Academic Seminar Series 2007

Resources for the Future hosts an Academic Seminar Series that provides an opportunity for outside scholars to present their latest research at RFF. The series emphasizes the applications of theoretical and emipirical tools in the assessment of environmental, resource, energy, and public health issues. The seminar series runs through the academic year, from September through May, with the exception of January. The seminars are typically held every other Thursday and are open to the public. All seminars will be held from 2-3:30pm, in the 7th Floor Conference Room. Resources for the Future is located at:

1616 P St. NW
Washington, DC 20036

If you have any questions, please contact Joe Aldy at aldy@rff.org, or (202) 328-5091.

As they become available, relevant papers and additional materials will be posted here (please click on paper titles).

Academic Seminars for 2007
Date	Details
12/06/07	Health Shocks and Environmental Stewardship -Joshua Graff Zivin, Columbia University
11/29/07	Domestic Climate Change Policy Design Issues -Terry Dinan, Congressional Budget Office
11/15/07	“Probing Precautionary Policies for Integrated Risk Management: European Perspectives, Universal Challenges” -Timo Assmuth, Finnish Environment Institute and Visiting Scholar, Tufts University
11/08/07	Technology, Development, and the Environment -Karen Fisher-Vanden, Dartmouth College
11/06/07	Making Small Work: Business Strategies for Electrifying the World -Hisham Zerriffi, University of British Columbia NOTE: This is a special Tuesday seminar.
10/11/07	Fat City: Questioning the Relationship Between Urban Sprawl and Obesity -Matthew Turner, University of Toronto
10/04/07	Forests in Transition: Economic Costs and Benefits of Forests as a Climate Stabilization Tool -Brent Sohngen, Ohio State University NOTE: This seminar will be held from 12-1:30pm.
09/06/07	Sustainable Land Management and Adoption of Soil Conservation in Ethiopia -Gunnar Köhlin, University of Gothenburg
05/29/07	"Recent Developments in the EU ETS - Results from 2005 and 2006, Allocation For 2008-2012, and recent debates on post-2012" - Felix, Chr. Matthes, Öko-Institut - Berlin, Germany
05/24/07	Police-powers, regulatory takings and the efficient compensation of domestic and foreign investors -Carol McAusland, University of Maryland
05/10/07	Some Overlooked Economics of Solar Photovoltaics -Severin Borenstein, University of California - Berkeley
04/30/07	Forecasting the Path of China's CO2 Emissions: Offsetting Kyoto - And Then Some -Maximilian Auffhammer, University of California - Berkeley NOTE: This is a special Monday seminar.
04/12/07	Capital Investments in the Power Generation Sector and the Uncertainty of CO2 Emissions Regulations -Dalia Patino-Echeverri, Carnegie Mellon University
03/22/07	A Biomass Future for the North American Great Plains: Toward Sustainable Land Use and Mitigation of Global Warming -Norman Rosenberg, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
03/06/07	Better Regulation in Europe -Jonathan Wiener, Duke University
02/22/07	Global Public Goods -Scott Barrett, Johns Hopkins University
02/08/07	Consumer and Market Responses to Mad-Cow Disease -Wolfram Schlenker, Columbia University