AERE 2004 Summer Workshop
Distributional Effects of Environmental Policy
Sunday, June 13
5:00 - 7:00pm: Reception
Monday, June 14
8:00 - 8:30 Coffee and Light Breakfast
8:30 - 8:40 Welcoming Remarks
8:40 - 10:20 (Health) Moderator: Norman Meade, NOAA
"Family Resource Allocation and the Distribution of Health Benefits of Air Pollution Control," Mark Dickie, University of Central Florida, and Bryan Hubbell, U.S. EPA
Discussant: Carol Mansfield, Research Triangle Institute (RTI)
"Age Variations in Workers' Value of Statistical Life," Joseph E. Aldy and W. Kip Viscusi, Harvard University
Discussant: Gardner Brown, University of Washington
10:20 - 10:50 Break, coffee and snacks
10:50 - 12:30 (Theory) Moderator: Wayne Gray, Clark University
"The General Equilibrium Incidence of Environmental Taxes," Garth Heutel, University of Texas
Discussant: Chris Timmins, Yale University
"On the (Ir)Relevance of Distribution and Labor Supply Distortion to Government Policy," Louis Kaplow, Harvard University
Discussant: Nicholas Flores, University of Colorado
12:30 - 1:40 Lunch
1:40 - 3:20 (Local) Moderator: James A. Roumasset, University of Hawaii
"Stigma: The Psychology and Economics of Superfund," Trudy Cameron, University of Oregon; Gary McClelland, University of Colorado; Katherine Hackett, Kent Messer, and William Schulze, Cornell University
Discussant: Kip Viscusi, Harvard University
"Testing for Environmental Gentrification: Migratory Responses to Changes in Environmental Quality," H. Spencer Banzhaf, Resources for the Future (RFF), and Randall P. Walsh, University of Colorado
Discussant: Ann Wolverton, U.S. EPA, NCEE
3:20 - 3:50 Break, coffee and snacks
3:50 - 5:30 (Vehicles) Moderator: Urvashi Narain, Resources for the Future
"An Econometrically Based Assessment of the Optimal Second-Best Gasoline Tax in a Setting with Heterogeneous Consumers", Roberton C. Williams, University of Texas
Discussant: Ron Shadbegian, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
"Equity Implications of Vehicle Emissions Taxes", Sarah E. West, Macalester College
Discussant: Edward Morey, University of Colorado
6:30 Workshop Dinner
Mary's Lake Lodge
Tuesday, June 15
8:00 - 8:40 Coffee and Light Breakfast
8:40 - 10:20 (Climate) Moderator: Rob Williams, University of Texas
"Distributional Implications of Regional Climate Change Policies in the US: A General Equilibrium Assessment", Martin T. Ross, Robert H. Beach, and Brian C. Murray, Research Triangle Institute
Discussant: Jason Shogren, University of Wyoming
"Mobility Constraints and the Distributional Consequences of Particulate Matter", Christopher Timmins, Yale University
Discussant: Brian Murray, Research Triangle Institute
10:20 - 10:50 Break, coffee and snacks
10:50 - 12:30 (Resources) Moderator: Louis Kaplow, Harvard University
"Winners and Losers of Natural-Resource Degradation: An Empirical Study of Households in Rural India", Shreekant Gupta, Delhi School of Economics; Urvashi Narain, Resources for the Future; and Klass van't Veld, University of Michigan
Discussant: Mushfiq Mobarak, University of Colorado
"Pareto-Improving Water Management over Space and Time", Basharat A. Pitafi and James A. Roumasset, University of Hawaii
Discussant: John Martin Anderies, Arizona State University
12:30 - 1:40 Lunch
1:40 - 3:20 (Energy) Moderator: Randy Walsh, University of Colorado
"Social and Distributional Aspects of Environmental Tax Reform Proposals in The Czech Republic", Jan Bruha, CERGE, and Milan Scasny, Charles University Environment Center in Prague
Discussant: Lee Alston, University of Colorado
"The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments: Who Got Cleaner Air - and Who Paid For It?", Ronald J. Shadbegian, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and U.S. EPA, NCEE; Wayne Gray, Clark University; and Cynthia Morgan, U.S. EPA, NCEE
Discussant: Sarah West, Macalester College
3:20 Adjourn
