Camp Resources XXII was held in Asheville, N.C. on August 2-4, 2015.

Fifty-three participants enjoyed 29 presentations at Camp Resources XXII.

Below you will find links to the session presentations.
Archives for Camp Resources programming since 2000 can be found here.

Session 1: Trade and Growth

• “Examining the Effect of International Trade on the Environment Within and Across Sectors: Theory and Evidence” Lawrence D. LaPlue, III, University of Tennessee; J. Scott Holladay, University of Tennessee
• “Production Offshoring, Economic Growth and Environment” Xianwei Meng, University of Wisconsin

Session 2: Natural Resources

• “Beyond Biomass: Valuing Genetic Diversity in Natural Resource Management” Amanda Faig, University of California, Davis
• “Spatial Externalities of Land Use Change: An Ecosystem-Based Approach to Managing Vector-Borne Disease” Katherine Lee, University of Wyoming, David Finnoff, University of Wyoming, Peter Daszak, EcoHealth Alliance
• “Competition for Leases: A Model of Firm and Landowner Negotiations” Ashley Vissing, Duke University
• “Contract Duration and Extraction with Hydraulic Fracturing” Syed Mortuza Asif Ehsan, Virginia Tech

Session 3: Potpourri

• “Moral Suasion and Durable Goods Investment: Persistent Effects of Social Comparison on Home Energy Use” Florian Rundhammer, Georgia State University Alec Brandon, University of Chicago, Paul Ferraro, Georgia State University, John List, University of Chicago, Robert D. Metcalfe, University of Chicago, Michael K. Price, Georgia State University
• “Trust, Social Capital, and Adaptation to Climate Change: Survey and Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia”Christopher Paul, Duke University, Erika Weinthal, Duke University, Marc Jeuland, Duke University, Marc Bellemare, University of Minnesota
• “Advertising, Media Coverage, and Public Opinion about Climate Change”Graham Beattie, University of Toronto
• “Intragovernmental Expropriation, Legal Reform, and Investment Decisions in Public Utilities: Evidence from the Brazilian Water Sector”Evan M. Plous, Columbia University

Session 4: Transportation and the Environment

• “Matching Car Type and Vehicle Miles Traveled: Examining Unexplored Effects of Gasoline Taxes”Taha Kasim, Georgia State University
• “Efficient Selective Targeting: An Application to North Carolina’s I/M Program” Chris Giguere, North Carolina State University
• “Innovation, Technology Adoption and Environmental Policies: Evidence from the US Automobile Industry”Yichen (Christy) Zhou, University of Maryland, College Park

Session 5: Policy Design                        

• “Impacts of U.S. Production-Dependent Ethanol Policy on Agricultural Markets” Jason P.H. Jones, Research Triangle Institute, Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
• “Markups, Marginal Costs, and Emissions Policy Choice in the U.S. Oil Refining Industry”Jesse Burkhardt, Yale University
• “Mechanism Choice in Emissions Allowance Auctions: An Empirical Analysis of the Sulfur Dioxide Allowance Auction”, Rong Zhou, University of Connecticut

Session 6: Information and External Costs

• “Information Disclosure and Housing Markets: Evidence from the Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act” Xiaoxi Zhao, University of Pittsburgh
• “A Regional Evaluation of the Impact of Fish Consumption Advisories on Marine Recreational Fishing”Adam Domanski, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• “Don’t Farm So Close to Me: Testing Weather Externalities Associated with Weed Mobility Contributed to the Emergence of Glyphosate-Resistant Weed Populations” Dallas Wood, RTI International

Research Sketches

• “Measuring the Value of Hg and Acid Pollution in the New York State through Property Values” Chuan Tang, Clarkson University
• “Behavioral Responses to Arsenic and Lead Exposure: A Field Study” Maik Kecinski, University of Delaware,
• “Exploring Systematic Differences in the Value to Birders of Species Biodiversity: A RUM Study of Site Choice by eBird Participants” Sonja Kolstoe, University of Oregon
• “Understanding consumers’ ornamental plant preferences for disease-free and water conservation labels” Weibin Xu, Virginia Tech
• “Assurance Contract in the Private Provision of Ecosystem Services: Evidence From A Pilot Field Experiment” Pengfei Liu, University of Connecticut
• “Matching Estimation of the Downstream Amenity Value from Urban Stream Interventions” Jed Cohen, Virginia Tech
• “How Do Contextual and Attitudinal Factors Influence Trade-offs Among Energy Service Priorities”? Evan Johnson, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• “A Case Study of Coal Ash Management in North Carolina” Fafanyo Asiseh, North Carolina A&T State University
• “Wildfire and Infant Health” Shawn McCoy, University of Pittsburgh

 

Camp Resources also included a Featured Policy Panel in 2015:

The Role of Economics Inside the Environmental Policy-Making Process:
Three Perspectives on the EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Speakers:

David Evans
Economist, National Center for Environmental Economics, US Environmental Protection Agency
Dallas Burtraw
Darius Gaskins Senior Fellow, Resources for the Future
Paul Sotkiewicz
Chief Economist, Market Services Division, PJM Interconnection

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