Final Program

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Friday, October 12

7:30 - 10:30 p.m. Reception and Registration

Pond Inlet (McKenzie Chown Complex), Brock University

Saturday, October 13

  8:00 - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Coffee (outside TH245)

  8:30 a.m.  Welcoming Remarks and Introduction (TH245)

  8:30 - 10:00 a.m. Session 1:   Water: Shadow Values and Optimal

   Pricing

   Chair : Andrew Muller (McMaster University)

   Private Information in Delegated Water Utilities

   SERGE GARCIA, Fran¸ois Salanie and Alban Thomas (LEERNA INRA, Universit¾

    des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France)

    Discussant: Pierre Lasserre (UQAM)

    Estimating the Benefits of Efficient Water Pricing in France

    ARNAUD REYNAUD (LEERNA-INRA, Universit¾ des Sciences Sociales de

    Toulouse, France)

     Discussant: Steven Renzetti  (Brock University)

    Residential Water Demand: An Empirical Estimation Using Co-

     integration & Error-Correction Techniques

     ROBERTO MARTINEZ-ESPINEIRA and Celine Nauges (LEERNA INRAUniver-

     sit¾ des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse, France)

     Discussant: Sylvestre Gaudin (Oberlin College)

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. Break (outside TH245)

10:30 - 12:00 noon  Session 2: Valuing the Environment: New Directions and

     Issues

    Chair : Robert Cairns (McGill University)

     Visible Choice Sets and Scope Sensitivity: An Experimental and Field Test of

     Study Design Effects on Nester Contingent Values

     I.J. Bateman (CSERGE), M. Cole (University of Birmingham), P. Cooper (CSERGE),

   . Georgiou (CSERGE), D. Hadley (University of Birmingham), and GREG L. POE

     Cornell University)

     Discussant: Kim Rollins (University of Guelph)

    Can Stated Preference Methods be Used to Value Attributes of Subsistence Hunt-

    ing of Aboriginal Peoples?

     M.K. Haener (University of Alberta), D. Dosman, W.L. Adamowicz, University of

     Alberta), and P.C. BOXALL (University of Alberta)

     Discussant: Andrew Muller (McMaster University)

    Valuing Freshwater Salmon Habitat on the West Coast of Canada

     DUNCAN KNOWLER (Simon Fraser University), Brice MacGregor , Simon Fraser

     University), Michael J. Bradford (Simon Fraser University), and Randall Peterman

     (Simon Fraser University)

     Discussant:  Anthony Ward (Brock University)

  12:00 - 1:20 p.m. Lunch, University Club, Brock University

  1:30 - 2:30 p.m. Invited Presentation: Valuing Risks to Life by

   MAUREEN CROPPER (World Bank and University of Maryland)

  2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Session 3:   The Role of Resources in the Economy

    Chair: Lewis Soroka (Brock University)

    Integrating Economics, Environmental, and GIS Modeling to Improve Wate

    Quality

    WANHONG YANG (University of Guelph)

    Discussant: Alfons Weersink (University of Guelph)

    Accounting for Greenhouse Gases in the Productivity Performance of Canadian

    Businesses, 1981-1996

    Tarek Harchaoui (Statistics Canada) and PIERRE LASSERRE (UQAM)

    Discussant: Diane Dupont (Brock University)

  3:30 - 4:00 p.m. Break (outside TH245)