envecon 2006

09:00 - 09:30 Registration & Tea/Coffee
09:30 - 09:55 Welcome and Keynote speech: Richard Price, Chief Economist, Defra
Parallel Session 1: Economic Valuation  (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Time Papers Presented By
10:00 - 10:30 An Economic Valuation of Heterogeneous Preferences for Forest Recreation Mike Christie, University of Wales Aberystwyth
10:30 - 11:00 Economic Valuation of Externalities from Off-shore Wind Farms in Denmark Jacob Ladenburg, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University
11:00 - 11:30 Sources of Unreliability in WTP: reflections of true preferences or cognitive burden Katharine Bolt, University of East Anglia
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 12:15 Exploring public preferences for tropical biodiversity: Can 'cheap talk' help to reduce protests?
Sian Morse-Jones, Imperial College London
12:15 - 12:45 Reducing gains/loss asymmetry: a virtual reality choice experiment (VRCE) valuing land use change Andy Jones,  University of East Anglia
12:45  01:15 Decision Rules and Demand Revelation in Decisive Double eferanda
Susan Chilton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Parallel Session 2: Economic Instruments  (Kohn Centre)
Time Papers Presented By
10:00 - 10:30 Eco-information and the Passenger Vehicle Consumer Jonathan Rubin, University of Maine
10:30 - 11:00 Fees for Reefs: economic instruments to protect Mexico's Marine Natural Areas
Marisol Rivera, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico
11:00 - 11:30 Climate Change Agreements in the UK: a successful policy experience?
Gildas de Muizon, Industrial Economics, Ecole des Mines de Paris
11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

11:45 - 12:15 The Determinants of MSW Generation, Disposal and Recycling Katia Karousakis, University College London
12:15 - 12:45 Electricity Subsidies, Irrigation Technology and Water Demand in Mexico Carlos Munoz-Pina, Instituto Nacional de Ecologia, Mexico
12:45 - 01:15 Nitrogen Deposition and Loss of Biological Diversity Iain Fraser, Imperial College London
01:15 - 02:15 Lunch
Parallel Session 3: Economic Appraisal  (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Time Papers Presented By
02:15 - 02:40 Improving the Accuracy of UK Regulatory Cost Estimates Michael MacLeod, Scottish Agricultural College
02:40 - 03:05 Assessing the Economic Impact of the new EU Chemicals Legislation
Mark Peacock, Risk Policy Analysts
03:45 - 04:05 Progress Along the Path: evolving issues in the measurement of genuine saving
Giles Atkinson, London School of Economics
03:30 - 03:45 Coffee break

03:05 - 03:30 The Equity - Efficiency Trade-off in Environmental Policy
Simon Dietz, HM Treasury and London School of Economics
04:05 - 04:25 Spatial Analysis of Cost Effective Measures to Reduce Nitrogen Losses Brian Jacob sen, Institute of Food and Resource Economics , Denmark
04:25 - 04:45 Inequalities in power sector: a case of mini hydropower project in Sri Lanka
Pransanthi Gunawardena, University of Wales Bangor
04:45 - 05:00 Economic Growth and AIDS Prevelance in Sub-Saharan Africa Susan Chilton, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
Parallel Session 4: Valuing Cultural Heritage and the Historic Environment  (Kohn Centre)
Time Papers Presented By
02:15 - 02:40 Valuing Cultural Heritage and the Historic Environment - an introduction Allan Provins , eftec
02:40 - 03:05 Estimating Recreational Benefits of Lundy MNR Using Count Data Models in Travel Cost Analysis Dong-Ryul Chae, University of Portsmouth
03:05 - 03:30 Valuation of Nature Restoration Protection of Archaeological Artefacts in Great Aamose in West Zealand, Denmark Thomas Lunhede, National Environmental Research Institute, Denmark
03:45 - 04:05 Valuing Cultural Heritage in Developing Countries Tran Huu Tuan, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway
03:30 - 03:45 Coffee break

04:05 - 04:30 Multi-attribute Valuation of Cultural Landscape Livia Madureira , Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
04:30 - 04:55 Panel discussion
Research needs / lessons from environmental economics
05:00 - 08:00 UK Network of Environmental Economists Drinks Reception 

 
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