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Market Mechanisms and Incentives: Applications to Environmental Policy
Resources for the Future (RFF)
RFF Conference Center
1616 P Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
April 29, 2009
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| 8:30 a.m. 9:15 a.m. | Registration | |
| 9:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. | Introductory Remarks: Julie Hewitt, EPA, Economic and Environmental Assessment Branch, Office of Water | |
| 9:30 a.m. 11:20 a.m. | Session I: Fuel Economy and Gasoline Prices Session Moderator: Cynthia Morgan, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics |
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| 9:30 a.m. 10:00 a.m. | Imperfect Competition, Consumer Behavior, and the Provision of Fuel Efficiency in Vehicles (PDF) (1 pp, 46 K) Carolyn Fischer, Resources for the Future |
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| 10:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. | New Vehicle Characteristics and the Cost of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standard (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K) Thomas Klier, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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| 10:30 a.m. 10:40 a.m. | Discussant: Gloria Helfand, University of Michigan, and EPA, Office of Transportation and Air Quality | |
| 10:40 a.m. 10:50 a.m. | Discussant: Winston Harrington, Resources for the Future | |
| 10:50 a.m. 11:20 a.m. | Questions and Discussion | |
| 11:20 a.m. 12:30 p.m. | Lunch (On Your Own) | |
| 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. | Panel Discussion: Role of Market Mechanisms and Incentives to Climate Change Moderator: Dick Morgenstern, Resources for the Future Panelist: Joe Aldy, Special Assistant to the President for Energy and the Environment David McIntosh, Senior Counsel in the Office of Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations David Montgomery, Charles River Associates Brian Murray, Duke University |
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| 1:30 p.m. 1:40 p.m. | Break | |
| 1:40 p.m. 3:30 p.m. | Session II: Applications of Environmental Trading Programs Session Moderator: Will Wheeler, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics |
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| 1:40 p.m. 2:00 p.m. | An Experimental Analysis of Compliance in Dynamic Emissions Markets: Theory and Experimental Design (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K) John Stranlund, University of Massachusetts–Amherst; James Murphy, University of Alaska–Anchorage; and John Spraggon, University of Massachusetts–Amherst |
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| 2:00 p.m. 2:30 p.m. | Can Markets for Development Rights Improve Land Use and Environmental Outcomes? (PDF) (1 pp, 44 K) Virginia McConnell, Elena Safirova, Margaret Walls, and Nick Magliocca, Resources for the Future |
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| 2:30 p.m. 2:35 p.m. | Discussant: Heather Klemick, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics | |
| 2:35 p.m. 3:05 p.m. | Preliminary Findings and Observations on Ohios Great Miami River Water
Quality Credit Trading Program (PDF) (1 pp, 46 K) Richard Woodward, Texas A&M University |
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| 3:05 p.m. 3:10 p.m. | Discussant: Hale Thurston, EPA, National Risk Management Research Laboratory | |
| 3:10 p.m. 3:30 p.m. | Questions and Discussion | |
| 3:30 p.m. 3:40 p.m. | Break | |
| 3:40 p.m. 5:30 p.m. | Session III: Winners and Losers in Cap and Trade Session Moderator: Charles Griffiths, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics |
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| 3:40 p.m. 4:10 p.m. | Paving the Way for Climate Policy: Compensation for Electricity Consumers and Producers under a CO2 Cap and Trade Policy (PDF) (1 pp, 48 K) Anthony Paul, Dallas Burtraw, and Karen Palmer, Resources for the Future |
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| 4:10 p.m. 4:40 p.m. | When Does Cap-and-Trade Increase Regulated Firms Profits? (PDF) (1 pp, 45 K) Dave Evans, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics; Ian Lange, University of Stirling; and Joshua Linn, University of Illinois at Chicago |
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| 4:40 p.m. 4:50 p.m. | Discussant: Ann Wolverton, EPA, National Center for Environmental Economics | |
| 4:50 p.m. 5:00 p.m. | Discussant: Terry Dinan, Congressional Budget Office | |
| 5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. | Questions and Discussion | |
| 5:30 p.m. | Adjournment | |