The workshop’s objective is to assemble a group of environmental economists in the Southern Ontario, Michigan, and Upstate NY areas to do a deep dive on a handful of papers. We hope that you’ll attend and, perhaps, submit a paper or act as a discussant.
Here are the specifics:
Environmental Econ Ho-Ho-Ho Down, This Aint Texas Edition
Date: November 29, 2024
Location: Ivey Business School, London, Ontario. Room 2115, 2129 is also available for breakout sessions.
Format: 5-6 papers which will include a 30-minute presentation followed by a 15-minute discussion and 15-minute Q&A, dinner to follow
Keynote: Carol McAusland, UBC
Audience: All economists in the Southern Ontario, Michigan, and Upstate NY areas who are interested in environmental economics
Submission Details: Please email working papers to Nouri (nnajjar@ivey.ca) or Brandon (bschaufele@ivey.ca) by October 25 for consideration.
Registration Details: Please email Nouri (nnajjar@ivey.ca) or Brandon (bschaufele@ivey.ca) to confirm your attendance by November 1.
Other details: No registration fee, lunch and coffee provided, complementary dinner to follow the event, travel funding available including for post-dinner hotels. (See agenda below)
Please let us know if you are available to join, and feel free to share this invitation with any colleagues, especially PhD students, who may be interested.
ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
Environmental Econ Ho-Ho-Ho Down
This Aint Texas Edition
Friday, November 29, 2024
All sessions in Room 2115 of the Ivey Business School Building Breakout Room 2129 available for private meetings
| 9:00am – Coffee and Pastries |
| 9:30am – Session 1 |
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Chair: Nouri Najjar, Western Materials, Technology and Growth: Quantifying the Costs of Circularity Presenter: Zachary Mahone, McMaster
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| 11:30am – Short Break |
| 11:45am – Lightning Sessions |
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Chair: Nouri Najjar, Western Do Gasoline Prices Influence Electric Vehicle Usage? Evidence from the U.S. Presenter: Ali Niazi, Calgary
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| 12:15pm – Lunch |
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12:45pm – Keynote Carol McAusland, UBC Consumers and the Environment: Right Action, Wrong Outcome |
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1:45pm – Short Break |
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2:00pm – Session 2 |
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Chair: Jevan Cherniwchan, McMaster Strategic Under-reporting of Arsenic Contamination in Drinking Water
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4:00pm – Short Break |
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4:15pm – Session 3 |
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Chair: Brandon Schaufele, Western Does Demand for Public Transit Reflect Sorting or Substitution?
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6:15pm Catered dinner is being hosted at Brandon’s house. |
PARKING AT WESTERN (requires Honk Mobile app)
Ivey Business School Building: 1255 Western Rd, London, Ontario (See details below)
Parking option 1: West Campus Lot
Parking option 2: Huron Flats Lot
