The Department of Economics (European University at St. Petersburg, Russia) and the research centers CORE (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium) and EQUIPPE (Université Lille 1 des Sciences et Technologies, France) has organized a two-day international workshop on October 7–8, 2010, to promote the use of advanced economic theory in the field of natural resources, environment and growth. Papers devoted to the following topics were welcome: energy, exhaustible and renewable resources, resource curse, environmental quality, discounting and intergenerational issues.
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The Workshop will be held at the European University at St. Petersburg (3 Gagarinskaya St., St. Petersburg, Russia). |
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All presentations will be given in the White Hall of the EUSP (1st floor). Each presentation of 40 minutes will be followed by a 20 minutes talk by a discussant. |
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- Workshop registration and coffee breaks will be organized in a lobby in front of the White Hall (1st floor, follow signs on the walls).
- Lunches on October, 7th and 8th will be provided in the EUSP cafeteria (ground floor).
- Location of the conference dinner on October, 7th will be announced later. Be prepared for a short walk through the city!
Almost all participants will be living in the hotel Austrian Yard II (16, Furshtatskaya St., St. Petersburg, Russia) which is in a 10 minutes of walk from the EUSP.
Hotel costs for presenters (3 nights stay at St. Petersburg) may be covered upon a request made to a member of the Scientific committee (one speaker per paper presented).
To get into the city from the airport Pulkovo-2 please use taxi desk in the airport building to book your taxi. If you are looking for some exotics, a bus/metro transportation is also possible: please see airport website for more information.
To get into the hotel please dial 11B on the intercom at the entrance to the courtyard, enter through the gates, and then use the doorbell to enter into the hotel building.
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Scientific Committee
- Prof. Kirill Borissov, Department of Economics, European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS;
- Prof. Thierry Bréchet, CORE, Université catholique de Louvain;
- Prof. Stéphane Lambrecht, Université de Valenciennes and EQUIPPE (Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies);
- Prof. Lionel Ragot, EQUIPPE (Université Lille 1 Sciences et Technologies).
Local Organizing Committee
- Prof. Kirill Borissov, Department of Economics, European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS;
- Dr. Alexander Surkov, Department of Economics, European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS.
Workshop Programme
Thursday, 7 October 2010
12.00–12.30. Registration
12.30–14.00. Welcome Lunch
14.00–16.00. SESSION I. Chair: Kirill Borissov (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS, RU).
Lionel Ragot (University of Lille 1, FR) Human capital and pollution: when impatience improves growth.
Discussant: Julien Daubannes (ETH Zurich, SW)
Fabien Prieur (University of Montpellier, FR) The optimal control of pollution under uncertainty and irreversibility.
Discussant: Alexandra Vinogradova (ETH Zurich, SW)
16.00–16.30. Coffee Break
16.30–18.30. SESSION II. Chair: Alexander Surkov (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS, RU).
Katheline Schubert (University Paris 1, FR) Carbon tax and OPEC's rents under a ceiling constraint.
Discussant: Richard Howarth (Dartmouth College, Hanover, US)
Julien Daubanes (ETH Zurich, SW) The green paradox: a synthetic interpretation.
Discussant: Oleg Eismont (New Economic School, Institute for System Analysis RAS Moscow, RU)
19.30. Conference Dinner.
Friday 8 October 2010
10.30–12.30. SESSION III. Chair: Stéphane Lambrecht (University of Valenciennes, FR)
Oleg Eismont (New Economic School, Institute for System Analysis RAS Moscow, RU) Natural resource abundance and endogenous growth in a closed economy.
Discussant: Stefano Bosi (University of Cergy-Pontoise, FR)
Yulia Vymyatnina (European University at St. Petersburg, RU) Russian Dutch disease transmission.
Discussant: Katheline Schubert (Universite Paris 1, FR)
12.30–14.00. Lunch.
14.00–16.00. SESSION IV. Chair: Thierry Bréchet (CORE, Université catholique de Louvain, BE)
Pierre-André Jouvet (University of Paris Ouest, FR) Environmental health care and public prevention in an overlapping generations model.
Discussant: Kirill Borissov (European University at St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg Institute for Economics and Mathematics RAS, RU)
Richard Howarth (Dartmouth College, Hanover, US) Society's aversion to risk justifies agressive greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
Discussant: Lucas Bretschger (ETH Zurich, SW)
16.00–16.30. Coffee Break.
16.30–17.30. SESSION V. Chair: Lionel Ragot (Universite Lille 1, FR)
Lucas Bretschger (ETH Zurich, SW) Sustainability and substitutions of exhaustible natural resources.
Discussant: Alain Ayong le Kama (University of Lille 1, FR)
Sponsors
- European University at St. Petersburg, with financial support of ExxonMobil.
- CORE and Chair Lhoist Berghmans in Environmental Economics and Management, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
- EQUIPPE, Universite Lille 1 des Sciences et Technologies, France.
- CLEANER (Challenges for the Long-run Economic ANalysis of Environment and Resources), research program funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR).
Photos
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