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Second JEEM Conference in Environmental and Resource Economics

Name: Second JEEM Conference in Environmental and Resource Economics
Start: 2023-12-09
End: 2023-12-10
Location: iCube

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.

Programme

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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; Associate Director, Institute of China Economy (ICE); Co-Editor, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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, Cornell University; Director and Co-Founder, Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER)
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; Director, Initiative for Sustainable Investment, Duke Kunshan 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; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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; Professor, Nanjing University; Director, Center for Environmental Management and Policy Analysis, Nanjing University
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; Dean’s Chair; Associate Director, Global Asia Institute; Research Affiliate, Sustainable and Green Finance Institute
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, Cornell University; Director and Co-Founder, Cornell Institute for China Economic Research (CICER)
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; Interim Director, Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy; Lead Organizer, Camp Resources; Co-Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
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; Faculty Research Fellow, NBER; Deputy Faculty Director, EPIC-China
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; Faculty Research Fellow, NBER
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 Ownerships: The Impact of a Hybrid Property 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