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Registration & Tea/Coffee (City of London Rooms)
09:00 - 09:30 |
Welcome to envecon 2008 (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
09:30 - 09:35 |
Keynote Speeches:
Peter Young, Chairman, Aldersgate Group 
Richard Price, Chief Economist, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
09:35 - 09:55 |
Parallel Session 1: Climate and Carbon
Chair: Dr Samuel Fankhauser, IDEAcarbon and London School of Economics
10:00 – 13:00 |
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The Shadow Price of Carbon |
Stephen Nelson, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs |
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Disentangling the Effects of EU Industrial Production and CO2 Emissions on Carbon Prices |
Emilie Alberola, EconomiX-CNRS and University of Paris |
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Coffee break |
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Modelling Demand for Fuel Efficiency for New Car Purchases in the UK |
Brett Day, University of East Anglia |
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Measuring Preferences for Low-Carbon Energy Technologies in South-East England: the Case of Electricity Generation |
Eleni Fimereli, Imperial College London |
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Climate Policy Measures: What do People Prefer? |
Scott Cole, Swedish Agricultural Sciences University |
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Discussion |
Parallel Session 2a: Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity
Chair: Helen Dunn, UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
10:00 – 11:15 |
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Papers |
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An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assess Managed Realignment Coastal Policy in England |
Tiziana Luisetti, University of East Anglia |
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Payment for Ecosystem Services: Emerging Lessons |
Pushpam Kumar, University of Liverpool |
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Investigating the Potential for Marine Resource Protection though Environmental Service Market: A Case Study from La Paz, Mexico |
Rhona Barr, Imperial College London |
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Coffee break |
Parallel Session 2b: Water
Chair: Jonathan Fisher, Environment Agency for England and Wales - Paper - Presentation
11:30 – 13:00 |
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Developing and Testing an Agricultural Land Use Model for Predicting the Impact of Policy Change: A Case Study Examining the Water Framework Directive Implementation |
Carlo Fezzi, University of East Anglia |
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An Assessment of Non-Market Benefits of the EU Water Framework Directive for Households in England and Wales  |
Paul Metcalfe, NERA |
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Discussion (Session 2a and 2b) |
Lunch (City of London Rooms)
13:00 – 14:00 |
Parallel Session 3: Market Based Instruments
Chair: Professor Paul Ekins, King's College London
14:00 – 17:00 |
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Papers |
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Environmental Tax Reforms in EU Member States: the Current Status and Future Developments |
Stefan Speck |
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The Evidence from Maine Light-Duty Vehicle Market: Are Eco-Marketing Campaigns Effective? |
Eleanor Bacani, University of Maine |
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Landfill Diversion: Economic, Geographical and Policy factors. Panel Data Regional Evidence Comparing Southern and Northern Italy |
Massimiliano Mazzanti, University of Ferrara |
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Coffee break |
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Potential benefits of linking the Green Investment Scheme of the Kyoto Protocol with institutionalised voluntary markets like the Chicago Climate Exchange |
Csaba Fogarassy, Szent Istvan University |
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Designing More Effective Conservation Auctions: Lessons from Queensland's Vegetation Incentive Program |
Emma Comerford, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds |
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Discussion |
Parallel Session 4a: Economic Valuation
Chair: Rob Sheldon, Director, Accent
14:00 – 15:15 |
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Assessing Respondent’s ‘Ability to Choose’ in Choice Experiments: A Bayesian Estimation of Relative Individual Scale |
Mike Christie, Institute of Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University |
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Modelling Uncertain Preferences in Contingent Valuation with a Mixture-Model Approach |
Maria Loureiro, University of Santiago de Compostela |
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When to Take "No" For an Answer? Further Evidence on Using Entreaties to Reduce Protests in Stated Preference Studies |
Susana Mourato, Imperial College London |
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Coffee break |
Parallel Session 4b: Life Expectancy and Satisfaction
Chair: Rob Sheldon, Director, Accent
15:30 – 17:00 |
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Papers |
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Life Satisfaction and Environmental Quality in London |
George MacKerron, Imperial College London |
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Valuing Non-Market Goods: A Comparison of Preference-Based and Experience-Based Approache |
Robert Metcalfe, Imperial College London |
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Discussion (Session 4a and 4b) |
UK Network of Environmental Economists Drinks Reception (City of London Rooms) |
