Arizona Energy and Environmental Policy Workshop

Event Description:

The UA Economics department, Renewable Energy Network, and Institute of the Environment will host a workshop on Energy and Environmental Policy on May 4–5 at the Westward Look Resort in Tucson. Speakers include leading environmental economists from UA, ASU, and several other schools. The workshop will also include a session featuring presentations by graduate students. The workshop is open to faculty and graduate students interested in energy and environmental policy issues. To view flyer, please view: http://econ.arizona.edu/docs/Workshop_agenda_May_2012%20%282%29.pdf

Friday, May 4 – Coyote Room:

8:45 – 9:20 am Continental Breakfast

9:20 – 9:30 am Introduction & Welcome – Stan Reynolds, University of Arizona

9:30 – 11:15 am Energy Policy Session

• Mar Reguant, Stanford University
  Internalization and Pass‐through of Emission Costs in Electricity Markets
• Gregory Nemet, University of Wisconsin
  Knowledge Spillovers from Learning by Doing in Wind Power
• Gautam Gowrisankaran, University of Arizona
  Intermittency and the Value of Renewable Energy

11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch

12:30 – 1:15 pm Featured Speaker

• Paul Portney, University of Arizona
  The Future of Environmental Protection in the U.S.

1:15 – 3 pm Air and Water Policy Session

• V. Kerry Smith, Arizona State University
  Environmental Feedbacks and Benefit‐Cost Analysis
• Dean Lueck, University of Arizona
  Economic Organization and the Structure of Water Transactions
• Nick Kuminoff, Arizona State University
  National Evidence on Behavioral Responses to an Information Campaign: The Case of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index

3 – 3:30 pm Break

3:30 – 5 pm Graduate Student Session

• Soudeh Mirghasemi, University of Arizona
  Impact of Climate Change on Agricultural Adaptation Across US Counties: A Local Spatial Analysis
• Daniel Brent, University of Washington and Arizona State University
  Estimating water demand at the intensive and extensive margin: the role of landscape in water demand
• Ivan Rudik, University of Arizona
  Regulation of Non‐Point Pollution under Varying Market Structures
• Chrystie Burr, University of Arizona
  What's Driving the Growth of California’s Solar Market? A Structural Estimation of Consumer Demand for Solar Panels

5:30 – 6:30 pm Cocktail Hour

6:30 pm Dinner

Saturday, May 5 – Coyote Room:

8:30 – 9:15 am Continental Breakfast

9:15 – 11 am Transportation and Energy Policy Session

• Ashley Langer, University of Michigan
  TBA
• Mario Samano, University of Arizona and University of Montreal
  Gasoline Taxes and Fuel Economy: A Preference Heterogeneity Approach
• Derek Lemoine, University of Arizona
  Regulating Hidden Attributes: Assigning Emission Factors in Low‐Carbon Fuel Standards

Contact:

If you are interested in attending and participating (See Agenda), please contact:
Stan Reynolds
E-mail: reynolds@eller.arizona.edu