Using economics to support equitable effective climate action

Journal Articles

Kerr, Suzi, Lippert, Steffen, and Edmund Lou ‘Transfers in Climate Teams’ Economic Theory 20 August 2024

 Breno Pietracci, Gary Bull, Hisham Zerriffi, Suzi Kerr Editorial article: Forest Carbon Credits as a Nature-Based Solution to Climate Change, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (August 18, 2023).

Thomas Carver, Patrick Dawson, Sophie O'Brien, Hannah Kotula, Suzi Kerr and, Catherine Leining (2022) ‘Including Forestry in an Emissions Trading Scheme: Lessons from New Zealand’  Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: Forest Management, 23 September 2022 Volume 5 - 2022

De Fries, Ruth, Richie Ahuja, Julio Friedman, Doria R. Gordon, Steven P. Hamburg, Suzi Kerr, James Mwangi, Carlijn Nouwen and Nitin Pandit (2022)  ‘Land Management Can Contribute to Net-Zero’ Science Policy Forum Vol 376, Issue 6598, pp. 1163-1165 June

Meyfroidt et al. 2022 ‘Ten facts about land systems for sustainability’ PNAS Vol. 119 No. 7 February 7, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2109217118

Leonard, Bryan, Shawn Regan, Chris Costello, Dominic Parker, Andrew Plantinga, James Salzman, V. Kerry Smith, Temple Stoellinger.  2021. ‘Let environmentalists acquire extraction rights to conserve natural resources’ Science Policy https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abi4573  August.

Stephan Schwartzman; Ruben Lubowski; Steven Pacala; Nathaniel Keohane; Suzi Kerr; Michael Oppenheimer; Steven Hamburg. 2021 Environmental integrity of emissions reductions depends on scale and systemic changes, not sector of origin" Environmental Research Letters https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac18e8

Ormsby, Judd, Dominic White, and Suzi Kerr. 2021 ‘Delinking the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme from the Kyoto Protocol: Comparing Theory with Practice ‘Climate Policy 11 Feb.  pp. 1-12

Thomas Sterner, Richard T. Carson, Marc Hafstead, Peter Howard, Sverker Carlsson Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanatan, Jan Christoph Steckel, Dale Whittington, Francisco Alpizar, Stefan Ambec, Claudia Aravena, Jorge Bonilla, Reza Che Daniels, Jorge Garcia, Niklas Harring, Kanishka Kacker, Suzi Kerr, Haileselassie Medhin, Pham Khanh Nam, German Romero, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Mike Toman,Jintao Xu, Min Wang. 2020 ‘Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing’  ifo DICE Report I, Spring Volume 18 pp. 3-8

Leining, Catherine, Suzi Kerr, Bronwyn Bruce-Brand. 2020 ‘The New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme: Critical Review and Future Outlook for Three Design Innovations’  Climate Policy, Volume 20, Issue 2

Dorner, Zack and Suzi Kerr. 2017 ‘Implications of global emission policy scenarios for domestic agriculture: A New Zealand case study’ Climate Policy Volume 17 - Issue 8

Grafton, Quentin and Suzi Kerr. 2016 ‘Comment: Future directions for Australasian environmental economics' Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Vol. 60, Issue 4, Jaffe, Adam B., and Suzi Kerr. 2015. “The Science, Economics and Politics of Global Climate Change,” review of The Climate Casino by W. Nordhaus, Journal of Economic Literature. Vol. 53, Issue 1, March

Kerr, Suzi and Vicki Duscha. 2014. ‘Going to the source:  using an upstream point of regulation for energy in a national Chinese emissions trading system’ Energy and Environment Volume 25, Issue 3-4, April 2014 pp. 593-611

Anastasiadis, Simon, Suzi Kerr Marie-Laure Nauleau, Tim Cox, and Kit Rutherford. 2014. ‘Does complex hydrology require complex water quality policy?’ Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Volume 58, Issue 1, pages 130–145, January

Funk, Jason, Chris Field, Adam Daigneault and Suzi Kerr. 2014. ‘Modeling the impact of carbon farming on land use in a New Zealand landscape’ Environmental Science and Policy Volume 37, March, Pages 1–10

