2013 Sessions for the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Session 26A Behavioral and Experimental
Session 26B Cars and Boats
Session 26C Pollution
Session 26D Forests and Parks
Session 26F Preferences
Session 26G Resource Use and Development
Session 26H Water
Session 26I Where Do Environmental Economists Stand?

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
AERE
Session 26A
Behavioral and Experimental

Session Chairs:

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University

Papers:

"Estuarine Gifts: Assessing Hypothetical Bias in Households’ Willingness‐to‐Pay for Coastal Habitat"
Paul R. Hindsley, Eckerd College (Contact Author)
Ash Morgan, Appalachian State University
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

"Enforcing Environmental Agreements under Uncertainty"
David M. McEvoy, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Todd L. Cherry, Appalachian State University

"Experimental Analysis of Willingness-to-Pay for Salt-Acclimated Prawns"
Matthew A. Freeman, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Kalyn T. Coatney, Mississippi State University
Wes Schilling, Mississippi State University

"Predictive Validity of Revealed/Stated Behavior Data: Evidence from a Natural Experiment"
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Ash Morgan, Appalachian State University
William L. Huth, University of West Florida

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
AERE
Session 26B
Cars and Boats

Session Chairs:

Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"The Distribution of Hybrid Electric Vehicle Subsidies in the Canadian Automobile Market"
Sumeet Gulati, University of British Columbia (Contact Author)
Carol McAusland, University of Maryland
James Sallee, University of Chicago

"The Value of Environmental Status Signaling: The Case of the Toyota Prius"
Michael S. Delgado, Purdue University
Jessica Harriger, Western Illinois University (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University

"Measuring Divers’ Willingness-to-Pay for Large Ship Artificial Reef Attributes"
Ash Morgan, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Paul R. Hindsley, Eckerd College
William L. Huth, University of West Florida

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
AERE
Session 26C
Pollution

Session Chairs:

Shana M. McDermott, University of New Mexico

Papers:

"Coal Plants’ Response to Renewable Portfolio Standards"
Suman Gautam, Pennsylvania State University (Contact Author)
R.J. Briggs, Pennsylvania State University

"The Relationship Between the Carbon Market and Financial Markets–A Frequency Domain Analysis"
Marc Gronwald, University of Aberdeen Business School (Contact Author)
Stefan Trueck, Macquarie University

"The Effect of Abundant Natural Gas on Air Pollution from Electricity Production"
J. Scott Holladay, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)
Jacob LaRiviere, The University of Tennessee

"Third Party Verification and the Effectiveness of Voluntary Pollution Abatement Programs: Evidence from the American Chemistry Council’s Responsible Care Program"
Martina Vidovic, Rollins College (Contact Author)
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
Michael S. Delgado, Purdue University

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
AERE
Session 26D
Forests and Parks

Session Chairs:

Martina Vidovic, Rollins College

Papers:

"Working with Ecology: Using the Allee Effect for Invasive Species (Control) Policy"
Shana M. McDermott, University of New Mexico (Contact Author)
David Finnoff, University of Wyoming

"Valuing Global Public Goods: A Delphi Contingent Valuation (CV) Survey of the Amazon Rainforest"
Ståle Navrud, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Contact Author)
Jon Strand, Development Research Group, The World Bank

"'Friending' the National Parks: Determinants of Overcoming Collective Action Problems in Supporting National Parks"
Douglas S. Noonan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis (Contact Author)
Tracy Yandle, Emory University

"Forest Harvest Practices and Housing Values"
Toni Sipic, Central Washington University (Contact Author)
Matthew Novak, Central Washington University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
AERE
Session 26F
Preferences

Session Chairs:

J. Scott Holladay, The University of Tennessee

Papers:

"Value of Life, Economics of"
Glenn C. Blomquist, University of Kentucky (Contact Author)

"Risk Preferences and Perceptions: The Case of Branded Gulf Oysters"
Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Bill Walton, Auburn University

"Time Use Responses to Natural Disasters"
Brian Vander Naald, University of Alaska Southeast (Contact Author)
Toni Sipic, Central Washington University

"Economic Values of Coastal Erosion Management"
Craig E. Landry, East Carolina University (Contact Author)
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
AERE
Session 26G
Resource Use and Development

Session Chairs:

James F. Casey, Washington and Lee University

Papers:

"Escaping the Boom-Bust Pattern of Frontier Development:The Dynamics of Urban and Rural Migration under Resource Constraints"
Max Melstrom, Salisbury University (Contact Author)
Luke Jones, Valdosta State University
Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University

"Capital-Resource Economies and Resource Exhaustion"
Johnson Kakeu, Morehouse College (Contact Author)

"Adaptation, Mitigation and International Trade"
Alain-Desire Nimubona, University of Waterloo
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo (Contact Author)

"Boom Before Bust? The Industrial Organization of Groundwater"
Ujjayant Chakravorty, Tufts University (Contact Author)
E. Somanathan, Indian Statistical Institute

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
AERE
Session 26H
Water

Session Chairs:

Johnson Kakeu, Morehouse College

Papers:

"Consumer Surplus from SCUBA and Snorkeling in Belize"
James F. Casey, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

"Assessing the Property Value Benefits of Water Quality Changes: Are All Measures the Same?"
Patrick J. Walsh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contact Author)
J. Walter Milon, University of Central Florida

 

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Sunday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
AERE
Session 26I
Where Do Environmental Economists Stand?

Moderators:

Glenn C. Blomquist, University of Kentucky

Panelists:

Lea Kosnik, University of Missouri-St. Louis "Environmental Economics in the Literature, 1960-2010"

Lynne Lewis, Bates College "Textbooks and Teaching Environmental Economics when the Audience Is Mixed: Where to Draw the Line"

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University "Flipping the Undergraduate Classroom: Using Online Videos to Improve Understanding of the Principles of Environmental Economics"

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University "Is There Consensus Among Environmental and Resource Economists?"

 

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