10th Occasional Workshop on
Environmental
and Resource
Economics
UCSB
Bren Hall, Santa Barbara , California
March 21-22, 2008
Organized by Bob Deacon and Gary Libecap
Made possible, in part, by a grant from the
Sponsored by the
The first California Workshop on Environmental and Resource
Economics was held in May 1993 at Centennial House at UCSB, organized by Bob
Deacon and Charlie Kolstad. Since then, every
12-24 months (i.e., occasionally), UCSB has hosted this
The primary focus of the workshop is on graduate students, faculty and
researchers at universities, public or private institutes, or government
agencies involved in research in environmental and natural resource economics.
The program provides researchers the opportunity to share their work and/or
ideas in a relaxed, workshop environment.
The Program is available HERE.*
*Links to the papers are available in the
program. Every presentation is 10
minutes long, and discussants have 2-3 minutes per paper.
Travel Stipend and
Reimbursement Forms
Registration is closed.
If you wish to offset your
carbon footprint from traveling, click here:
Offset
your travel
Hotel Details
A limited number of rooms have been reserved at the
following hotels in
Hampton Inn ($149 per night). To book, call (805) 681-9800 and specify “in-house” reservations. The group rate for UCSB is $149 per night; rooms must be booked by March 7 for this discount.
Best Western South Coast Inn ($120 for Thursday night, $135 for Friday). To book, call 800-350-3614. Be sure to mention “Occasional Workshop” to get the group rate. Rooms must be booked by February 24 to use the group rate.
Motel 6 Goleta ($72 for Thursday night, $89 for Friday). To book, call (805) 964-3596. The group number is M-028000175. The group name is “Occasional Workshop.” Rooms must be booked by March 1 to use the group rate.
***These hotels are near UCSB, and we will provide a van
shuttle to and from the conference at these hotels only. If you will be providing your own ground
transportation, you may wish to stay closer to downtown
Funding
There will be no registration fee for attending the conference. Travel block grants will be available for all presenting participants (including session chairs and discussants), and smaller grants will be available for all students attending the workshop. These grants will be processed and mailed after the Workshop. We currently estimate that $250 will be available for presenters, and $125 will be available to attendees not presenting. These amounts may change, depending on the number of participants. Transportation and lodging will be arranged and paid for by the participants, but a shuttle will be provided between some hotels and UCSB. In addition, meals at the workshop will be provided. Please keep your receipts!
Directions
to Bren Hall
If you are driving
to the meeting place, Bren Hall is located on the east side of the UCSB
campus. Parking permits are required on both Friday and Saturday.
If you can show your parking permit from another UC campus, you may be able to
get a free parking permit.
For other travel
information, view the UCSB
visitors' page.
Workshop Transportation and Around
If
you are staying at the Hampton Inn (
- Approximately every 15 minutes from 7:00 a.m.-8:15 a.m. on Friday, March 21.
- After dinner on Friday evening, vans will return to these hotels.
- Saturday morning, vans will
run every 15 minutes from 7:00-8:00.
- Beginning around noon on Saturday, vans will be leaving periodically to the airport and the 3 hotels listed above.
If you are staying in a different hotel, you are responsible for your own ground transportation. See (http://www.tps.ucsb.edu/mapFlash.aspx#b
) for details on visitor parking. On Friday all events
will be at Corwin Pavilion, near the
For those who are
flying into
Here is a general restaurant guide to Santa Barbara.
Questions?
Contact Corbett Grainger at grainger@econ.ucsb.edu.