Market Mechanisms and Incentives:
Applications to Environmental Policy Proceedings of a Workshop Sponsored
by the US Environmental
Protection Agency's National Center for Environmental Economics and
National Center for Environmental Research
Summary
Proceedings from a two-day workshop co-sponsored
by EPA's National Center for Environmental Economics and National
Center for Environmental Research which presented research results,
summarized EPA programs and discussed pending legislation related
to market mechanisms and incentives. The workshop also featured a
keynote address by Christine Whitman, Administrator of EPA, a luncheon
address by Nobel Laureate Vernon L. Smith, and a panel discussion
by Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office of Research
and Development; Tracy Mehan, Assistant Administrator for EPA's Office
of Water; and Jeffery Holmstead, Assistant Administrator for EPA's
Office of Air.
Other participants included:
Dallas Burtraw, Resources for
the Future
Curtis Carlson, DOE
Tim Cason, Purdue University
David Doniger, Natural Resource Defense Council
Denny Ellerman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alex Farrow, University of California, Berkeley
Richard Garbaccio, US EPA, NCEE
Charles Griffiths, US EPA, NCEE
Julie Hewitt, US EPA, NCEE
Richard Howarth, Dartmouth College
William Jaeger, Oregon State University
Mark Landry, Abt Associates
Brian McLean, US EPA, OAR
Jim Murphy, University of Massachusetts
Sam Napolitano, US EPA, OAR
Mark Olson, George Mason University
Ian Parry, Resources for the Future
William Pizer, Resources for the Future
Greg Poe, Cornell University
Alan Randall, Ohio State University
Claire Schary, US EPA, Region X
Joel Scheraga, EPA, Global Climate Change Program
Byron Swift, Environmental Law Institute
Hale Thurston, US EPA, NRMRL
Roberton Williams, Brookings Institution and University of Texas, Austin