Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Amy B. Henderson, St. Mary's College of Maryland

Papers:

"Is the U.S. Ready for Conversion of Shipping Fleets from Diesel to Compressed Natural Gas? A Real Options Analysis"
Hui Xian, The University of Georgia
Gregory J. Colson, The University of Georgia
Berna Karali, The University of Georgia
Michael E. Wetzstein, The University of Georgia

"Option Values and Willingness to Contract Expanded Natural Gas Pipeline Capacity"
Matthew E. Oliver, Georgia Institute of Technology
Charles F. Mason, University of Wyoming
David Finnoff, University of Wyoming

"Effectiveness of Capacity-Dependent Rooftop Solar Subsidies: Lessons from California"
Evan Rogers, North Carolina State University
Steve Sexton, North Carolina State University

"The Clean Air Act and the Low Sulfur Coal Boom"
Michael Craig, The University of Tennessee (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Erik P. Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology

Papers:

"Sustainable Investing in Capital Markets: A Strategic Approach"
Johnson Kakeu, Morehouse College (Contact Author)

"How Do Firms Certify Green?"
Daniel Matisoff, Georgia Institute of Technology
Douglas S. Noonan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Mallory Flowers, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Does Size Matter: The Effect of Firm Size on Safety in the Context of Fracking"
Jonathan Eyer, North Carolina State University (Contact Author)

"The Environmental Performance of Foreign Owned Firms: A Facility Level Analysis of Firm Emissions in the United States"
J. Scott Holladay, The University of Tennessee
Justin Roush, Centre College (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Nikolaos Mykoniatis, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Papers:

"How Spatially Extensive Are the Effects of Flood Risks? An Evaluation Using the Simulated Inundation Maps"
Ajita Atreya, University of Pennsylvania (Contact Author)

"Local and Regional Impacts of Hurricane Katrina"
Meri Davlasheridze, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Qin Fan, California State University

"Going Toward the Flow: Subsidizing Migration and Development Patterns in Flood Plains"
Douglas S. Noonan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis
Abdul-Akeem Sadiq, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

"Farmer Interest in and Uses of Climate Forecasts for Florida and the Carolinas: Conditional Perspectives of Extension Personnel"
Alan Hooper, Clemson University
Scott R. Templeton, Clemson University
Norman Breuer, University of Florida
Heather Aldridge, North Carolina State University

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Xiang Bi, University of Florida

Papers:

"Does Experience Overcome Perception Bias for Consumers of Grass-Finished Beef?"
Yunkyung Lee, Mississippi State University
Matthew A. Freeman, Mississippi State University
Kalyn T. Coatney, Mississippi State University
Wes Schilling, Mississippi State University
Alba Collart, Mississippi State University

"Multi-Units Public Good Provision Using Individualized Price Auctions: Experimental Evidences"
Pengfei Liu, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)
Stephen K. Swallow, University of Connecticut

"Participation in Green Energy Programs: Conditional Cooperation and Worldviews"
David M. McEvoy, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Todd L. Cherry, Appalachian State University
Hege Westkog, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research, Oslo (CICERO)

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Meri Davlasheridze, Texas A&M University at Galveston

Papers:

"Fisheries Annual Cost Estimation Methodology: An Application in the Northeast, U.S."
Chhandita Das, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (Contact Author)

"The Potential Contribution of a Bivalve Fishery Management to the Achievement of Water Quality Goals: The Case of Eastern Oyster and Nitrogen in the Chesapeake Bay"
Nikolaos Mykoniatis, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Richard Ready, Pennsylvania State University

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Moderators:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Panelists:

Glenn C. Blomquist, University of Kentucky "Sayings from the Professor's Almanac"

Douglas S. Noonan, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis "Navigating the Journal Review Process"

Will Wheeler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency "Grant Writing Best Practices"

Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University "Five Steps to a Kick-Ass Presentation"

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University "Academic Blogging"

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Martin D. Heintzelman, Clarkson University

Papers:

"Third Party Certification and the Effectiveness of Self-Regulation: Evidence from Responsible Care and Accidents in the US Chemical Industry"
Huan Li, Binghamton University
Neha Khanna, Binghamton University
Martina Vidovic, Rollins College

"The Impact of Air Pollution on Morbidity, Mortality, and Healthcare Cost in the Medicare Population"
Garth Heutel, Georgia State University
Nolan Miller, University of Illinois
David Molitor, University of Illinois

"Dirty and Perverse: Substitution Responses to the Clean Air Act"
Matthew Gibson, University of California, San Diego (Contact Author)

"Meta-Analysis and Publication Bias in the Hedonic Wage Literature"
Will Wheeler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Chris Dockins, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Merlin Mack Hanauer, Sonoma State University

Papers:

"Water Quality and Property Prices in the Chesapeake Bay"
Patrick J. Walsh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Lawn Watering Class on Residential Water Demand"
Jingjing Wang, The University of New Mexico
Janie M. Chermak, The University of New Mexico

"Shock or Salience? A Natural Experiment in Billing Frequency"
Casey J. Wichman, University of Maryland (Contact Author)

"A Spatial Economic-Hydrological Model of Fertilizer Demand and Phosphorus Loadings in the Western Lake Erie Basin"
Wendong Zhang, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University

Papers:

