envecon 2004

09:00 - 09:40 Registration (Marble Hall) & Tea/Coffee (City of London Rooms)
09:40 - 09:45 Welcome: Ece Ozdemiroglu, eftec
Parallel Session 1: Water Management (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Chair: Yvette de Garris, Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Time Papers Presented By
10:15 - 11:00 The 4 th Periodic Review of the UK Water Industry: a large-scale practical application of environmental cost-benefit analysis.
B. Horton and J. Fisher
Bruce Horton (Environment Agency)
Presentation
11:00 - 11:45 The Value of a Tidy Thames: willingness to pay to reduce sewage overflows.
E. Ozdemiroglu, J. Newcombe, S. Mourato, G. Atkinson and Y. deGaris
Ece Ozdemiroglu and Jodi Newcombe (eftec)
11:45 - 12:30 Economic aspects of Water Framework Directive - the use of economic instruments.
J. Morris
Joe Morris ( Cranfield University )
Presentation
12:30 - 01:15 Combining economic instruments with regulation to achieve dual environmental targets: nitrate pollution and minimum river flows.
A. Aftab and N. Hanley
Nick Hanley (University of Glasgow)
Presentation
Parallel Session 2:  Testing the Economic Theory (Conference Room)
Chair: Michael Hanemann, University of California, Berkeley
Time Papers Presented By
10:15 - 10:55 Model selection for establishing certainty equivalent discount rates.
B. Groom, P. Koundouri, E. Panopoulou and T. Pantelidis
Ben Groom (University College London)
Presentation
10:55 - 11:35 Using stated preference to value annoyance from aircraft: a comparison of approaches.
A. Bristow and M. Wardman
Abigail Bristow (University of Leeds)
Presentation
11:35 - 12:05 OOH la la: bid range and direction effects in the one-and-one-half bound dichotomous choice approach.
I. Bateman, B. Day, D. Dupont, S. Georgiou, N. Nocenda-Matias and L. Subramanian
Ian Bateman (University of East Anglia)
12:05 - 12:35 An experimental investigation of explanations for inconsistencies in responses to second offers in double referenda.
A. Burton, K. Carson, S. Chilton and G. Hutchinson
George Hutchinson (Queens University Belfast)
12:35 - 01:15 Willingness to Pay for mortality risk reduction due to air pollution in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
R. Ortiz, A. Markandya and A. Hunt
Ramon Ortiz ( The University of Bath )
Presentation
01:15 - 02:15 Lunch & Tea/Coffee
Parallel Session 3:  Climate Change & Energy (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Chair: Dennis Anderson, Imperial College, University of London
Time Papers Presented By
02:15 - 03:00 Political economy of the Climate Change Levy.
D. W. Pearce
David Pearce (University College London and Imperial College)
03:00 - 03:45 An empirical analysis of the announcement and the effects of the UK Climate Change Levy.
P. Agnolucci, T. Barker and P. Ekins
Paolo Agnolucci (Policy Studies Institute)
Presentation
03:45 - 04:30 Public preferences for renewable energy alternatives.
A. Bergmann and N. Hanley
Ariel Bergmann (University of Glasgow)
04:30 - 05:15 Measuring public preferences for hydrogen buses in London.
T. O'Garra and S. Mourato
Tanya O'Garra (Imperial College, University of London)
Parallel Session 4:   Nature Conservation & Agriculture (Conference Room)
Chair: Joe Swierzbinski, University College London
Time Papers Presented By
02:15 - 03:00 A valuation of biodiversity in the UK using choice experiments and contingent valuation.
M. Christie, N. Hanley, J. Warren, T. Hyde, K. Murphy and R. Wright
Mike Christie (University of Wales Aberystwyth)
Presentation
03:00 - 03:45 Choice rationality in stated preference methods applied to farm animal welfare improvements.
D. Burgess, G. Hutchinson, T. McCallion and R. Scarpa
Diane Burgess (University of East Anglia)
Presentation
03:45 - 04:30 UK consumers, regulation and the market for GM Food.
M. Burton, D. Rigby and T. Young
Dan Rigby (University of Manchester)
Presentation
04:30 - 05:15 The use of economic valuation in establishing compensation under the proposed EU Environmental Liability Directive.
D. Chapman and M. Hanemann
David Chapman (Stratus Consulting, USA)
Presentation
05:30 - 05:45 Closing Remarks: Bob Davies, Head, Environmental Protection Economics, defra
05:45 - 08:00 UKNEE Reception  for the launch of the UK Network of Environmental Economists
 
 
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