Camp Resources XXV. August 12-14, Blockade Runner Beach Resort. 275 Waynick Boulevard, Wrightsville Beach, NC

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1 Camp Resources XXV August 12-14, 2014 Blockade Runner Beach Resort 275 Waynick Boulevard, Wrightsville Beach, NC PRELIMINARY PROGRAM Sunday, August 12 th 5:00pm 6:30pm Welcoming Reception Beauregard Room Dinner on your own Monday, August 13 th 8:00am 8:20am 8:30am Registration Check-In Lee Ballroom Opening remarks and Logistics Session #1: Water and Property Values The Economic Value of Secure Water: Landowner Returns to Defining Groundwater Property Rights Andrew Ayres, University of California, Santa Barbara Co-Authors: Kyle C. Meng and Andrew J. Plantinga, University of California, Santa Barbara On the Reporting of Water Use and the Effects of Hydraulic Fracturing on Groundwater Levels in Texas Jesse Backstrom, Texas A&M University Gentrification and Residential Sorting: Reasons for Displacement and Environmental Injustice in Los Angeles Wen Wang, Duke University Solar Farms and Surrounding Property Values: A Systematic Empirical Analysis Nino Abashidze, NC State University Co-Author: Laura O. Taylor, Georgia Institute of Technology 10:30am

2 11:00am Research Sketches Lee Ballroom Does Increasing Block Pricing Decrease Energy Use? Evidence from the Residential Electricity Market Becka Brolinson, Georgetown University Ramping up Renewable Energies: The Role of Ramping Cost and Energy Storage Haoyang Li, Michigan State University Releasing Gene Drive Modified Insects to Reduce Insecticide Use: A Stated Preference Assessment of WTP Effects in Diverse Market Applications Mike Jones, NC State University Co-Author: Zachary Brown, NC State University The Labor Market Impacts of Renewable Energy Policy: Brazilian Electricity Auctions Gabrielle Vasey, University of Pennsylvania Temperature, Productivity, and Adaptation: Evidence from Survey Data Production Melissa LoPalo, University of Texas, Austin Flood Insurance Market Penetration and Expectations of Disaster Assistance Dylan Turner, University of Georgia Co-Authors: Craig E. Landry, University of Georgia; Daniel Petrolia, Mississippi State University 12:00pm Lunch & Research Sketches Nighthawk Room Using Panel Data to Recover Willingness to Pay for Neighborhood Amenities Chuhang Yin, Duke University Co-Author: Christopher Timmins, Duke University Estimating the Unrealized Gains from Trade in the Land Use Policy of South Florida: Evidence from a Geohydrological Simulation Model Alexander Gordan, Georgia State University The Impact of Agricultural Policies on Environmental Quality: A Policy Evaluation Elise Kaya, NC State University Co-Authors: Bob Abt and Barry Goodwin, NC State University Agricultural Adaptation to Climate Change in the United States: Implications for Fertilizer Use and Water Quality Jayash Paudel, University of Massachusetts, Amherst Co-Author: Christine L. Crago, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

3 Is Abundant Natural Gas a Bridge to a Low-carbon Future or a Dead-end? Pei Huang, Yale University Co-Author: Kenneth Gillingham, Yale University 1:45pm Session #2: Firm Response to Environmental Regulations Lee Ballroom Environmental Regulation and Firm Productivity in China: Estimates from a Regression Discontinuity Design Shaoda Wang, University of California, Berkeley Co-Authors: Guojun He, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Bing Zhang, Nanjing University The Effect of Recycling on Competition: Evidence from the Paper Industry William Edwin Watkins, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Carbon Tax, Productivity, and Reallocation: Lessons from Canadian Manufacturing Plants Akio Yamazaki, University of Calgary 3:15pm 3:45pm Session #3: Health Lee Ballroom What Makes Seniors Vote with Their Feet? Sophie Mathes, Arizona State University The Value of a Statistical Senior's Life: Evidence from Medical Expenditures Nirman Saha, Arizona State University When You Know, You Act? Weather Forecasts, Defensive Action, and Heat-related Mortality in the US Matthew Gammans, University of California, Davis 5:15pm 6:00pm Adjourn for the Day Reception in the Gardens Tuesday, August 14 th Lee Ballroom 8:00am Session #4: Energy Lee Ballroom The Public Benefits of Batteries: An Empirical Analysis of Grid-Scale Storage A. Justin Kirkpatrick, Duke University

4 Policy Designs for Clean Vehicle Adoption: A Study of Electric Vehicle Subsidy Program in China Jing Qian, Cornell University Equilibrium Sorting, Moral Hazard, and Adverse Selection, in Residential Energy Contracts Dylan T. Brewer, Michigan State University Leakage in Regional Climate Policy? The Implications of Market Design from the California ISO's Energy Imbalance Market Brittany Tarufelli, University of Wyoming Co-Author: Ben Gilbert, Colorado School of Mines 10:00am 10:30am Learning Tutorial Lee Ballroom Regression Adjustment to Improve Efficiency in Experiments with Heterogeneity Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University 12:15pm Lunch & Editors Roundtable Nighthawk Room Klaus Moeltner (Virginia Tech), Andy Yates (UNC-Chapel Hill), Roger von Haefen (NC State University) 2:00pm Session #5: Coasts and Fisheries Lee Ballroom Non-Parametric Tests of the Tragedy of the Commons Yaqin Liu, Georgia State University Co-Authors: Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University; Martin Smith, Duke University; Frank Asche, University of Florida Holding the Line: Identifying the Determinants of the Decision to Install Coastal Armoring William Jason Beasley, Oregon State University Co-Author: Steven Dundas, Oregon State University Use it or lose it: A bioeconomic model of Utilization Rules in an ITQ Fishery Stephanie Stefanski, Duke University Co-Author: Martin D. Smith, Duke University The Value of Coastal Recreational Trips across Space and Time Alexandra Naumenko, NC State University 4:00pm Adjourn

5 Camp Resources gratefully acknowledges the generous support of: CEnREP