Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

University of California, Berkeley

Environmental and Resource Economics Seminar

Fall 2008

Seminar meets on Wednesday at 12pm in 234 Giannini Hall

Date Speaker Affiliation Presentation Title
September 17 Jesse Tack Berkeley ARE Agricultural arbitrage, adjustment costs, and the intensive margin
September 24
Zhen Lei Berkeley ARE Examiner's burden of proof and patent strength
October 1
Clair Null Berkeley ARE Warm Glow and the 'New Philanthropy': Understanding Donors' Motivations
October 8 Rolf Golembek University of Oslo International climate agreements - The role of technology
October 15
Kristin Kiesel
(with Sofia Villas-Boas)
Berkeley ARE and Stanford Another nutrional label--Experimenting with grocery store shelf labels and consumer choice
October 22
Larry Karp Berkeley ARE Correct (and misleading) arguments for using market based pollution control policies
October 29 Yanay Farja Berkeley ARE The distribution of privately provided open space
November 5
Maoyong Fan Berkeley ARE Do Food Stamps Contribute to Obesity in Low-Income Women? Evidence from National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979
November 12 Peter Kelly Berkeley ARE China's Sloping Land Conversion Program and Non-farm Labor Market Participation: Separating Substitution and Income Effects Using the Timing of Enrollment
November 19
David Zetland Berkeley ARE All-in Auctions and Water Rights
November 26 -- -- No seminar - Thanksgiving
December 3 Anin Aroonruengsawat
(with Max Auffhammer)
Berkeley ARE Impacts of Climate Change on Residential Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Billing Data
We're always looking for future speakers! Please write us if you would like to present or suggest an outside speaker for next semester.
Coordinators: Sarah Dobson and Leslie Martin

Whenever possible, papers will be available on this website at least two days prior to the presentation.
Presentation papers from previous semesters are also available.


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