Registration for the Inaugural Conference of the Center for Environmental Economics and Policy closed on October 11th [we are at capacity]
Program:
8-8.45am: Registration open
10-10.15am: Coffee Break
10.15-11.15am: Session 1 - Ecosystem Services (chair: Ruth DeFries)
- Eyal Frank: The Effects of Bat Population Losses on Infant Mortality through Pesticide Use in the U.S.
- Anouch Missirian: Yes, In Your Backyard: Forced Technological Adoption and Spatial Externalities
11.15-11.30am: Coffee Break
11.30-12.30pm: Session 2 - Policy Design (chair: Scott Barrett)
- Kimberly Lai Oremus: When It's Gone, It's Gone: Confronting the Challenge of Fisheries Governance in Tropical Regions
- Kyle Meng: Do Environmental Markets Cause Environmental Injustice?
12.30-1.30pm: Lunch
1.30-2.30pm: Session 3 - Health (chair: Stephanie Lackner)
- Charles Taylor: The Cicada Song: The Impact of Insecticides on Infant Health and Long-term Outcomes
- Anna Tompsett: The Lazarus Drug: The Impact of Antiretroviral Therapy on Economic Growth
2.30-2.45pm: Coffee Break
2.45-3.45pm: Session 4 - Climate Change (chair: Jeffrey Shrader)
- Ana Varela: Surge of Inequality: How Different Neighborhoods React to Flooding
- Solomon Hsiang: Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change Accounting for Adaptation Costs and Benefits
3.45-4pm: Coffee Break
4-5pm: Roundtable: Financial Firms' Role in Sustainable Investing (chair: Geoffrey Heal)
5-6pm: Reception
