French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Newsletter – October 2017

 

Hello everyone!

 

We were pleased to see each other again at the various conferences held during the summer, but especially at our annual conference in Nancy. No more lectures, no more summer, the start of the new academic year has now taken place, thesis defences are announced and it is time to bring new Master’s students to research in environmental economics…

 

Election of a new honorary member of the FAERE

The FAERE General Assembly, meeting in Nancy during the 4th Annual Conference, elected this year a new honorary member: André Grimaud, Professor emeritus at the University of Toulouse 1-Capitole (Ecole d’ Economie de Toulouse). After devoting a first part of his research career to the urban or industrial economy, he turned to the theory of economic growth, focusing in particular on the importance of research and development and taking into account the dematerialization of the economy. Finally, he has devoted a significant part of his research to the economics of the environment and natural resources, including the issues raised by climate change.

Since its creation, André Grimaud has accompanied the FAERE whose members have had the pleasure of being its students or co-authors.

Young Economist best paper FAERE Award

From 2016 onwards, FAERE awards an annual prize for the best article by young economists at the annual conference.

The 2017 award winner is Marion Dupoux (University of Gothenburg), for an article entitled “Beyond perfect substitutability in public good games: heterogenous structures of preference“, immediately accepted for publication in our Working Papers series.



 

Thank you to the organizers and congratulations to the participants of the FAERE conference in Nancy!

The LEF and BETA teams, led by Serge Garcia and Philippe Delacote, hosted the 4th FAERE annual conference in Nancy. The participants were about 120 for 82 papers presented and the organisation was as efficient as at previous conferences in Montpellier, Toulouse and Bordeaux.

Chris Costello (UC Santa Barbara) and Alexander Pfaff (Duke University) gave brilliant and stimulating plenary lectures.

Finally, the weather was good, especially to enjoy the sound and light show on the front of the town hall, Stanislas Square, just before the conference dinner dessert.

A challenge for Aix-Marseille next year!

Journées thématiques de la FAERE et autres événements

The 8th Thematic Workshop, organised by Stefano Bosi and the MSH Paris-Saclay will take place on November 30 and December 1,2017 at the ENS Paris-Saclay (Cachan), on the theme “Environment and Health: Economic Outlook”. The deadline for submitting papers is October 28. (call for papers).

Other events supported by the FAERE are also already planned for this year:

  • 16-17 November 2017 (Toulouse), Workshop « Economic Analysis of Environmental Food Policies »
  • 23-24 November 2017 (Valenciennes), theamtic Days «Ville, transport et mobilité durable »⁩
  • 5-6 April 2018 (Orléans), Conference « Environmental Economics : a focus on Natural Resources »⁩ (call for papers)

Check the website regularly and do not hesitate to send your information to feed it and communicate around the events you organize.

 

FAERE Working Papers and Policy Papers: latest releases

Since the last Newsletter, we have registered 12 new documents in the FAERE Working Papers serie and 4 in the FAERE Policy Papers serie. Nearly all of them are published in English.

Researchers seeking for a quick dissemination of their research works, before publication in peer-reviewed journals, are invited to submit to these series. being already a FAERE member is not needed.

The editorial board was expanded by welcoming new members: Philippe De lacote, Mouez Fodha, Stéphane Luchini, Hélène Ollivier, Jean-Christophe Pereau, Francesco Ricci, Raphaël Soubeyran, Hubert Stahn, Julie Subervie. Thanks to them and the former members for the work done.

 

Working Papers :

2017.12
George Marbuah – Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah
Spatial Analysis of Emissions in Sweden

2017.13
Florian Fizaine – Pierre Voye – Catherine Baumont
Does the literature support a high willingness to pay for green label buildings? An answer with treatment of publication bias

2017.14
Can Askan Mavi
Can a hazardous event be another source of poverty traps?

2017.15
Laura Recuero Virto – Denis Couvet
IThe impact of renewable versus non-renewable natural capital on economic growth

2017.16
Stefano Bosi – David Desmarchelier
A simple method to study local bifurcations of three and four-dimensional systems : characterizations and economic applications

2017.17
Guy Meunier – Ingmar Schumacher
The importance of considering optimal government policy when social norms matter for the private provision of public goods

2017.18
Ngo Van Long – Vincent Martinet
Combining Rights and Welfarism: a new approach to intertemporal evaluation of social alternatives

2017.19
Vicente Ruiz
Do climatic events influence internal migration? Evidence from Mexico

2017.20
Victor Champonnois
Institutional determinants of protest responses in stated preference studies

2017.21
Marion Dupoux
Beyond perfect substitutability in public good games: heterogeneous structures of preferences

2017.22
Jimena Rico – Stephanie Panlasigui – Colby J. Loucks – Jennifer Swenson – Alexander Pfaff
Logging concessions, certification and protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon: forest impacts from development rights and land-use restrictions

2017.23
Anne-Sarah Chiambretto
Voluntary agreements as correlated equilibria of a subscription game

 

Policy Papers :

PP 2017.03
Florian Fizaine – Pierre Voye – Catherine Baumont
Does the literature support a high willingness to pay for green label buildings? An answer with treatment of publication bias

PP 2017.04
Fabrice Ochou – Philippe Quirion
Impact du changement climatique sur l’agriculture : détermination de l’existence d’un biais de prix dans les études ricardiennes

PP 2017.05
Dorothée Charler – Bérangère Legendre – Anna Risch
Does social housing mitigate fuel poverty?

PP 2017.06
Jimena Rico – Stephanie Panlasigui – Colby J. Loucks – Jennifer Swenson – Alexander Pfaff
Logging concessions, certification and protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon: forest impacts from development rights and land-use restrictions

All the best!

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