Suzi Kerr
{{Short description|New Zealand economist}}
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{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2017}}
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Suzi Clare Kerr (born 1966) is a New Zealand economist. She joined Environmental Defense Fund in 2019 as its chief economist.
Biography
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.victoria.ac.nz/sog/about/emeritus-and-adjunct-professors/suzi-kerr |title=Suzi Kerr | School of Government | Victoria University of Wellington |publisher=Victoria.ac.nz |date= |accessdate=3 July 2017}}
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{{cite web |url=https://www.interest.co.nz/rural-news/77446/global-climate-change-policy-new-zealand-farm |title=From global climate change policy to the New Zealand farm |publisher=interest.co.nz |date=5 September 2015 |accessdate=3 July 2017}}{{cite web |author=Eric Frykberg |url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/282312/ets-not-lucrative-for-industry,-says-economist |title=ETS not lucrative for industry, says economist | Radio New Zealand News |publisher=Radionz.co.nz |date=25 August 2015 |accessdate=3 July 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/better-business/93120130/thinktank-motu-puts-forward-new-plan-to-tackle-emissions-trading |title=Thinktank Motu puts forward new plan to tackle emissions trading |publisher=Stuff.co.nz |date=31 May 2017 |accessdate=3 July 2017}}
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 Wānaka.{{Cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/76957015/wanakas-aspiring-conversations-programme-launched |title=Wanaka's Aspiring Conversations programme launched |website=Stuff |date=17 February 2016 |language=en |access-date=2018-02-03}}
In 2018, Kerr was announced as a member of the Interim Climate Change Committee.{{cite press release |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/interim-climate-change-committee-announced |title=Interim Climate Change Committee announced |date=17 April 2018 |first=James |last=Shaw}}
Selected works
- Partnership for Market Readiness; International Carbon Action Partnership. 2016. [https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/23874 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
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External links
- {{Google Scholar|kK7kafUAAAAJ}}
- {{LinkedIn page|in/suzi-kerr-a6482711}}
- [https://motu.nz/about-us/people/suzi-kerr/ institutional homepage]
- [https://ideas.repec.org/e/pke2.html IDEAS homepage]
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Category:New Zealand women academics
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Category:Harvard University alumni
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