The Sixth Conference on Environmental Economics

Ulvön, June 16 - 18, 1999

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PROGRAM
 
 

Wednesday, June 16

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08.30 Bus from the Umeå Plaza Hotel

09.45 Bus from Örnsköldsvik Airport

11.30 Boat from Docksta to Ulvön

12.30 Arrival and Lunch

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Opening Remarks: Bengt Kriström, SLU
 
 

14.00 Session 1 Chair: K-G Mäler

14.00-15.30 W Pizer:

15.30 Break

15.50-16.20 P Steele: An economic Analysis of collective management for natural

resources; with case studies of small scale irrigation and fisheries in South Asia

16.20-16.50 E Naevdal: Optimal Regulation of Eutrophying Lakes

16.50-17.20 A-S Crépin: Voluntary incentives to create wetlands in Sweden
 
 

19.00 Welcome Dinner
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Thursday, June 17

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09.00 Session 2 Chair: O Bergland

09.00-10.30 G Brown:

10.30 Break

10.50-11.30 K-G Mäler: The Economics of shallow lakes

11.45 Lunch

13.00 Session 3 Chair: E Romstad

13.00-13.30 T Laitila: On-site sampling and estimation of a nested logit model

13.30-14.00 M An: A Semiparametric Distribution for Willingness to pay

14.00-14.30 M Sjöström, T Lundgren: An Empirical Note on the theory of Exhaustible Resources in the Swedish Mining Industry

14.30 Break

14.50-15.20 P Gong, K-G Löfgren: Short-run Timber Supply under Uncertainty

and Welfare Gains from perfect Competition

15.20-15.50 V Nagubadi: Integration of Hardwood Stumpage Markets in the

Southcentral United States

15.50-16.20 H Scharin: Shadowprices for the nitrogenemissions from distance

heating plants: a stochastic distance function approach

16.20-16.50 R Brännlund. B Kriström: The economic and environmental impacts of taxes in Sweden
 
 

19.00 Seine Sweep (Fishing Trip with Dinner)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, June 18

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09.00 Session 4 Chair: K-G Löfgren

09.00-10.30 G Asheim: Justifying sustainability

10.30 Break

10.45-11.15 K Backlund:

11.15-11.30 S Lothe, I Myrtveit: The Design of Compensation Systems to Improve

Environmental Performances: Models based on Parametric and Non-

Parametric Performance Measures

11.30 Lunch
 
 

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12.30 Departure by boat to Docksta

13.30 Bus to Örnsköldsvik/Umeå

14.15 Arrival at Örnsköldsvik Airport

15.45 Arrival at Umeå Airport
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PARTICIPATION LIST
 
 

An Mark, USA

Asheim Geir Norge

Brown Gardner, USA

Backlund Kenneth, Umeå

Bergland Olvar, Norge

Brännlund Runar, Umeå

Boman Mattias, Umeå

Crépin Anne-Sophie, Stockholm

Gong Peichen, Umeå

Huhtala Anni, Stockholm

Israelsson Torun, Umeå

Kriström Bengt, Umeå

Laitila Thomas, Umeå

Li Chuan-Zhong, Borlänge

Lothe Solveig, Norge

Lundgren Tommy, Umeå

Löfgren Karl-Gustav, Umeå

Mäler Karl-Göran, Stockholm

Naevdal Eric, Norge

Nagubadi Venkatarao, USA

Paulrud Anton, Umeå

Pizer William, USA

Romstad Eirik, Norge

Scharin Henrik, Stockholm

Sjöström Magnus, Umeå

Steele Paul. England

Sumelius John, Finland