Session Chairs:

Garth Heutel, Harvard University

Papers:

"Collective Action and International Carbon Dioxide Regulations"
Nirupama Devaraj, Valparaiso University
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College (Contact Author)

"The Institutional Determinants of CO2 Emissions: A Computational Modeling Approach Using Artificial Neural Networks and Genetic Programming"
Gonzalo Caballero, University of Vigo (Contact Author)
Marcos Alvarez-Diaz, Centre De Recera Econòmica - University of the Balearic Islands
Mario Soliño, University of Vigo

"The Welfare Synergy in Bundling International Environmental Agreements with International Trade Treaties"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"Optimal Environmental Policy Under Economic Fluctuations"
Garth Heutel, Harvard University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Jennifer Brown, Eastern Connecticut State University
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire
Fred Loxsom, Eastern Connecticut State University
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University

Session Chairs:

Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington

Papers:

"Do Firms Respond to Media Attention? A Case Study of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Release Inventory"
Shrawantee Saha, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Marrying Science with Economics: Hedonic Property Analysis as a Measure of Site Specificity"
Vanessa Raney, University of Maryland University College (Contact Author)

"Transmitting Spillovers to Industries"
Maryanne Clifford, Eastern Connecticut State University (Contact Author)
Robert F. Quinn, Northern Michigan University

"Firm Performance and Knowledge Spillovers"
Mahmut Yasar, The University of Texas at Arlington (Contact Author)
Catherine J. Morrison Paul, University of California, Davis

Discussants:

Garth Heutel, Harvard University
Baybars Karacaovali, Fordham University
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College
Vanessa Raney, University of Maryland University College