Graduate Presentations: Environmental regulations and the pulp and paper industry in the New England region Ariel Listo and Measuring factors of economic development in Maine Elena Smith

Graduate Presentations: Factors affecting Mainers' preferences for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency Dina Vllasaliu and TBA Sujita Pandey

Governing the vulnerabilities of urban infrastructure to water scarcity and flooding – The example of Mexico City Marco Janssen Professor of Sustainability Arizona State University. (107 Norman Smith Hall)

TBA Austin Smith Assistant Professor of Economics Miami University

Graduate Presentations: Multi-criteria decision analysis of biofuel production via the TDO pathway Garrett Raymond and The economic returns to communist party membership in Vietnam Nguyen Vuong

Maine’s economic situation with a focus on demographics and the labor market Amanda Rector Maine State Economist

Graduate Presentations: Spatial distribution of New England craft breweries Drew Rosebush and Aquaculture’s X Americas: Audience segmentation methodologies and information seeking behavior of aquaculture labels Ross Anthony

Did the great recession shift the Beveridge curve in the US? A suggestion of a possible new leading indicator Andrew Crawley Assistant Professor Economics and Sarah Welch Undergraduate Research Assistant SOE

Justice, equity, and distribution: Adam Smith’s answer to Rawls’s difference principle Jeff Young Hepburn Professor of Economics St Lawrence University

Consumer willingness to pay for food safety interventions: The role of message framing and issue involvement Kofi Britwum Postdoctoral Researcher SOE

How Tax Reform can Affect Investments in Natural Resources and Public Goods: Estimated Impacts to the Forest Sector Adam Daigneault E.L. Giddings Assistant Professor of Forest Conservation, and Recreation Policy, School of Forest Resources.

Public Preferences for Fished or Farmed Space Caroline Noblet Assistant Professor Economics, School of Economics University of Maine and Keith Evans Assistant Professor Economics, School of Economics and Marine Sciences

Design and (Dis) function of Japanese Preferential Trade Agreements Kristin Vekasi Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Maine

The Development of Tourism Satellite Accounts In a Tourism Dependent Region: A Case Study from Wales Max Munday Professor of Economics Cardiff University