Location Choices and Environmental Economics
The July 7, 2017

Workshop description
The aim of this workshop is to discuss how the location choice of households and firms (domestic and multinational) affects the environment and vice-versa. Papers on pollution havens, green clusters, compact cities, regional energy transition, natural disasters and their consequences on the spatial economy are welcomed. Beyond those topics, the workshop should serve as a platform to address more broadly the different relationships between environmental policies and the geography of the economy.
Ville de Pau
Programme
9h30-10h00 : Welcome and opening of the workshop.
Session: Urban economics. 10h00-12h30
- Pollution and city size: can cities be too small?, R. Borck (University of Potsdam), T. Tabuchi (University of Tokyo)
- Urban spatial structure, transport-related emissions and welfare, L. Denant-Boemont, C. Gaigné, R. Gaté
- Pollution Haven and Corruption Paradise, F. Candau, E. Dienesch
12h30-13h30 Lunch
Session: International economics. 13h30-16h30
- The Pollution Outsourcing Hypothesis: An Empirical Test for Japan, M. A. Cole, R. R.J. Elliott, T. Okubo (Keio University) and L. Zhang (U of Birmingham)
- Trade openness and pollution in China: processing versus ordinary trade, J. de Sousa, L. Hering and S. Poncet
Coffee Break 14h50-15h
- Are environmentally responsible firms less vulnerable when investing abroad? The role of reputation, R. Bazillier, S. Hatte and J. Vauday
- Unequal vulnerability to climate change and the transmission of adverse effects through international trade,
K. Constant, M. Davin, A. Le Riche
Organizing Committee
Maxime Bouter, Fabien Candau, Geoffroy Guepie, Carole Haritchabalet, Florence Lachet-Touya, Charles Regnacq, Julie Schlick.
Scientific Committee
Rémi Bazillier (U. Paris 1, CES)
José de Sousa (U. Paris-Saclay, RITM)
Fabien Candau (UPPA, CATT)
Elisa Dienesch (Sc Po Aix, CHERPA)
Carl Gaigné (INRA, SMART-LERECO)
Walid Oueslati (OECD, Environment dir)
Lionel Ragot (U. Paris Nanterre, EconomiX)
Stéphane Riou (U. J Monnet, GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne)
Submissions
For submissions, please send a version of your article to Mrs Loumagne at catt@univ-pau.fr. The deadline for submissions is May 19, 2017. Authors of papers that are accepted for presentation at the workshop will be notified by the end of May 2017. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed according to a high-quality and fast referee process overviewed by the Scientific Committee.
Please note that the workshop has no fees, and it includes a lunch and refreshments.