Econ 594ER

Environmental and Resource Economics Field Workshop

Spring, 2009: North Hall 2212, Wed. 12:00-1:00

Instructor: Robert Deacon

This workshop is intended to help PhD students seeking to develop dissertation topics or advance their dissertation research. Please note that we will start at 11:30 on the four dates highlighted in red on the schedule. Students may sign up (first come-first served) for either of two kinds of presentations:

1. An hour long session in which the student presents a relatively advanced research paper. The presentation should take no more than 40 minutes, leaving time for discussion. Priority will be given to students nearing completion of dissertation research and expecting to enter the job market soon. Students making these presentations should send a paper to deacon@econ.ucsb.edu on Monday the week of the presentation so I can post in on the website.
2. A ‘brainstorming session’ (with ~2 scheduled for a single meeting) in which students sketch research ideas, with outlines for models, datasets, experiments, etc., with the intention of getting feedback. Students making these presentations may wish to have the group read a particular background paper. If so, send it to deacon@econ.ucsb.edu so it can be posted on the website. This type of presentation could also consist of a student’s presentation of a high quality published paper written by someone else, but centrally relevant to the student’s own research program.

Meeting schedule (Student presentations in NH 2212; EES speakers at times and locations indicated)

Date	Speaker / Food person	Meeting place/time	Paper
1-Apr		NH 2212 12:00-1:00	Organization
8-Apr	Libby Ashley / Corbett G.	NH 2212 12:00-1:00	“TBA”
15-Apr	Julian Niera / Julian N.	NH 2212 11:30-12:30	“TBA”
22-Apr	Emmon Chu / Ernie B-R	NH 2212 11:00-12:00	“Voluntary provision of public goods and uncertainty”
29-Apr	Grant Jacobsen / Grant J.	NH 2212 12:00-1:00	“Empirical paper on building codes and residential energy use”
6-May	Rebecca T. & Liz W. / Chris G.	NH 2212 1:00-2:00	“Environmental and Social costs of the National Flood Insurance Program”
13-May	Ragnar Arnason / Liz W.	NH 2212 12:00-1:00	“On the Economic Distortion of Pure Resource Rent Taxation”
20-May	Corbett Grainger / Libby A.	NH 2212 11:30-12:30	“Housing Market Effects of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments”
27-May	Laura Grant / Ross M.	NH 2212 1:00-2:00	"How does competition & fundraising affect charitable contributions?"
3-Jun	Ross Mohr / Emmon C.	NH 2212 11:30-12:30	“International Environmental Agreements and the Tipping Effect of Abatement Cost-Reducing R&D”