Van Benthem, Arthur and Suzi Kerr. 2013. ‘Scale and Transfers in International Emissions Offset Programs’ Journal of Public Economics Volume 107, November, pp. 31-46

Cox, Timothy J.,  Suzi C. Kerr, J. C. Rutherford, Duncan C. Smeaton, Chris. C. Palliser. 2013 “An integrated model for simulating nitrogen trading in an agricultural catchment with complex hydrogeology” Journal of Environmental Management (2013), pp. 268-277

Kerr, Suzi C. 2013. "The Economics of International Policy Agreements to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation", Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 7:1, pp. 47–66.

Kerr, Suzi and Adam Millard-Ball 2012. “Cooperation to reduce developing country emissions.” Climate Change Economics Vol. 3, No. 4  

Kerr, Suzi; Anastasiadis, Simon; Olssen, Alex; Power, William; Timar, Levente; Zhang, Wei. 2012. "Spatial and Temporal Responses to an Emissions Trading Scheme Covering Agriculture and Forestry: Simulation Results from New Zealand." Forests 3, no. 4: 1133-1156.

McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "Why do New Zealanders Care about Agricultural Emissions?" Policy Quarterly, 8(2), Wellington.

Lundquist, Carolyn J., Doug Ramsay, Rob Bell, Andrew Swales and Suzi Kerr ‘Predicted impacts of climate change on New Zealand’s biodiversity’. 2011. Pacific Conservation Biology Vol 17:  179-191.  Surrey Beatty & Sons, Sydney

Betz, Regina, Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. “Auctioning Greenhouse Gas Emissions Permits in Australia,” Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics Special Issue: Climate Change Volume 54, Issue 2, pages 219–238, April

Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr (2009) ‘Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Overview of a Prototype System’ Resource Management Theory and Practice

Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Sweet (2008) ‘Inclusion of Agriculture in a Domestic Emissions Trading Scheme:  New Zealand’s Experience to Date’ Farm Policy Journal 5(4), November

Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr (2007) ‘Restoring forests through carbon farming on Maori land in New Zealand/Aotearoa’ Mountain Research and Development 27 (3) August

Pfaff, Alexander, Suzi Kerr, Leslie Lipper, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, (2007) ‘Will buying tropical forest carbon benefit the poor? Evidence from Costa Rica’ Land Use Policy 24 600–610

Grimes, Arthur, Suzi Kerr, Andrew Aitken and Robert Sourell (2006) “The Housing Fulcrum: Balancing Economic and Social Factors in Housing Research and Policy” Kotuitui, New Zealand

McLuskey, William, Andrew Aitken, Arthur Grimes, Suzi Kerr & Jason Timmins (2006) "Rating Systems in New Zealand: An Empirical Investigation into Local Choice", Journal of Real Estate Literature 14(3)

Newell, Richard G., James N. Sanchirico, and Suzi Kerr (2005) "Fishing Quota Markets" Journal of Environmental Economics and Management Vol. 49 pp. 437-462

Kerr, Suzi (2004) “Efficient contracts for carbon credits from reforestation projects” New Zealand Science Review 61(1) 2004

Kerr, Suzi (2003) “Motu, Excellence in Economic Research and the challenges of 'Human Dimensions' research” Science and Technology Policy edition of Science Review, the Journal of the New Zealand Association of Scientists Vol. 60 (2-3)

Kerr, Suzi, Shuguang Liu, Alex Pfaff and R. Flint Hughes (2003) "Carbon dynamics and land-use choices: building a regional-scale multidisciplinary model" Journal of Environmental Management Volume 69, Issue 1, September 2003 , Pages 25-37

Kerr, Suzi and Richard G. Newell, (2003) "Policy-Induced Technology Adoption: Evidence from the U.S Lead Phasedown" Journal of Industrial Economics.  Vol. LI, No. 3

Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr (2002)“Tradeable carbon permit auctions:  How and why to auction not grandfather” Energy Policy 30 pp: 333-345

Pfaff, Alexander S.P., Suzi Kerr, R. Flint Hughes, Shuguang Liu, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi and Vicente Watson (2000) “The Kyoto Protocol & 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):203-221

Fischer, Carolyn, Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman (1998) “Using Emissions Trading to Regulate US Greenhouse Gas Emissions:  An Overview of Policy Design and Implementation Issues” National Tax Journal LI No. 3 September

Books and Monographs

Ward, John, Christine Gerbode, Britta Johnston and Suzi Kerr (2024) Advancing effective and equitable crediting of natural climate solutions: Natural Climate Solutions Crediting Handbook, Environmental Defense Fund.

