Richard Newell
Duke University, Affiliate
Richard G. Newell is the Gendell Associate Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics at the Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University. He is a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research and a University Fellow of Resources for the Future, where he was previously a Senior Fellow.
Professor Newell’s research centers on the economics of markets and policies for the environment, energy, and related technologies, particularly the cost and effectiveness of alternatives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving other environmental and energy goals
He holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University, Master in Public Affairs (M.P.A.) from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and a B.S. and B.A. from Rutgers University.
Publications
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2003. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management," Motu Working Paper 03-02.
Newell, Richard; James Sanchirico, and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "Fishing Quota Markets," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 49, pp. 437-462. Earlier versions are published as Motu Working paper 03-02 and Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 02-20
Newell, Richard, Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2005. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets for Fishing Quotas," Resources for the Future Discussion paper 05-46.
Newell, Richard; James Sanchirico and Suzi Kerr. 2002. "An Empirical Analysis of New Zealand's ITQ Markets," paper presented at IIFET 2002: Fisheries in the Global Economy, International Fisheries Economic Conference, Wellington, New Zealand.
Kerr, Suzi and Richard Newell. 2001. "Policy Induced Technology Adoption: Evidence from the U.S. Lead Phasedown," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 01-14 (March).
- Newell, Richard G. 2004. "Maximising Value in Multi-species Fisheries," Resources for the Future, Washington DC and New Zealand Ministry for Fisheries, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi and Richard Newell. 2003. "Policy-Induced Technology Adoption: Evidence from the U.S Lead Phasedown," Journal of Industrial Economics, 51:3, pp. 371-343. Earlier version published as Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 01-14.
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2004. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management" in Tradeable Permits: policy evaluation, design and reform, OECD, Ed. Paris. Paper prepared for OECD workshop Ex post evaluation of tradable permit regimes, Paris, January 2003.
Newell, Richard; Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2007. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89:2, pp. 259-272.