Environmental & Resource Economics
Semester one 2010-11
Monday October 11, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Jason F. Shogren (University of Wyoming)
Title: Preference Elicitation under Oath
Venue: 2.016/017, Second Floor Boardroom, Arthur Lewis
Bio
Jason Shogren is an expert in applied microeconomic theory, with particular interest in experimental and environmental economics. His research focuses on the behavioural underpinnings of private choice and public policy, especially on environmental and natural resources. His range of expertise has contributed to a dozen books and over 80 book chapters. He has more than 200 refereed publications in journals such as the American Economic Review, J.Political Economy, J.Econ Behaviour & Organisation, J. Public Economics, J. Economic Psychology, J. Environmental Economics & Management and American J. Ag Econ. He currently holds the position of Stroock Professor of Natural Resource Conservation and Management in the Department of Economics and Finance at the University of Wyoming.
Wednesday October 20, 13:00-14:00
Speaker:Seda Erdem (University of Manchester)
Title :A Choice Experiment on The Valuation of Health Risk Reductions Achieved Via Nanotechnology
Venue: Rm 3.008, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday October 27, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Brett Day (University of East Anglia)
Title: Ordering Effects and Choice Set Awareness in Repeat-Response Stated Preference Studies
Venue: Rm 3.008, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday November 10 29, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Prasenjit Banerjee (University of Manchester)
Title: Property Rights Institutions and Coasean Bargaining
Venue: Rm 3.077, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday November 17, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Johannes Sauer (University of Manchester)
Title: Natural 'Natural Experiments' and Behavioural Responses: The Case of Flooding
Venue: Rm 3.008, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday December 1, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Danny Campbell (Queen’s University Belfast)
Title: Preference Heterogeneity in Stated Choice Analysis: A Comparison of Approaches
Venue: Rm 3.008, Arthur Lewis
Semester two 2010-11
Wednesday February 9, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Rachel Griffith (University of Manchester)
Title: Estimating Households' Willingness to Pay
Venue: Rm 1.69/1.70, Humanities Bridgeford St
Thursday February 17, 16:15-17:30
Speaker: Timo Goeschl (Heidelberg University)
Title: Beyond Money? A Large-Scale Quasi-Field Experiment on the Willingness to Pay for GHG Emissions Reductions
Venue: Rm 3.205, University Place
Wednesday February 23, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Jutta Roosen (Technische Universität München)
Title: Consumer Acceptance of Traffic-Light Labelling on Food vs. Financial Products |Abstract|
Venue: Rm 2.016/17, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday March 9, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: David Saal (Aston University)
Title: Economies of Intergration in the English and Welsh Water only Companies and the Assessment of Alternative Unbundling Policies
Venue:Rm 2.016/17, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday March 23, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Vincent Smith (Montana State University)
Title: Index Based Agricultural Insurance in Developing Countries: Feasibility, Scalability and Sustainability
Venue: Rm 2.016/17, Arthur Lewis
Wednesday April 6, 16:30-18:00
Speaker: Sushama Murty (University of Exeter)
Title: TBA
Venue: G35, Humanities Bridgeford St
Wednesday May 11, 13:00-14:00
Speaker: Natina Yaduma (University of Manchester)
Title: TBA
Venue: TBA