Presentations for Sunday May 20, 2012
All events will be held at the Blackwell Hotel
Keynote Address: "Policies to Promote Voluntary Pollution Reduction: Good News and Bad News"
12:45 - 2:00pm
by Professor Robert Innes
Department of Economics, Merced University
Session 1: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"Corporate environmental Strategies in Developing and Transition economies", Madhu Khanna, Univeristy of Illinios - 9:15-9:45am.
"Does Community Eco-Certification Attract Business? Costa Rica's Blue Flag Program", Maria A. Naranjo, Environment for Development Program for Central America - 9:45-10:15am
"Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution Control Program in China: Analysis on farmers' participation behavior", Chunlin Hua, Texas A&M University - 10:15-10:45am
Session 2: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"Does Self-regulation Reduce Accidents: responsible Care in the Chemical Industry", Shanti Gamper-Rabindran, University of Pittsburgh - 11:00-11:30am
"Industry-led Efforts to Promote Voluntary Pollution Control: The Effect of the Chemical Manufacturing Industry's responsible Care Program an Environmental Compliance", Dietrich Earnhart, University of Kansas - 11:30-12:00pm
Session 3: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"Policies to Promote Voluntary Pollution Reduction: Good News and Bad News",Professor Robert Innes Department of Economics, Merced University
"Ohio EPA Involvement in Voluntary Programs", Sean Tolentino, the Ohio EPA - 2:00-2:45pm
Farmers' Willingness to Particapate in Water Quality Credit Trading Programs, Matthew Winden, Ohio State University - 2:45-3:15pm
Session 4: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"Paying for Pollution? The Effectiveness of Episodic Appeals for Car Trip reduction and Free Transit", Steven Sexton, University of Berkeley - 3:30 - 4:00pm
The Effectiveness of Mandatory Regulation vs Voluntary Program in Hazardous Waste Abatement: Emperical Evidences from National Partnerships for Enviromental Priority Program, Pengfei Lui, University of Connecticut - 4:00 - 4:30pm
"Voluntary Pollution Abatement and Regulation", Neha Khanna, Binghamton University - 4:30-5:00pm
Presentations for Monday May 21, 2012
All events will be held at the Blackwell Hotel
Session 5: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"Firm-Level Determinants of Participation in EMAS: A Study of German Publicly Listed Companies", Julia Loy, Heidelberg University, Germany - 9:15-9:45am
"Voluntary Agreements and Private Enforcement of Environmental regulation", Christian Langpap, University of Oregon - 9:45-10:15am
Session 6: Video Footage : Windows Media File or Real Player File
"The Economics of Eco-labeling: Theory and Policy Implications", Chuck Mason, University Wyoming - 10:30-11:00am
"Strategic Information Sharing in the Problem of the Commons", Johnson Kakeu, Georgia Institute of Technology - 11:00 - 11:30am
"Conspicuous Conversation: The Theory of green Signaling and Evidence from Prius Sales", Steven Sexton, University of Berkeley - 11:30am - 12:00pm