Environment Resource Group (ERG) Seminars

The ERG seminars are jointly hosted by the Department of Economics and the School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (IR/PS) and are sponsored in part by Sempra Energy. Unless otherwise indicated they are held for 1 hour Monday NOON in Room 244 of Sequoyah Hall, Thurgood Marshall neighborhood, UCSD campus.

A light lunch will be provided in meetings for fall 2009 (thank you to CEE!) or of course feel free to bring your own brown bag. An archive of last academic year's speakers and papers is available here.

Fall 2009 Seminars:

October 5th:  Anthony Liu
Title: Tax Evasion and the Double Dividend

October 12th:  Adam Rose (visiting from USC)  12:00-1:30pm seminar
Title: Economic Analyses of State and Regional Climate Action Plans in the U.S.
Related paper: PDF
and flyer for Adam Rose's new book: PDF

October 19th:  Ben Gilbert "Firm Boundaries and Environmental Performance" and
Brigitte Roth-Tran "Discounting Behavior and Environmental Decisions" PDF

October 26th:  Jacob LaRiviere (job market candidate)  12:00-1:30pm
Title: Profit Sharing in Natural Resource Industries: Implications and Optimal Management

November 2nd:  Tom Corringham

November 9th:  Ben Fissel "Cointegration Analysis in Multispecies Fisheries"  12:00-1:00pm

November 16th:  Double feature,  12:00 - 1:30pm
Laura Grant (UC Santa Barbara) "Fishing for a Catch: Marine Protected Areas and California's Commercial Spiny Lobster Trappers"
and Kevin Novan (UCSD) "Estimating the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Avoided by Wind Generation"

November 23rd:  Linda Fernandez (UC Riverside)  12:00-1:30pm
"Dynamic Analysis Of Open Space Value Using A Repeat Sales/Hedonic Approach" PDF

November 30th:  Series of short talks: Master's students from UCSD's Marine Biodiversity and Conservation program