Coffee / Breakfast

Economics Department

Main Lounge, Moulton Union

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM

Identifying the Opportunity Cost of Critical Habitat Designation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act

Erik J. Nelson, Bowdoin College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM

Public incentives for conservation easements on private land

Sahan Dissanayake, Colby College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

9:30 AM - 10:00 AM

Coffee break

Economics Department

Main Lounge, Moulton Union

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Endogenous growth and household leverage

Emily Marshall, Bates College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

10:15 AM - 10:45 AM

Optimality of inflation and nominal output targeting

Robert Lester, Colby College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM

How do economic shocks affect democracy?

Daniel Riera-Crichton, Bates College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

11:15 AM - 11:45 AM

Student Poster Session

Economics Students from Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, and University of Maine

Moulton Union Lobby

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Lunch

Economics Department

Main Lounge, Moulton Union

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Impact of pollution closures on commercial harvest of soft-shell clams in Machias Bay, Maine

Keith Evans, University of Maine - Main

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

1:15 PM - 1:45 PM

The rebound effect in equilibrium: market structure and welfare

Nathan Chan, Colby College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM

Public preferences for investments in renewable energy production and energy efficiency

Caroline Noblet, University of Maine - Main

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

2:15 PM - 2:45 PM

Coffee Break

Economics Department

Main Lounge, Moulton Union

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

An empirical study of off-farm employment choices by rural households in China

Xuan Chen, University of Maine - Main

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Subsidiaries vs. divisions in a property-rights theory of the firm

Leshui He, Bates College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

The welfare consequences of experienced inflation on residential mortgage choice

Matthew Botsch, Bowdoin College

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Coffee Break

Economics Department

Main Lounge, Moulton Union

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Keynote Address: Change and Persistence in the Economic Status of Neighborhoods and Cities, and Q&A on experiences as JUE Editor

Stuart Rosenthal '80, Syracuse University

Lancaster Lounge, Moulton Union

4:45 PM - 5:45 PM