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

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