Suzi Kerr

Suzi Clare Kerr (born 1966) is a New Zealand economist. She joined Environmental Defense Fund in 2019 as its chief economist.

Suzi Kerr
Born1966
NationalityNew Zealand
Other namesSuzi Clare Kerr
Alma materHarvard University
Scientific career
Fieldseconomics
InstitutionsEnvironmental Defense Fund
ThesisContracts and tradeable permit markets in international and domestic environmental protection (1995)

After 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
  • 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.
gollark: What we really need is free and open source cars.
gollark: And if you don't update the software your car might just go "nope, you're not using this".
gollark: Tesla more so. They have some "extra acceleration" purchase for old cars which seems to just change some software settings and costs $2000.
gollark: They do seem to have not very user controllable software.
gollark: Wouldn't you expect any sort of big advantages Tesla has to already be reflected in the price of its shares?

References
  1. "Suzi Kerr | School of Government | Victoria University of Wellington". Victoria.ac.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. "From global climate change policy to the New Zealand farm". interest.co.nz. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. Eric Frykberg (25 August 2015). "ETS not lucrative for industry, says economist | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. "Thinktank Motu puts forward new plan to tackle emissions trading". Stuff.co.nz. 31 May 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. "Wanaka's Aspiring Conversations programme launched". Stuff. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  6. Shaw, James (17 April 2018). "Interim Climate Change Committee announced" (Press release).


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