Conference/Special Issue of

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics on the

“Economics of Corporate Social Responsibility”

 

October 24-26, 2003

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, N.Y.

Organizers/Co-Editors: Donald S. Siegel-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

        David Paton-University of Nottingham

        Jeremy Moon-University of Nottingham

 

Sponsors: International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility,

                                University of Nottingham;

                        Department of Economics, School of Humanities and Social Sciences,

                                              Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

      

PRELIMINARY

AGENDA

Friday October 24th  

 

7:30-10:00       Welcoming Reception/Dinner
Albany Marriott-Wolf Road

 

Saturday October 25th  

(* denotes attending conference)

Session I: 9:00-12:00 Fischbach Room, Folsom Library-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

Session Theme: The Link Between Environmental Performance and Firm Performance

                            

                                    Chair: Donald Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

                          

9:00-9:15         Introduction

Donald Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

 

9:15-10:15       Manufacturing and Corporate Environmental Responsibility: Cost Implications of Voluntary Waste Minimisation
Wendy Chapple, University of Nottingham and ICCSR *

                        Catherine Morrison Paul, University of California at Davis*

                        Richard Harris, University of Newcastle

                       

                        Discussant: Harold Fried, Union College*

                       

10:15-11:15     The Impact of Environmental Performance on Firm Performance:

                        Static and Dynamic Panel Data Evidence
Khaled Elsayed, University of Nottingham

                        David Paton, University of Nottingham*

 

                        Discussant: Donald Siegel, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

 

11:15-11:30     Break

 

11:30-12:30     The Thrift Industry and the Community Reinvestment Act: Assessing the Cost of Social Responsibility

Gregory Stella, State University of New York at Albany*

Donald Vitaliano, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

                       

Discussant: Wendy Chapple, University of Nottingham and ICCSR*

 

12:30-1:30       Lunch

 

 

Session II: 1:30-5:00     Fischbach Room, Library- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

 

               Session Theme:   Socially Responsible Investment

 

Chair: Jeremy Moon, University of Nottingham* 

 

1:30-2:30         Green Investment and Corporate Investment

                        Amir Barnea, University of British Columbia*

                        Robert Heinkel, University of British Columbia

                        Alan Kraus, University of British Columbia

                       

                        Discussant: John Tomer, Manhattan College*

 

2:30-3:30         Ethical Investment: A CSR Certification?
Celine Louche, Erasmus University*

 

                        Discussant: Paul Hohenberg, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

 

3:30-3:45         Break

 

3:45-4:45         Corporate Environmental Behavior Research at EPA

Matt Clark, National Center for Environmental Research, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency*

 

6:30-7:30         Reception
Albany Marriott

 

7:30-10:00       Dinner  
Albany Marriott

 

 Sunday October 26th

 

 

Session III: 8:00-12:00   Albany Marriott

 

Chair: David Paton, University of Nottingham* 

 

8:00-9:00         Breakfast (In the Room Where the Session Will Be Held at the Albany Marriott)

 

9:00-10:00     Environmental Performance Standards

Andrew King, Dartmouth College*

Mike Lennox, Duke University

Roy Radner, New York University

Ann Terlaak, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Michael Barnett, New York University

 

                        Discussant: Jonathan Linton, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

 

10:00-10:15     Break

 

                       

10:15-11:15     A Median Regression Analysis of the Relationship Between Environmental Reputation and Corporate Financial Performance: Empirical Evidence on U.K. Firms
Aly Salama, University of Nottingham*

 

                        Discussant: Iftekhar Hasan, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

 

11:15-12:15     Keynote Speaker:

                        A CEO’s View of Environmental Stewardship

                        Steve Percy, AHC Group, Inc and the University of Michigan Business School (former Chairman and CEO BP-America) 

 

12:15-1:15       Lunch                                                                          

 

Adjourn

 

 

 

Additional Papers From Authors Who Are Unable to Attend the Conference

 

                        Corporate Responsibility and Environmental Research and Development

                        John T. Scott, Dartmouth College

 

                        Accounting for Bads in Measurement of Productivity Growth:

                        The Malmquist Cost Productivity Measure and its Application to U.S Agriculture

                        Eldon Ball, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture

                        Rolf Färe, Oregon State University

                        Shawna Grosskopf, Oregon State University

                        O. Zaim, Bilkent University