Workshops | TREE Seminar Series
TRIANGLE RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS SEMINAR SERIES (TREE)
CEnREP has joined with RTI International and Duke University to present the Triangle Resource and Environmental Economics Seminar Series. Support for the workshops is provided by the Department of Agricultural and Resources Economics and the Department of Economics at NC State University, RTI International and Duke University. Prominent speakers are brought in from universities throughout the nation as well as government agencies to speak on topics of current interest. Workshops are held on the campus of RTI International in Research Triangle Park. The workshops are coordinated by Roger von Haefen, CEnREP Associate Director, George Van Houtven of RTI International, and Chris Timmins of Duke University.
Unless otherwise announced, the workshop series meets at RTI International (room and location are announced the week before the workshop) on Thursdays from 3:15 pm to 4:45 pm. Papers presented at the workshops, when available, are posted on this website. For the Spring Semester 2009 the following speakers will be presenting:
- September 3, 2009, 2009, Sri Nagavarapu, Brown University, "Brazilian Ethanol: A Gift or Threat to the Environment " (Dreyfus Auditorium on RTI International campus).
- September 17, 2009, Garth Huetel, UNC- Greensboro, "How Should Environmental Policy Respond to Business Cycles? Optimal Policy under Persistent Productivity Shocks " (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International campus).
- October 22 , 2009, Christopher R. Knittel, University of California, Davis and NBER, "Pain at the Pump: The Differential Effect of Gasoline Prices on New and Used Automobile Markets" (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International campus)
- November 5 , 2009, Jay Shimshack, Tulane University,
"Recidivism, Enforcement, and Environmental Compliance" (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International campus).
- November 12, 2009, Carolyn Kousky, Resources for the Future, "The Unholy Trinity: Fat Tails, Tail Dependence, and Micro-Correlations" (Dreyfus Auditorium on RTI International Campus).
- December 3, 2009, Joshua Linn, Resources for the Future, "When Does Cap-and-Trade Increase Regulated Firms Profits?", (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International Campus).
PAST TREE SEMINARS
Spring 2009 TREE Series Schedule
Fall 2008 TREE Series Schedule
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