Parallel Session 05 Tuesday, June 25th 2002 - 8:00 - 10:00 am


Session 5A: Water
(Chair: Mordechai Shechter)

Presenter: Charles W Howe Jurisdictional Externalities, River Basins And Expanded Water Markets: Increased Economic Efficiency Through Institutional Reform (Discussant: Dan Huppert)

Presenter: Céline Nauges Estimating Residential Water Demand Under Block Rate Pricing: A Nonparametric Approach (Discussant: Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay)

Presenter: Henrik Scharin Net-Gains Of An Efficient Allocation Of Abatement Measures In Improving The Environmental State Of Coastal Zones: A Study Of The Nitrogen Load To The Stockholm Archipelago (Discussant: Mary Ewers)


Session 5B: New Developments In Forestry And Agricultural Carbon Sequestriation Economics
(Chair: Kenneth Richards)

Presenter: John Antle Spatial Heterogeneity, Contract Design, And The Efficiency Of Carbon Sequestration Policies For Agriculture

Presenter: Suzi Kerr The Dynamics Of Deforestation: Evidence From Costa Rica

Presenter: Andrew Plantinga Co-Benefit From Carbon Sequestration In Forests: An Evaluation Of The Reductions In Agricultural Externalities From An Afforestation Policy In Wisconsin

Presenter: Pavel Suchanek Carbon Incentive Mechanisms And Land-Use Implications For Canadian Agriculture


Session 5C: Household Issues
(Chair: Julie Hewitt)

Presenter: Karen Palmer Economic Analysis Of The Product Stewardship Movement: Understanding Costs, Effectiveness, And The Role For Policy (Discussant: Kelly Maguire)

Presenter: Ram Chandra Bhattarai Household Behavior On Solid Waste Management: A Case Of Kathmandu Metropolitan City (Discussant: Bevin Ashenmiller)

Presenter: Jon Strand Public And Private Good Values Of Statistical Lives: Results From A Combined Choice-Experiment And Contingent-Valuation Study (Discussant: Chris Leggett)

Presenter: Karine Nyborg On The Value Of Households' Recycling Efforts (Discussant: Jeffrey Zabel)


Session 5D: Development And Environment 2
(Chair: Eric English)

Presenter: Dale Whittington Improving The Performance Of Contingent Valuation Studies In Developing Countries (Discussant: Robert Rowe)

Presenter: Bhim Adhikari Property Rights And Natural Resource: Socio-Economic Heterogeneity And Distributional Implications Of Common Property Resource Management In Nepal (Discussant: Linda Fernandez)

Presenter: Jill L Caviglia-Harris Sustainable Agricultural Practices In Rondônia, Brazil: Do Local Farmer Organizations Impact Adoption Rates? (Discussant: Urvashi Narain)

Presenter: Rimjhim Aggarwal Does Inequality Lead To Greater Efficiency In The Use Of Local Commons? The Role Of Strategic Investments And Credit Market Imperfections (Discussant: Stephen Beare)


Session 5E: Technology Adoption 1
(Chair: Joe Cooper)

Presenter: Rob Hart Endogenous Growth, Environment And Innovation -- A Model With Environmentally Oriented Research And Two Production Vintages. (Discussant: Robert Mohr)

Presenter: Allen Blackman Clean Technological Change In Developing-Country Industrial Clusters: Mexican Leather Tanning (Discussant: Jim Opaluch)

Presenter: Murat Isik Incentives For Technology Adoption Under Environmental Policy Uncertainty: Implications For Green Payment Programs (Discussant: Ron Shadbegian)

Presenter: Peter Mulder Explaining Slow Diffusion Of Energy Saving Technologies (Discussant: Surender Kumar)


Session 5F: Experimental Economics And Valuation 1
(Chair: Catherine Kling)

Presenter: Kent Messer Altruism And Wtp In A Coercive Tax Setting (Discussant: Susan Chilton)

Presenter: Richard Carson Probabilistic Influence And Supplemental Benefits: A Field Test Of The Two Key Assumptions Underlying Stated Preferences (Discussant: Glenn Harrison)

Presenter: Glenn Harrison Experimental Economics And Contingent Valuation (Discussant: Gregory Poe)

Presenter: A C Burton Make It A Double? Experimental Insights Into Dichotomous Choice Mechanisms (Discussant: Catherine Kling)


Session 5G: Trade And The Environment 1
(Chair: Michael Hoel)

Presenter: Essi Eerola International Trade Agreements, Environmental Policy, And Emergence Of Multinational Firms (Discussant: Meeta Mehra)

Presenter: Stephen F Hamilton Vertical Structure And Strategic Environmental Trade Policy (Discussant: Ann Wolverton)

Presenter: Bruce Larson The Impact Of Environmental Regulations On Exports: Case Study Results From Cyprus, Jordan, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, And Turkey (Discussant: Alberto Garrido)


Session 5H: Pollution Control 2
(Chair: Trudy Cameron)

Presenter: Carl Pasurka Estimating Pollution Abatement Costs: A Comparison Of "Stated" And "Revealed" Approaches (Discussant: Jeffrey Lazo)

Presenter: Smita Misra Use Of Contingent Valuation Method For Measuring Benefits From Water Pollution Abatement By An Industrial Estate In India (Discussant: Jerald Fletcher)

Presenter: Amyaz A Moledina Dynamic Environmental Policy With Strategic Firms: Prices Versus Quantities.

Presenter: J R Deshazo A Positive Theory Of Standard-Setting Behavior With An Application To The Clean Water Act (Discussant: Janie Chermak)


Session 5I: Liability
(Chair: Norman Meade)

Presenter: Signe Krarup Collective Agreements: Incentive Contracts With Group Punishments (Discussant: John Stranlund)

Presenter: Benedicte Coestier Prevention, Limited Liability And Market Structure (Discussant: Alberto Longo)

Presenter: Lire Ersado Economic Analysis Of Development Projects With Health Side Effects (Discussant: Richard Woodward)

Presenter: Emma Hutchinson Extended Liability For Environmental Accidents: What You See Is What You Get (Discussant: Montserrat Viladrich-Grau)