Monday, June 30 08:30-10:00 Parallel Session 08 Session 8A Chair: Azqueta, D. Topic: Environmental Valuation in Urban and Regional Issues Andrea GALVAN: Green Areas Preservation in Historical Towns in Italy. Willingness to Pay for "Parco Nord del Barco" in Ferrara. 8A.1 Discussant: G. SOTO MONTES DE OCA Gloria SOTO MONTES DE OCA: Assessing the Willingness to Pay for Maintained and Improved Water Supplies in Mexico City . 8A.2 Discussant: D. BURGESS Diane BURGESS: Investigating Choice Rationality in Stated Preference Methods for Enhanced Farm Animal Welfare. 8A.3 Discussant: A. GALVAN Session 8B Chair: Hourcade, J. C.. Topic: Climate Change and Uncertainty I Andreas LÖSCHEL: Climate Policy Induced Investments in Developing Countries: the Implications of Investment Risks. 8B.1 Discussant: A. ULPH Alistair ULPH: International Environmental Agreements, Uncertainty and Learning. The case of Stock Dependent Unit Damage Cost. 8B.2 Discussant: J. C. HOURCADE Jean-Charles HOURCADE: Equity, Uncertainty and Robustness of Emissions Rights Entitlement Rules. 8B.3 Discussant: A. LOSCHEL Session 8C Chair: Schubert, K. Topic: Environmental Policy under Imperfect Competition Juan Carlos BARCENA -RUIZ: Mixed Oligopoly and Environmetal Policy. 8C.1 Discussant: C. LOMBARDINI RIIPINEN Chiara LOMBARDINI-RIIPINEN: Endogenous Emission Standards in a Duopoly that Is Vertically Differentiated in Environmental Quality. 8C.2 Discussant: K. SCHUBERT Katheline SCHUBERT: Incentive to Innovate in a Clean Technology under Monopolistic Competition: a Comparison of Policy Instrument. 8C.3 Discussant: J. C. BÁRCENA RUIZ Session 8D Chair: Da-Rocha, J. M. Topic: Fisheries Management II Antonio ÁLVAREZ: Different Proxiex for Unmeasured Fish Stock in Fishing Production Functions. 8D.1 Discussant: D. AMI Dominique AMI: The Role of Marine Protected Area in the Optimal Management of Fisheries. 8D.2 Discussant: J.M. DA-ROCHA J.M. DA-ROCHA: The Evaluation of Fisheries Management: A Dynamic Stochastic Approach. 8D.3 Discussant: A. ÁLVAREZ Session 8E Chair: Markandya, A. Topic: Energy and Environment II Wietze LISE: Strategic Action in the Liberalised German Electricity Market. 8E.1 Discussant: C. HAGEM Steffen KALLBEKKEN: Simultaneous Market Power for Complementary Goods: the Case of Gas and Emission Permit Exports from the Former Soviet Union Countries. 8E.2 Discussant: A. MARKANDYA Anil MARKANDYA: The Influence of Climate Change Considerations on Energy Policy: the Case of Russia. 8E.3 Discussant: W. LISE Session 8F Chair: Carraro, C. Topic: Economics of Climate Change V Camilla BRETTEVILLE: Regional Versus Global Coalitions for Climate Control. 8F.1 Discussant: H. WESTSKOG Hege WESTSKOG: Enforcing the Kyoto Protocol: Sanction Design and Strategic Behaviour. 8F.2 Discussant: J. POHJOLA Johanna POHJOLA: Credited Forest Carbon Sinks: How the Cost Reduction is Allocated Among Countries and Sectors. 8F.3 Discussant: C. BRETTEVILLE Session 8G Chair: Brandt, S. Topic: Natural Resources III Amani OMER: Agricultural Intensification and Biodiversity Loss: Is There an Agri- EKC? 8G.1 Discussant: J. HEIKKILA Jaakko HEIKKILÄ: Economic Policy Analysis of an Invasive Pest: a Case Study of Colorado Potato Beetle in Finland. 8G.2 Discussant: S. BRANDT Sylvia BRANDT: Equity versus Efficiency: a Comparison of Two Regulatory Approaches to Natural Resources. 8G.3 Discussant: A. OMER Session 8H Chair: Sterner, T. Topic: Political Economy of Environmental Regulation Lorenzo PELLEGRINI: Corruption, Economic Development and Environmental Policy. 8H.1 Discussant: A. ANSUATEGI Per G. FREDRIKSSON: Comparative Politics and Environmental Taxation: Theory and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. 8H.2 Discussant: T. STERNER Thomas STERNER: Political Economy Obstacles to Fuel Taxation. 8H.3 Discussant: L. PELLEGRINI Session 8I Chair: Alberini, A. Topic: Environmental Valuation V Eva SAMAKOVLIS: Air Quality and Health-Dose-Response Relationships for Sweden. 8I.1 Discussant: H. ABOU-ALI Hala ABOU-ALI: Using Stated Preferences Methods to Evaluate the Impact of Water on Health: the Case of Metropolitan Cairo. 8I.2 Discussant: I. BRÂUER Anna ALBERINI: Determinants of Participation in Voluntary Cleanup Programs: The Case of Colorado. 8I.3 Discussant: E. SAMAKOVLIS