"Forecasting Marine Recreational Fishing Participation with Climate Change"
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)
Daniel Willard, Environmental Defense Fund

"Finite Mixture Model of Wildlife Watching Recreation with Multiply-Imputed Travel Cost"
Jee W. Hwang, The University of New Mexico
Alok K. Bohara, The University of New Mexico

"Expectations and Environmental Goods Valuation"
Younjun Kim, Iowa State University
Tanya Rosenblat, University of Michigan

"Measuring the Effects of Offshore Wind Projects on Beach Use on the East Coast of the United States"
George R. Parsons, University of Delaware
Jenna Toussaint, University of Delaware
Jeremy Firestone, University of Delaware

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Wendong Zhang, The Ohio State University

Papers:

"Does the Endangered Species Act Spillover?"
Merlin Mack Hanauer, Sonoma State University (Contact Author)

"Two Birds with One Stone? Targeting Forest Conservation for Multiple Benefits"
Allen Blackman, Resources for the Future
Jessica Chu, Resources for the Future
Leonard Goff, Resources for the Future
Juha Siikamaki, Resources for the Future

"Poverty Traps and Degraded Ecosystems"
Kyle Montanio, University of Rhode Island
Thomas Sproul, University of Rhode Island
Emi Uchida, University of Rhode Island

"Optimal Fines When Oil Spills Are Random"
Will Wheeler, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Charles Griffiths, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Pengfei Liu, University of Connecticut

Papers:

"Cheap Talk vs. Priming in a Survey of Lake Erie Cleanup Programs: Combating Hypothetical Bias in Internet Choice Exercises"
Gregory E. Howard, East Carolina University
Brian Roe, The Ohio State University
Erik Nisbet, The Ohio State University

"Using Choice Experiment to Estimate People’s Willingness to Pay for Improved Solid Waste Management System in Kathmandu, Nepal"
Menuka Karki, University of New Mexico
Alok K. Bohara, The University of New Mexico

"Single-Choice, Repeated-Choice, and Best-Worst Elicitation Formats: Do Results Differ and by How Much?"
Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University
Joonghyun Hwang, Mississippi State University
Matthew G. Interis, Mississippi State University

"Willingness-to-Pay for Intermediate and Final Ecosystem Services: An Example of Land Conservation"
Lingqiao Qi, University of Connecticut
Stephen K. Swallow, University of Connecticut

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Jingjing Wang, The University of New Mexico

Papers:

"Cleansing the Air at the Expenses of Waterways? Empirical Evidence from the Toxic Releases of the Power Plants in the U.S."
Xiang Bi, University of Florida (Contact Author)

"Environmental Regulation and the Changing Composition of the U.S. Electric Generating Industry"
Elaine F. Frey, California State University, Long Beach
Neda Jahedmotlagh, California State University, Long Beach

"The Environmental Effects of Electricity Congestion"
Erik P. Johnson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Juan Moreno-Cruz, Georgia Institute of Technology

"Climate Change Adaptation and International Environmental Agreements with Heterogeneous Agents"
Hongxiu Li, University of Waterloo
Horatiu A. Rus, University of Waterloo

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Papers:

"Hedonic Prices, Taxation, and Imperfect Competition"
Ju-Chin Huang, University of New Hampshire
Min Qiang Zhao, Xiamen University
Laura Beaudin, Bryant University

"Incentive Targeting for Carbon Sequestration with Spatially Heterogeneous Land Types Under Asymmetric Information"
Taeyoung Kim, The University of Tennessee
Christian Langpap, Oregon State University
Seong-Hoon Cho, The University of Tennessee
Paul R. Armsworth, The University of Tennessee

"Environmental Quality and Health: A Dynamic Optimization Approach"
Shana M. McDermott, The University of New Mexico
Benjamin A. Jones, The University of New Mexico

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Younjun Kim, Iowa State University

Papers:

"Growing by Getting Their Hands Dirty: Meaningful Research Transforms Students"
Amy B. Henderson, St. Mary's College of Maryland (Contact Author)

"Demonstrating Nonmarket Valuation Methods in the Classroom"
Max Melstrom, Oklahoma State University
Jill L. Caviglia-Harris, Salisbury University

"Community Based Economic Research"
John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University (Contact Author)

"The Impact of Positive Affect on Willingness to Pay for Whale Shark Conservation in Belize"
James F. Casey, Washington and Lee University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

John C. Whitehead, Appalachian State University

Session Chairs:

Shana M. McDermott, The University of New Mexico

Papers:

"Understanding Local Regulation of Hydro‐Fracking: A Spatial Econometric Approach"
Martin D. Heintzelman, Clarkson University
Stephen Bird, Clarkson University
Patrick J. Walsh, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

"It's the Fracking Economy: The Local Economic Impacts of Unconventional Shale Gas Development"
Peter Maniloff, Colorado School of Mines
Ralph Mastromonaco, University of Oregon

"Tax Competition and Constituent Interest in a Dynamic Setting: On the Irrelevance of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis"
Benjamin A. Chupp, Illinois State University (Contact Author)

"When Neither Emissions Taxes nor Cap-and-Trade Are Efficient: Implications in a Non-Linear 'Weitzman' Model"
Peter Grossman, Butler University (Contact Author)
Kathy P. Gjerde, Butler University
Daniel H. Cole, Indiana University

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