World Bank Partnership for Market Readiness; International Carbon Action Partnership. 2016. Emissions Trading in Practice: A Handbook on Design and Implementation. World Bank, Washington, DC. Co-led by Suzi Kerr and Ruben Lubowski.

Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries ed. Suzi Kerr. Edward Elgar:  Glos. UK, 2000. 

The Private Residential Rental Market in New Zealand (with John Savage and Stephen Toplis) New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Research Monograph No. 50, 1989

Book Chapters and Refereed Conference Proceedings

Kerr, Suzi and Xian Hu. 2024 ‘The finance gap challenge: mobilising opportunities for clean energy growth’ South African Reserve Bank Special Occasional Bulletin of Economic Notes Special OBEN/24/01

Kerr, Suzi. 2020 ‘Overcoming the tragedy of distance – cooperating with our friends’ friends’ in Living with the Climate Crisis ed. Tom Doig.  Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, New Zealand.  Nov.

Kerr, Suzi, Ruben Lubowski and Robert Heilmayr. 2018 ‘Climate Teams: A New Model for Investor-Host Climate Cooperation’ pp.73-76 in Stavins, Robert N., and Robert C. Stowe, eds. International Cooperation in East Asia to Address Climate Change. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, February https://www.belfercenter.org/publication/international-cooperation-east-asia-address-climate-change. Brief released at 2017 Bonn Conference of Parties

Haberl, Helmut, Cheikh Mbow, Xiangzheng Deng, Elena G. Irwin, Suzi Kerr, Tobias Kuemmerle, Ole Mertz, Patrick Meyfroidt, and B.L. Turner. 2014. “Finite Land Resources and Competition.” In Rethinking Global Land Use in an Urban Era, edited by Karen C. Seto and Anette Reenberg, 35–69. Strüngmann Forum Reports 14, edited by J. Lupp. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

OECD. 2013., Water Security for Better Lives, OECD Studies onWater, OECD Publishing.  Contributor to Chaps 3&4. http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264202405

Kerr, Suzi and Zack Dorner. 2013. “Tackling agricultural emissions: Potential leadership from a small country” in Korea Legislation Research Institute edited Climate Change and Green Growth: Achievements and Prospects Seoul, Korea.

Smeaton, Duncan C., Tim Cox, Robyn Dynes and Suzi Kerr. 2011. ‘Relationships between farm productivity, profitability, N leaching and GHG emissions: a modelling approach’ Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 73: 57-62

Kerr, Suzi and Kelly Lock. 2010. ‘Improving Lake Water Quality through a Nutrient Trading System: The Case of New Zealand’s Lake Rotorua’ in proceedings from ‘New Zealand tax reform - where to next?’ conference, Edward Elgar.

Kerr, Suzi and Marianna Kennedy. 2009. ‘Greenhouse gases and Nutrients: The Interactions Between Concurrent New Zealand Trading Systems’ in Productivity Commission eds. Promoting Better Environmental Outcomes, Roundtable Proceedings, Australian Productivity Commission, Melbourne

Pfaff A., S. Kerr, R. Cavatassi, B. Davis, L. Lipper, A. Sanchez and J. Timmins. (2008) ‘Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: distinguishing behavior from location’ in Economics of poverty, the environment and natural resource use. Eds Rob B. Dellink and Arjan Ruijs, Wageningen University, Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group

Kerr, Suzi, Richard G. Newell, and James N. Sanchirico (2004) "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management"  in Tradeable Permits: policy evaluation, design and reform ed. OECD, Paris.  Paper prepared for OECD workshop Ex post evaluation of tradable permit regimes, Paris, January 2003; Motu Working paper 03-02.

Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining (2004) “Joint implementation in climate change policy” in Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer eds. The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2003/04;  Motu Working Paper 03-04.

Kerr, Suzi and Matthew Kahn (2002) "The Causes and Consequences of Air Pollution in Santiago" in Edward L. Glaeser and John R. Meyer Chile:  Political Economy of Urban Development Harvard Studies in International Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Straker, G., Kerr, S., Hendy, J. (2002) "A Regulatory History of New Zealand’s Quota Management System: setting targets, defining and allocating quota" Papers and Proceedings of the IIFET Conference 2002.

Newell, Richard G., James N. Sanchirico, and Suzi Kerr (2002) 'An Empirical Analysis of New Zealand’s ITQ Markets' Papers and Proceedings of the IIFET Conference 2002.

Leining, Catherine and Suzi Kerr (2001) “Deciding the Eligibility of Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry Projects under the CDM: Negotiation Issues Post COP6”  in Raymond Saner, Sergio Jauregui, Lichia Yiu eds. Bolivian Environmental Conflict Management Cases and CC + CDM Sectoral Preparations for Kyoto Protocol Negotiations  www.motu.org.nz/climate.htm

Kerr, Suzi C. (2001) “Enforcing Compliance:  the Allocation of Liability in International GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism” in Michael A. Toman, Editor, Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, RFF, Washington DC

Fischer, Carolyn, Suzi Kerr, and Michael A. Toman, (2001)"Using Emissions Trading to Regulate National Greenhouse Gas Emissions", in Michael A. Toman, Editor, Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, RFF, Washington DC

Kerr, Suzi, Alex Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez (2001) “The Dynamics of Deforestation and the Supply of Carbon Sequestration: Illustrative Results from Costa Rica” in Theodore Panayotou ed. Environment for Growth:  Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America.  Harvard Studies in International Development, Harvard University Press pp. 409 – 431

Kerr, Suzi, Alex Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez, and Marco Boscolo (2001) “How Can Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Forests be Rewarded? Evidence from Costa Rica” in Theodore Panayotou ed. Environment for Growth:  Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America.  Harvard Studies in International Development, Harvard University Press pp. 371 – 408 (previous version was Development Discussion Paper # 675 Harvard Institute of International Development).

Kerr, Suzi, (2000) “Introduction:  Trading Toward a Stable Climate” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi, (2000) “Fair Competition and Annex I Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi, (2000) “Additional Compliance Issues Arising from Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi, (2000) “An International Tracking System for Greenhouse Gas Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi (2000) “Market Power and Annex I Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Hargrave, Tim, Suzi Kerr, Ned Helme, and Tim Denne (2000) “Treaty Compliance as background for an effective trading program”  in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi (2000) “Domestic Greenhouse Regulation and International Emissions Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Kerr, Suzi, (2000) “The Way Forward?  Design Principles for Annex B Trading” in Suzi Kerr ed. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries (Edward Elgar Publishing Inc. Glos. United Kingdom)

Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr (1999)“The Distributional Effects of Carbon Regulation: Why auctioned carbon permits are attractive and feasible” The Market and the Environment ed. Thomas Sterner in International Studies in Environmental Policy Making Series (Edward Elgar Publishing:  Glos, UK)

Kerr, Suzi, Alex Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi  and Vicente Watson “The Clean Development Mechanism, Tropical Carbon Sinks and Biodiversity:  An economics/ecology model for predicting policy effects and evaluating policy options” Papers and Proceedings of the 1998 Global Biodiversity Forum, Buenos Aires

Kerr, Suzi C. “The Operation of Tradeable Rights Markets: Empirical Evidence from the United States Lead Phasedown” Papers and Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association meeting "New Partnerships:  Economic Incentives for Environmental Management" November 3-4, 1993, Rochester, New York.

Kerr, S. C. "Relative Poverty and Welfare Distribution" in The Welfare State:  Foundations and Alternatives ed. Michael James (The Centre for Independent Studies:  1989)