Urban, Regional and Environmental Economics Colloquium

The Urban, Regional and Environmental Economics Colloquium (UREEC) is a bi-monthly brown bag luncheon workshop which provides a forum for local faculty and graduate students to present research in urban, regional and environmental economics and policy.

To be added to the UREEC listserv to receive announcements about upcoming presentations and events, please contact Doug Krupka at dkrupka@gsu.edu.

Related working papers can be found at the websites for the Environmental Policy Program and Urban and Regional Analysis Group.

Presentation Schedule

Spring 2007

Emilson Silva, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, presents “Global Trading of Carbon Dioxide Permits with Noncompliant Polluters,” February 14, 2007.

Jason Delaney, Ph.D. candidate, Georgia State University, presents “Unhelpful Information: A reassessment of the stock market impact of the Toxic Release Inventory,” February 28, 2007.

Doug Krupka, Assistant Professor, Georgia State University, presents “City Air or City Markets? Explaining the urban wage premium,” March 14, 2007.

Carolyn Dehring, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, presents “The Impact of Stadium Announcements on Residential Property Values: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Dallas-Fort Worth,” March 21, 2007.

Chris Cunningham, Research Economist, Federal Reserve Board of Atlanta, presents “Tax treatment of housing capital gains: evidence from the HRS and TRA97,” April 4, 2007.

Derek Kellenberg, Assistant Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, presents “An Empirical Test of the Pollution Haven Hypothesis with Strategic Environment and Trade Policy,” April 18, 2007.

Rebecca Moore, Assistant Professor, University of Georgia, presents “Valuing a spatially diverse resource: Non-point source pollution control in Green Bay, Wis.,” May 2, 2007.

Vid Adrison, Ph.D. candidate, Georgia State University, presents “The effect of penalty severity on environmental compliance,” May 16, 2007.

Fall 2006

Doug Noonan (Assistant Professor, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology) presented "Evaluating Price Effects of Historic Preservation Policies," November 29, 2006.

Laura Taylor (Associate Professor, Economics) presented "Of Cab Drivers and Coal Miners: Heterogeneous Risks and the Value of a Statistical Life," November 15, 2006.

Peter Bluestone (Ph.D. candidate, Economics) presented "Government Fragmentation and the Attainment of Regional Environmental Quality," November 1, 2006.

Kwaw Andam (Ph.D. candidate, Public Policy) presented "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Land-Use Restrictions: An Application to Protected Areas in Costa Rica," October 18, 2006.

Rob Salvino (Ph.D. candidate, Economics) presented "Home Rule and its Effects on State and Local Government Size," October 4, 2006.

Mike Tasto (Ph.D. candidate, Economics) presented "Interstate Competition for Business and Industry," September 20, 2006.

Doug Krupka (Assistant Professor, Economics) presented "Neighborhood Dynamics and Price Effects of Superfund Site Cleanup," September 6, 2006.