Second JEEM Conference in Environmental and Resource Economics
The Second Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM) Conference in Environmental and Resource Economics, co-organized by the JEEM and HKU Business School’s Institute of China Economy, was successfully held on December 9 & 10, 2023 at the HKU iCube in Central.
The Conference featured keynote speeches from Prof. Shanjun LI and Prof. Mark JACOBSEN, following with 14 papers presented and discussed by the distinguished scholars and leading researchers from overseas and the Asia Pacific region.
Through the engaging discussion sparked, audience had learnt from the experts’ insight and intellectually stimulated dialogues on a wide range of topics in environmental and resource economics, including resource preservation, political economy of environmental regulations, environmental health, and firms and industrial dynamics.
| Date and Time: | December 9 & 10, 2023 (Saturday & Sunday) 09:00 to 18:00 (HKT) |
| Venue: | HKU iCube, Room 4005-07, 40/F, Two Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place, Central |
| Language: | English |
| Format: | Face-to-face |
| Registration: | Please register here by 23:59 (HKT), November 26, 2023. There is no registration fee*. Seats are limited. |
| * Lunch and dinner will be by invitation. Participants will be responsible to cover the passage and accommodation costs. | |
Day 1 – December 8, 2023 (Friday)
| 18:30-21:00 | JEEM Editorial Board Meeting and Pre-Conference Dinner (By Invitation) |
Day 2 – December 9, 2023 (Saturday)
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00-09:10 | Welcome Address by Guojun HE Professor, HKU Business School; |
Session 1: Keynote Address | |
| 09:10-10:00 | “Energy Transition in Transport: Policy Options to Promote Electric Vehicles” Speaker: Shanjun LI Kenneth L. Robinson Professor of Applied Economics and Policy, |
| 10:00-10:20 | Tea Break and Group Photo |
Session 2: Firms and Industrial Dynamics I | |
| 10:20-11:10 | “The Enduring Effects of China’s Payments for Ecosystem Services: Short- and Long-Term Industrial Transformations” Presenter: Wen WANG Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Discussant: Junjie ZHANG Professor, Duke University; |
| 11:10-12:00 | “Heterogeneous Responses to Carbon Pricing: Firm-Level Evidence from Beijing Emissions Trading Scheme” Presenter: Da ZHANG Associate Professor, Tsinghua University Discussant: Andreas LANGE Professor, University of Hamburg; |
| 12:00-13:20 | Lunch (By Invitation) |
Session 3: Health | |
| 13:30-14:20 | “To Go Electric or To Burn Coal? A Randomized Field Experiment of Informational Nudges” Presenter: King King LI Associate Professor, Shenzhen University Discussant: Bing ZHANG Vice President of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics; |
| 14:20-15:10 | “Pipeline Expansion and Mortality Rate: Evidence from China” Presenter: Wangyang LAI Associate Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Discussant: Alberto SALVO Associate Professor, National University of Singapore; |
| 15:10-15:30 | Tea Break |
Session 4: Firms and Industrial Dynamics II | |
| 15:30-16:20 | “Markup Dispersion, Industry Coverage and the Cost of Environmental Regulations” Presenter: Haoyang LI Professor, Nanjing Agricultural University Discussant: Mark JACOBSEN Professor, University of California, San Diego |
| 16:20-17:10 | “Importing Emission-Intensive Intermediates with Upstream Regulation: Firm-Product-Level Evidence” Presenter: Chunhua WANG Associate Professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Discussant: Shanjun LI Kenneth L. Robinson Professor of Applied Economics and Policy, |
| 17:10-18:00 | “Environmental Regulation and Firms’ Extensive Margin Decisions” Presenter: Min WANG Associate Professor, Peking University Discussant: Roger VON HAEFEN Professor, North Carolina State University; |
| 18:00-21:00 | Dinner (By Invitation) |
Day 3 – December 10, 2023 (Sunday)
| 08:30-09:00 | Registration |
Session 5: Keynote Address | |
| 09:00-09:50 | “Used Cars: Pollution and the EV Transition” Speaker: Mark JACOBSEN Professor, University of California, San Diego |
| 09:50-10:10 | Tea Break |
Session 6: Political Economy | |
| 10:10-11:00 | “The Political Economy of Ratchet Effect: Evidence from China’s Environmental Regulation” Presenter: Guangyu CAO Assistant Professor, Peking University Discussant: Shaoda WANG Assistant Professor, The University of Chicago; |
| 11:00-11:50 | “Information, Incentives, and Environmental Governance: Evidence from China’s Ambient Air Quality Standards” Presenter: Jin WANG Associate Professor, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Discussant: Eric ZOU Assistant Professor, University of Michigan; |
| 12:00-13:20 | Lunch (By Invitation) |
Session 7: Health | |
| 13:30-14:20 | “Ambient Air Pollution and the Transmission of Infectious Diseases” Presenter: Yuhang PAN Assistant Professor, Peking University Discussant: Brian VIARD Associate Professor, Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business (CKGSB) |
| 14:20-15:10 | “The Effects of Air Pollution on Labor Supply in Japan: A Panel Data Analysis based on PM2.5 Pollution Monitoring, Labor, and Chemical Transport Model Data” Presenter: Daichi YAMADA Associate Professor, Hiroshima University Discussant: Shihe FU Professor, Wuhan University |
| 15:10-15:30 | Tea Break |
Session 8: Resource Preservation | |
| 15:30-16:20 | “NREGA improved recharge and raised groundwater levels” Presenter: Patrick BEHRER Economist, Development Economics Research Group, The World Bank Discussant: Arkodipta SARKAR Assistant Professor, National University of Singapore |
| 16:20-17:10 | “The Impact of Unrestricted Power on Groundwater: A Panel Geographical Regression Discontinuity Approach” Presenter: Praveen KUMAR PhD Candidate, Indian Statistical Institute (Delhi) Discussant: Liguo LIN Professor, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics |
| 17:10-18:00 | “Combining Private and Common Property Management: The Impact of a Hybrid Ownership Structure on Grassland Conservation” Presenter: Kaixing HUANG Assistant Professor, Peking University Discussant: Xiaoguang CHEN Professor, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics |
| 18:00-21:00 | Dinner (By Invitation) and Adjourn |
Kenneth L. Robinson Chair in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University;
Director of the Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER);
Editor for the Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
Professor of Department of Economics,
University of California, San Diego
(Sequence is in alphabetical order of surname)
Associate Director, Institute of China Economy
Professor of Economics, Management and Strategy
HKU Business School
Professor of Economics
The University of Hamburg
Professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
North Carolina State University
Professor
Nanjing University of Finance and Economics
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