Keynote talk: “Agriculture and Water Quality: Key Insights from Economics”
Kathleen Segerson (U. of Connecticut)
Subdivision infrastructure affecting stormwater runoff and residential property values
–Kevin Boyle* (Virginia Tech.)
The economic impact of freshwater inputs on an estuarine fishery
–Chris Kennedy* (George Mason University) and Edward B. Barbier (U. of Wyoming) Abstract
Adjusting for protest-zero responses in contingent-valuation (CV) studies using factor analysis: A case of Florida residents’ willingness-to-pay (WTP) to avoid large oil-spill in the Gulf of Mexico
–Afif Naeem* (Ohio State) Abstract
Second session: Valuing Water and Water Quality at Landscape Scales
Valuing water quality in urban watersheds
–Noelwah Netusil* (Reed College)
Thin and lumpy: an experimental investigation of water quality trading
–Jordan Suter* (Oberlin College), John Spraggon (U. of Massachusetts) and Gregory L. Poe (Cornell University) Abstract
Estimating water demand at the intensive and extensive margin: The role of landscape dynamics
–Daniel Brent* (U. of Washington) Abstract
Third session: Impact of Climate Change
Were there modern-day dust bowls? Evidence suggests that recent extreme droughts contributed to cropland conversion in the United States
–Frankie Le* (UC Berkeley) Abstract
Regional economic impacts from climate change-induced migration in the U.S.: A general equilibrium analysis
–Qin Fan* and Karen Fisher-Vanden (Penn State) and H. Allen Klaiber (Ohio State) Abstract
Flood-induced migration and armed conflict
–Ramesh Ghimire*, Susana Ferreira, and Jeffrey Dorfman (U. of Georgia) Abstract
Fourth session: Intended and Unintended Effects of Environmental Policies
Green transport policies for European cities
–Stef Proost*(KULeuven) and Bruno De Borger (U. of Antwerp) Abstract
Protecting the rainforest? Mahogany prohibition and deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
–Ariaster Chimeli* (Ohio University) and Rodrigo R. Soares (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro) Abstract
Do non-profits encourage compliance? Watershed groups and the US Clean Water Act
–Laura Grant* (U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) and Katherine Grooms (UC, Santa Barbara) Abstract