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:

B. James Deaton, University of Guelph

Papers:

"Joint Regulation of Point and Nonpoint Polluters Using Ambient Taxes"
Luke Jones, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

"FDI and Pollution Haven"
Bidisha Lahiri, Oklahoma State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Environmental Performance on Financial Performance: Evidence from Climate Leaders Program"
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College (Contact Author)

"Can Mining Explain Poverty? Empirical Evaluation of Mining Sector Contribution to the Persistence of Poverty in the U.S."
Ekaterina Niman, University of Guelph (Contact Author)
B. James Deaton, University of Guelph

Discussants:

Stratford M. Douglas, West Virginia University
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Meryem Tekin, The University of Texas at Austin
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College

Session Chairs:

Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia

Papers:

"Participation in Green Power Partnership: What Distinguishes Leaders, Partners and Non-Participants?"
Suchandra Basu, Rhode Island College (Contact Author)
Soma Ghosh, Bridgewater State College
Wayne B. Gray, Clark University

"Do Good and Bad Actors Respond Differently to EPA Policy Levers? An Examination of a Voluntary Program and Regulatory Threat in the Metal Finishing Industry"
Keith Brouhle, Grinnell College (Contact Author)
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"Do Pollution Abatement Spillovers Exist? A Spatial Econometric Approach"
Souvik Datta, The University of British Columbia (Contact Author)

"Incentivizing Sustainable Waste Management"
Jeffrey Wagner, Rochester Institute of Technology (Contact Author)

Discussants:

A. Tolga Ergun, Suffolk University
Ann Wolverton, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Medhawin Kitikun, West Virginia University
Luke Jones, The University of Tennessee