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. Additional 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 Dan Phaneuf and Roger von Haefen, CEnREP’s Associate Directors, 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:
- January 15, 2009, Harrison Fell, Resources for the Future, "Prices versus Quantities versus Bankable Quantites" (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International campus)
- February 26, 2009, Kurt Schnier, Georgia State University "The Value of Statistical Life: Pursuing the Deadliest Catch" (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI Internation campus)
- March 19, 2009, Jaren Pope, Virginia Tech "Averting Hidden Danger: Developing Hedonic Specifications that Mitigate
Omitted Variable Bias" (Dreyfus Auditorium on RTI International campus)
- March 26, 2009, Matt Neidell, Columbia University. "
Climate Change and the Allocation of Time"
(Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International campus)
- April 16, 2009, Jim Sallee, University of Chicago, "Using Loopholes to Reveal the Marginal Cost of Regulation: The Case of Fuel-Economy Standards" (Cox Multi-Purpose room on RTI International Campus).
PAST TREE SEMINARS
Spring 2008 TREE Series Schedule
