rede Seminars

4th Atlantic Workshop on Energy and

Environmental Economics

Green Tax Reforms

Thursday, July 8

09.00-09:30 Registration 

09:30-10:30 Invited papers

Michael Hanemann (University of California, Berkeley) Citizens´ preferences on climate change policies. An illustration for Spain

Juan P. Montero (PUC Chile) Prices vs quantities for the development of clean technologies

10:30-11:00 Coffee

11:00-11:30 Opening - Welcome speeches

11:30-13:00 Keynote lecture:

 Agnar Sandmo (Norwegian School of Economics) Atmospheric externalities and environmental taxation

13:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-17:00 Roundtable: Theory and practice of green tax reforms

Frank Convery (University College Dublin)

Christian de Perthuis (Université Paris-Dauphine)

Denny Ellerman (MIT)

José M. Labeaga (Spanish Ministry of the Treasure)

17:00-17:30 Coffee

17:30-19:00 Parallel sessions I

Session IA

Emilio Cerdá ( Complutense University) and Xiral López (University of Vigo) Strategic behaviour of exporting and importing countries of a non-renewable natural resource: Taxation and capturing rents

Carlos Hervés-Beloso (University of Vigo) Francisco Martínez and Jorge Rivera (University of Chile) Walrasian prices in a market with consumption rights

Session IB

Ana Pueyo (UPM-ETSII)  and María Mediluce (WBCSD)The UNFCCC approach to climate change technology transfer: Assessing the gaps through econometric evidence and business insights

MŞ Ángeles Fernández (Catholic University of Ávila), Yolanda Fernández and Blanca Olmedillas (Autonomous University of Madrid) The failure of Copenhagen from a game-theoretical perspective

Ramón Arigoni and Anil Markandya (Basque centre for Climate Change)The DICER Model: Methodological issues and initial results of calibration

21:00 Cocktail, Workshop Dinner and Queimada

 

Friday, July 9

 09:30-11:00 Parallel sessions II

Session IIA

Bert Saveyn, Denise Van Regemorter and Juan-Carlos Ciscar (IPTS and European Commission) Economic analysis of the Copenhagen Accord: Implications for the EU and other major countries

Pedro Linares ( Pontifical University Comillas) Marginal abatement costs for CO2 emissions from industrial sectors in Spain

Session IIB

Lara E. Lázaro and Giles Atkinson (London School of Economics) Protests in earnest: an analysis of protest responses and WTP to avoid oil spills in a contingent valuation experiment?

Lara Pérez-Dueńas (Gnera) Supporting “Green” electricity: Lessons learned from the Spanish feed-in tariff system

Carlos Gutiérrez (University of Alicante), Aitor Ciarreta (University of the Basque Country) and Nikolaos Georgantzís (University of Granada) Renewable sources, technology mix, and competition in liberalized electricity markets: The case of Spain

11:00-11:30 Coffee

11:30-13:00 Keynote lecture:

Gilbert E. Metcalf (Tufts University) Green tax reforms: What Happened to the double dividend?

13:00-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:30 Parallel sessions III

Session IIIA

Emmanuel Combet, Frédéric Ghersi, Jean-Charles Hourcade and Camille Thubin (Centre-cired) Carbon tax and the risk of inequity

George Adu (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) Effects on growth of environmental policy in an open economy

Luis A. Puch (Complutense University, FEDEA and ICAE) Gustavo Marrero and Francisco Ramos (University of La Laguna) Energy intensity and the forces behind sustainable energy in the EU

Session IIIB

Florens Flues (University of Zurich) Private interest vs. environmental preferences of the public

Ibon GalarragaMikel González-Eguino and Anil Markandya (Basque centre for Climate Change) Evaluating the role of energy efficiency labels: The case of dish washers

Victoria Alexeeva-Talebi (ZEW) Cost pass-through strategic pricing: Sectoral evidence for the EU ETS