envecon 2010

Final Agenda

Following the selection of submitted papers by the scientific committee, the final agenda has been announced:

Registration & Tea/Coffee (City of London Rooms)
09:00 - 09:30

Welcome to envecon 2010 Keynote Speaker: Richard Price, Chief Economist, Defra (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
09:30 - 09:45

Parallel Session 1: Climate Change (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Chair: Laura Fellows, Department for Transport

Time

Papers

Presented by

9:45–10:10

The Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture: A Panel Ricardian Analysis Using GAMMs

Carlo Fezzi,
CSERG

10:10-10:35

Forecasting Air Traffic CO2 Emissions until 2025

Pascal Gastineau,
INRETS

10:35-11:00

Meeting International Aviation Emissions Targets:  Perspectives from Industry and Policy link

Andy Kershaw, AGD and
Owen Bellamy, CCC

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-11:55

Carbon Valuation in UK Policy Appraisal: A Revised Approach

Samuel Thomas,
DECC

11:55-12.20

How can low-income countries gain from a climate negotiation Framework Agreement? link

Nicola Cantore,
ODI

12:20-12:45

Uncertain 2050 emissions targets, CO2 price and global energy transition: a general equilibrium approach with stochastic scenarios

Olivier Durand-Lasserve,
IFP Economics Department and Université Catholique de Louvain

12:45-13:00

Discussion

Parallel Session 2: Ecosystem Services and Environmental Policy Design (Kohn Centre)
Chair: William Watts, Environment Agency

Time

Papers

Presented by

9:45–10:10

The Cost of the 2007 Summer Floods in England

Dr Jonathan Fisher,Environment Agency and
Prof Joe Morris, Cranfield University

10:10-10:35

The Effects of Ecological Information Provision on Preferences for Ecosystem Restoration

Yohei Mitani,
University of Colorado

10:35-11:00

Hydrological modelling of water allocation, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation in the Pongola Floodplain, South Africa

Bruce Lankford,
School of International Development, University of East Anglia

11:00-11:30

Coffee break

11:30-11:55

Economic evaluation of the ecosystem services delivered by the UK Biodiversity Action Plans

Dr Mike Christie,
Aberystwyth University

11:55-12.20

Auctioning Conservation Contracts in the Presence of Externalities

Raphael Calel
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics

12:20-12:45

Public attitudes towards changing landscapes

Dr Diane Burgess,
AFBI-Economics

12:45-13:00

Discussion

Lunch (City of London Rooms)
13:00 – 14:00

Parallel Session 3: Policy Design and Instruments (Wellcome Trust Lecture Hall)
Chair: Mallika Ishwaran, Defra

Time

Papers

Presented by

14:00-14:25

The Future of Canadian Oil Sands Industry under Enhanced Consumer Awareness

Sean Frisby,
DECC

14:25-14:50

Licensing hydro electricity schemes in Scotland: the role of environmental economics in regulatory decision making

Rebecca Badger,
Scottish Environment Protection Agency

14:50-15:15

On the green side of competitiveness?  Export dynamics, environmental tax policies and innovation levers in the European Union

Massimiliano Mazzanti,
University of Ferrara and National Research Council (CERIS DSE Milan)

15:15-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-16:10

The costs of cleaner water: farming, nitrates and policy

Dan Rigby,
Manchester University

16:10-16:35

National Determinants of Vegetarianism

Eimear Leahy,
Economic and Social Research Institute, Dublin

16:35-17:00

The Impact of a Feebate Scheme on Household Vehicle Choice in France

Paul Metcalfe,
London School of Economics

Parallel Session 4: Economic Valuation (Kohn Centre)
Chair:Dr. Giles Atkinson, the London School of Economics

Time

Papers

Presented by

14:00-14:25

Spatial variation in Willingness to Pay for environmental quality changes

Marije Schaafsma,
Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM),
VU Amsterdam

14:25-14:50

Smoothing your way out of a spatial data trap: A new approach to identifying spatial data problems and solving them

Amy Binner,
CSERGE

14:50-15:15

How sensitive are passive use values to economic downturns?  Evidence from the 2009 recession

Maria L. Loureiro,
University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain)

15:15-15:45

Coffee break

15:45-16:10

Task Independence in Stated Preference Studies:  A Test of Order Effect Explanations

Ian Bateman,
University of East Anglia

16:10-16:35

Customers’ Inertia in Response to the Risk of Water Supply Interruptions: Insights from a Bounded Bayesian Mixed Logit Analysis of Choice Experiment Data

Ali Chalak,
American University of Beirut

16:35-17:00

Experienced utility, decision utility and remembered utility: a choice experiment

Nick Hanley,
University of Stirling

17:00 – 19:30 UK Network of Environmental Economists Drinks Reception (City of London Rooms)

 

 
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