{"id":1790,"date":"2015-04-09T14:00:37","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T18:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/?p=1790"},"modified":"2026-01-22T14:40:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:40:22","slug":"3rd-maine-economics-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/economics\/2015\/04\/09\/3rd-maine-economics-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"3rd Maine Economics Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, May 2, 2015 &#8211; Bowdoin College<br \/>\nSCHEDULE<\/p>\n<p>8:30-9:00\u00a0\u00a0 Arrival and Breakfast<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Session 1: Environmental I<br \/>\n<\/span>&gt;\u00a0 9:00-9:30: Erik Nelson (Bowdoin): <em>Identifying the opportunity cost of critical habitat designation under the U.S. Endangered Species Act<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 9:30-10:00: Sahan Dissanayake (Colby): <em>Public incentives for conservation easements on private land<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 10:00-10:15:\u00a0 Coffee break<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Session 2: Macroeconomics<\/span><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 <strong>10:15-10:45: Emily Marshall (Bates): <em>Endogenous growth and household leverage<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 10:45-11:15: Robert Lester (Colby): <em>Optimality of inflation and nominal output targeting<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 <strong>11:15-11:45: Daniel Riera-Crichton (Bates): <em>How do economic shocks affect democracy?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0 11:45-12:30: Student poster Session<\/p>\n<p>&gt;\u00a0 12:30-1:15:\u00a0 Lunch<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Session 3: Environmental 2<\/span><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 1:15-1:45: Keith Evans (UMaine):<em> Impact of pollution closures on commercial harvest of soft-shell clams in Machias Bay, Maine<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 1:45-2:15: Nathan Chan (Colby): <em>The rebound effect in equilibrium: market structure and welfare<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 2:15-2:45: Caroline Noblet (UMaine): <em>Public preferences for investments in renewable energy production and energy efficiency<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 2:45-3:00:\u00a0 Coffee break<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Session 4: Applied microeconomics<\/span><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 3:00-3:30: Xuan Chen (UMaine): <em>An empirical study of off-farm employment choices by rural households in China<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>&gt;\u00a0 3:30-4:00: Leshui He (Bates): <em>Subsidiaries vs. divisions in a property-rights theory of the firm<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 4:00-4:30: Matt Botsch (Bowdoin): <em>The welfare consequences of experienced inflation on residential mortgage choice<\/em><br \/>\n&gt;\u00a0 4:30-4:45: Coffee break<\/p>\n<p>&gt; 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