Suzi Clare Kerr (born 1966) is a New Zealand economist. She joined Environmental Defense Fund in 2019 as its chief economist.
Suzi Kerr | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1966 |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Other names | Suzi Clare Kerr |
| Alma mater | Canterbury University (B.S.) Harvard University (Ph.D.) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | economics |
| Institutions | Environmental Defense Fund |
| Thesis | Contracts and tradeable permit markets in international and domestic environmental protection (1995) |
Biography
editAfter completing a BSc at Canterbury University and a PhD at Harvard University, she started Wellington-based non-profit economic and public policy research institute, 'Motu Economic and Public Policy Research'. The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme work has been a strong focus.
Kerr is also an adjunct professor at Victoria University of Wellington's Climate Change Research Institute.[1]
She has appeared frequently in the mainstream New Zealand media, primarily explaining economic aspects of issues in the news, such as the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme[2][3][4]
In February 2016, Kerr was part of a group of three presenters in the keynote opening session of the Aspiring Conversations Festival called "Cool it! Dealing with Climate Change", which was held in Wanaka.[5]
In 2018, Kerr was announced as a member of the Interim Climate Change Committee.[6]
Selected works
edit- Partnership for Market Readiness; International Carbon Action Partnership. 2016. Emissions Trading in Practice : A Handbook on Design and Implementation. World Bank, Washington, DC. (Member of six-person lead author team at Motu Economic and Public Policy Research and Environmental Defense Fund, including Ruben Lubowski and Gernot Wagner.)
- Newell, Richard G., James N. Sanchirico, and Suzi Kerr. "Fishing quota markets." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 49.3 (2005): 437–462.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Richard G. Newell. "Policy‐Induced Technology Adoption: Evidence from the US Lead Phasedown." The Journal of Industrial Economics 51.3 (2003): 317–343.
- Cramton, Peter, and Suzi Kerr. "Tradeable carbon permit auctions: How and why to auction not grandfather." Energy policy 30.4 (2002): 333–345.
- Pfaff, Alexander SP, et al. "The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest:: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM." Ecological Economics 35.2 (2000): 203–221.
References
edit- ^ "Suzi Kerr | School of Government | Victoria University of Wellington". Victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "From global climate change policy to the New Zealand farm". interest.co.nz. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ Eric Frykberg (25 August 2015). "ETS not lucrative for industry, says economist | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Thinktank Motu puts forward new plan to tackle emissions trading". Stuff.co.nz. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
- ^ "Wanaka's Aspiring Conversations programme launched". Stuff. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
- ^ Shaw, James (17 April 2018). "Interim Climate Change Committee announced" (Press release).
External links
edit- Suzi Kerr publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Suzi Kerr on LinkedIn
- institutional homepage
- IDEAS homepage