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Erb Institute Colloquium

A bi-weekly research seminar featuring the latest insights and state of the art knowledge in the broad field of sustainable enterprise. Faculty spanning Economists, Legal and Management Scholars as well as Natural Scientists from both within U of M and other leading Institutions present and discuss their work in an interdisciplinary and interactive framework. The general structure of the seminar allows the speaker 45 minutes, then an assigned discussant from a different discipline adds comments and ideas, followed by general discussion.  In our experience, the Colloquium proves to be a valuable source of new ideas for faculty, graduate students and practitioners alike. Past speakers have included such scholars as Geoffrey Heal, Stuart Hart, Jim Walsh, Steve Salant, Tima Bansal, Mike Lenox, Magali Delmas, John Maxwell, Andy King, Mike Toffel, David Popp, Madhu Khanna, and Jay Golden, and David Ulhmann.

FALL 2010 Schedule /Mondays, 12:00 to 1:30 p.m.**
Unless noted otherwise, all events are in room 2024 Dana, SNRE / MAP (pdf)
** Pizza is provided, please bring your own beverage.
Past Colloquia from Winter 2010 Can be Viewed Here.

Date Speaker Discussant Topic
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SEPT 13 Ashley Langer, U-M Ford School
.		 Dr. Shaun McRae, U-M Department of Economics

Automakers' Short-Run Responses to Changing Gasoline Prices and the Implications for Energy Policy (pdf)
SEPT 28* Jim Bushnell, Iowa State
*co-sponsored with with U-M Department of Economics.		 No Discussant

"Profiting from Regulation: An Event Study of the European Carbon Market."

OCT 11

 Shaun McRae, U-M Economics/Energy
*co-sponsored with with U-M Department of Economics.		 Dr. Ashley Langer "Intermittent Supply and Electricity Demand: Evidence from Colombia."

OCT 25

 Josh Newell, U-M Ming Xu, U-M "Urban-Scale Greenhouse Gas Inventories: What goes in and what stays out?"
NOV 8* Richard Schmalensee, MIT
*co-sponsored with with U-M Department of Economics		 No Discussant

"Evaluating Policies to Increase the use
of Renewable Energy."
NOV 22 Ming Xu, U-M Josh Newell,
U-M		 "Infrastructure Ecology for Sustainable and Resilient Urban Systems."
DEC 6 Jane Dutton, U-M Ross No Discussant "It's not easy being green: The role of doubting and affirming the self in explaining issue advocacy behavior."
DEC 13 Marina Whitman, U-M Ford School and Ross School of Business No Discussant "Global Corporate Social Responsibility."
Contact Markus Kitzmueller (mkitzmue@bus.umich.edu) or Dominique Abed (hdabed@umich.edu) for more information.