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Motu’s work on tropical deforestation focuses on the design of international policy for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD). It builds on Suzi Kerr's earlier work on deforestation, carbon sequestation, carbon reference levels, and deforestation policy in Costa Rica.
Authors: Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez
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We estimate the drivers of deforestation in Costa Rica through the 20th century. Deforestation rates in Costa Rica rise initially and then fall. Our empirical approach and panel data allow us to explore new questions…
Authors: Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff
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Regulations such as the Kyoto Protocol aim to limit worldwide net carbon emissions and could be quite costly for Annex 1 countries. “Carbon trading” could reduce the costs of restricting emissions and has been included…
Authors: Jason Timmins | Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez | Leslie Lipper | Romina Cavatassi
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We review theory linking poverty to deforestation and examine this link using multiple observations of Costa Rica after 1960. Country-wide disaggregate data facilitate empirical analysis of poverty's location and its impact on deforestation. If where the…
Authors: Jo Hendy | Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez | Leslie Lipper | Romina Cavatassi
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We review claims linking both payments for carbon and poverty to deforestation. We examine these effects empirically for Costa Rica during the late 20th century using an econometric approach that addresses the irreversibilities in deforestation.…
Author: Alexander Pfaff
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Regulations such as the Kyoto Protocol aim to limit worldwide net carbon emissions and could be quite costly for Annex 1 countries. "Carbon trading" could reduce the costs of restricting emissions and has been included…
Authors: Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez
Article
Developing countries around the world face the dual challenge of speeding up economic growth and slowing down environmental degradation, two objectives that are perceived to be in direct conflict.
The chapters in this volume demonstrate for…
Authors: Suzi Kerr | Arthur van Benthem
Working Paper
This report was commissioned by the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University, Stanford CA as PESD Working Paper #102
Voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any…
Authors: Jo Hendy | Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez | Leslie Lipper | Romina Cavatassi
Working Paper
Produced as ESA Working Paper No. 4-20
We review claims about the potential for carbon markets that link both payments for carbon services and poverty levels to ongoing rates of tropical deforestation. We then examine these effects empirically…
Authors: Jason Timmins | Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Arturo Sanchez | Leslie Lipper | Romina Cavatassi
Working Paper
This report was produced as ESA Working Paper No. 04-19
We summarize existing theoretical claims linking poverty to rates of deforestation and then examine this linkage empirically for Costa Rica during the 20th century using an econometric approach…
Author: Suzi Kerr
Working Paper
Manuscript in Can Carbon Sinks Be Operational? Resources for the Future Discussion Paper no. 0126
Tropical forests are potentially large stores of carbon and can be used to reduce atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases. However their incorporation in global climate…
Author: Suzi Kerr
Working Paper
An updated version of this paper was published in the Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. Please cite the updated version.
This paper provides a synthesis of the key conceptual insights from economics that can contribute…
Authors: Suzi Kerr | Arthur van Benthem
Working Paper
As part of international climate change policy, voluntary opt-in programs to reduce emissions in unregulated sectors or countries have spurred considerable discussion. Since any regulator will make errors in predicting baselines, adverse selection will reduce…
Authors: Jo Hendy | Suzi Kerr | Alexander Pfaff | Liu Shuguang
Working Paper
Tropical forests are estimated to release approximately 1.7 PgC per year as a result of deforestation. Avoiding tropical deforestation could potentially play a significant role in carbon mitigation over the next 50 years if not…
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