteen, USDA-ERS

Discussants:

Christian Langpap, Tulane University
Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts
Georgina Moreno, Scripps College
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University