Suzi Kerr
Senior Fellow
I am currently a senior fellow at Motu, and have recently returned from Stanford University where I was a Visiting Professor. From 1998 to 2009 I was Director and Senior Fellow at Motu. I stepped down from the Director role in June 2009 to go to Stanford and concentrate on my research.
I did my honours degree in economics at Canterbury and then worked as a housing analyst for the New Zealand Treasury. I graduated from Harvard University in 1995 with a PhD in Economics. From 1995 through 1998, I worked at the University of Maryland as an Assistant Professor. I have been a visiting scholar at Resources for the Future (USA), Victoria University and, from January to August 2001, I was a visiting scholar at the Joint Center for the Science and Policy of Global Change at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, USA. During 2006, I took a sabbatical combined with maternity leave in the south of Chile.
My current research work empirically and theoretically investigates domestic and international emissions trading issues with special emphasis on land use and climate change in both the tropics and New Zealand, domestic carbon permit market design, and nutrient trading in Lake Rotorua. My work involves theoretical analysis, simulation modelling, econometric analysis and policy design. I work closely with researchers from several Crown Research Institutes through a collaborative network, EcoClimate.
I am fascinated by the challenge of solving policy problems, but also like to stay well grounded in empirical reality. Outside of work, I love hanging out with my daughters Manu and Roma and my partner Norman, planting trees and putzing in my garden and, when I get a chance, enjoy white-water kayaking and tramping, as well as listening to Norman play Jazz.
Curriculum Vitae (PDF 126KB)
Publications
Kerr, Suzi; Joanna Hendy, Liu Shuguang and Alexander Pfaff. 2004. "Tropical Forest Protection, Uncertainty and Carbon Policy Integrity," Motu Working Paper 04-03.
- Sin, Isabelle; Emma Brunton, Joanna Hendy and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "The Likely Regional Impacts of an Agricultural Emissions Policy in New Zealand: Preliminary analysis," Motu Working Paper 05-08.
- Kerr, Suzi; Liu Shuguang, Alexander Pfaff and Flint Hughes. 2003. "Carbon Dynamics and Land-Use Choices: Building a Regional-Scale Multidisciplinary Model," Motu Working Paper 03-06.
Kerr, Suzi; Susana Cardenas and Joanna Hendy. 2003. "Migration and the Environment in the Galapagos: An Analysis of Economic and Policy Incentives Driving Migration, Potential Impacts from Migration Control, and Potential Policies to Reduce Migration Pressure," Motu Working Paper 03-17. Also published en español.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Efficient Contracts For Carbon Credits From Reforestation Projects," Motu Working Paper 03-12.
- Kerr, Suzi; Emma Brunton and Ralph Chapman. 2004. "Policy To Encourage Carbon Sequestration in Plantation Forests," Motu Working Paper 04-05.
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2003. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management," Motu Working Paper 03-02.
- Grimes, Arthur; Andrew Aitken and Suzi Kerr. 2004. "House Price Efficiency: Expectations, Sales, Symmetry," Motu Working Paper 04-02.
- Savage, John; Suzi Kerr and Stephen Toplis. 1989. "The Private Residential Rental Market in New Zealand", New Zealand Institute of Economic Research, Research Monograph No. 50.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Indigenous Forests and Forest Sink Policy in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 03-15.
- Grimes, Arthur; Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken. 2004. "Bi-Directional Impacts of Economic, Social and Environmental Changes and the New Zealand Housing Market," Motu Working Paper 04-09.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Allocating risks in a domestic greenhouse gas trading system," Motu Working Paper 03-01.
- Grimes, Arthur; Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken. 2003. "Housing and Economic Adjustment," Motu Working Paper 03-09.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Motu, Excellence in Economic Research and the Challenges of ‘Human Dimensions’ Research," Motu Working Paper 03-05.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2003. "Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy," Motu Working Paper 03-04.
Kerr, Suzi; Andrew Aitken and Arthur Grimes. 2004. "Land Taxes and Revenue Needs as Communities Grow and Decline: Evidence from New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 04-01.
Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Alternative Allocation Methods for Greenhouse Permits: Pros and Cons," Unpublished Manuscript.
Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Restoring Forests Through Carbon Farming on Maori Land in New Zealand/Aotearoa," Mountain Research and Development, 27:3, pp. 202-205.
Kerr, Suzi Ed. 2000. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Enforcing Compliance: The Allocation of Liability in Internation GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism," Resources for the Future Climate Issue Brief no. 15.
- Kerr, Suzi; Glen Lauder and David Fairman. 2007. "Towards a Design For a Nutrient Trading Programme To Improve Water Quality in Lake Rotorua," Motu Working Paper 07-03.
Kerr, Suzi and David C. Maré. 1998. "Transaction Costs and Tradable Permit Markets: The United States Lead Phasedown," Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Draft Manuscript.
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
Fischer, Carolyn; Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman. 1998. "Using Emissions Trading to Regulate U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions: An Overview of Policy Design and Implementation Issues," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 98-40 (July).
- Hendy, Joanna; Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden. 2007. "The Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model Version 1 (LURNZv1): Model Description," Motu Working Paper 07-07.
- Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2005. "Greenhouse Gas Emission Factor Module: Land Use in Rural New Zealand - Climate Version 1," Motu Working Paper 05-10.
- Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr. 1998. "A Tax-Cut Auction for the Environment: How and why to auction CO2 emissions permits," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 98-34.
Kerr, Suzi; David C. Maré, William Power and Jason Timmins. 2001. "Internal Mobility in New Zealand," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 04/1.
Kerr, Suzi. 1995. "Adverse Selection and Participation in International Environmental Agreements" in Suzi Kerr, Contracts and Tradeable Permit Markets in International and Domestic Environmental Protection, PhD Thesis, Harvard University.
Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Enforcing Compliance: The Allocation of Liability in International GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism" in Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, Michael A. Toman Ed. Washington DC: Resources for the Future.
Kerr, Suzi. 1999. "Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Responsibilities Among and Within the Countries of the European Union".
Kerr, Suzi and Elizabeth DeSombre. 2001. "Trade and the Environment: the Risks and Opportunities for New Zealand Associated With the Relationship Between the WTO and Multilateral Environmental Agreements," report produced for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
Claridge, Megan and Suzi Kerr. 1998. "A Case Study for Devolution: The Problem of Preserving Kiwi Habitat in The Far North," Victoria Economic Commentary.
- Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Where Are We Now?" Motu Working Paper 07-06.
Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Emissions Trading, Project-Based Trading and Joint Implementation," paper written for the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
- Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2006. "Land-Use Intensity Module: Land Use in Rural New Zealand Version 1," Motu Working Paper 06-05.
Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Devolution and the Resource Management Act," Victoria Economic Commentary.
Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2000. "Permanence of LULUCF CERs in the Clean Development Mechanism," This paper was written for a presentation at COP-6 in The Hague, November 2000.
- Kerr, Suzi; Megan Claridge and Dominic Milicich. 1998. "Devolution and the New Zealand Resource Management Act," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 98-7.
- Kerr, Suzi and Jason Timmins. 2000. "Economic Geography and Spatial Statistics: Theory and Empirics of New Zealand Regions," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 00/11.
Hargrave, Tim; Ned Helme, Tim Denne, Suzi Kerr and Jurgen Lefevere. 1999. "Design of a Practical Approach to Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading combined With Policies and Measures in the EC".
- Kerr, Suzi; Kit Rutherford and Kelly Lock. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Goals and Trading Caps," Motu Working Paper 07-08.
Straker, Gina; Suzi Kerr and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "A Regulatory History of New Zealand's Quota Management System," draft, chapters 1-4.
Kerr, Suzi; Brian White, Brian Cox and John Rutherford. 2002. "Renewable Energy and the Efficient Implementation of New Zealand's Current and Potential Future Greenhouse Gas Commitments," prepared for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
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.
Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Impacts on the pastoral sector from emissions charges on agriculture gases: analysis from the model Land Use in Rural New Zealand version 1: climate," Motu manuscript.
Kerr, Suzi; Kit Rutherford and Elena Irwin. 2006. "Proposed Research Programme on Water Quality for Lake Rotorua," proposal submitted to the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology.
Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff and Arturo Sanchez. 2002. "The Dynamics of Deforestation: Evidence from Costa Rica".
Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Leslie Lipper, Arturo Sanchez and Jason Timmins. 2004. "Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behavior from location," ESA Working Paper No. 04-19.
Kerr, Suzi and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "Regional Employment Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol," paper prepared for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
Kerr, Suzi; Joanna Hendy, Kelly Lock and Yun Liang. 2007. "Estimating the Drivers of Rural Land Use Change in New Zealand," Paper prepared for the AARES Conference, February 2007, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Seeing the Forest and Saving the Trees: Tropical Land-Use Change and Global Climate Policy," Manuscript in Can Carbon Sinks Be Operational? Resources for the Future Discussion Paper no. 0126.
Straker, Gina; Suzi Kerr and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "A Regulatory History of the New Zealand's Quota Management System: Setting Targets," paper presented at IIFET 2002: Fisheries in the Global Economy, International Fisheries Economic Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. (This paper is an abridged version of Straker et al. 2002).
Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Leslie Lipper, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and Arturo Sanchez. 2007. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," Land Use Policy, 24, pp. 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 Journal of Social Sciences Online, 1, pp. 65-79.
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).
- Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr. 2002. "Tradeable Carbon Permit Auctions: How And Why To Auction Not Grandfather," Energy Policy 30.
Carswell, Fiona; Garth Harmsworth, Suzi Kerr, Rau Kirikiri and Ian Turney. 2002. "A Framework for Engagement of Maori Landowners in 'Carbon Farming' using Indigenous Forest Regeneration," Motu Manuscript and Landcare Research.
- Kerr, Suzi; Shuguang, Liu, Alexander, Pfaff and Flint Hughes. 2003. "Carbon Dynamics and Land-Use Choices: Building a Regional-Scale Multidisciplinary Model," The Journal of Environmental Management, 69:1, pp. 25-37.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2006. "The Political Economy of Structural Reform in Natural Resource Use: Observations from New Zealand," paper prepared for National Economic Research Organisations meeting, Paris, June 2006.
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Review of proposed New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme," report commissioned by the Emissions Trading Group.
Kerr, Suzi; Leslie Lipper, Alexander Pfaff, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and Arturo Sanchez. 2004. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit the Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," ESA Working Paper No. 4-20.
Pfaff, Alexander; Arturo Sanchez and Suzi Kerr. 2001. "A Case Study of Costa Rican LUCC: Carbon Sequestration Supply from and Clean Development Mechanism Rules for Tropical Forest Carbon Sinks," LUCC Newsletter, May 2001, No. 6.
- Kerr, Suzi; Isabelle Sin and Joanna Hendy. 2005. "Taxes vs permits: Options for price-based climate change regulation," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 05/02.
McLuskey, William; Andrew Aitken, Arthur Grimes, Suzi Kerr and Jason Timmins. 2006. "Rating Systems in New Zealand: An Empirical Investigation into Local Choice," Journal of Real Estate Literature, 14:3, pp. 381-397.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1995. "Markets Versus International Funds for Implementing International Environmental Agreements: Ozone Depletion and the Montreal Protocol" Working Paper No. 95-12, Center for International Affairs, Harvard University.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi and Vicente Watson. 1998. "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.
- Pfaff, Alexander, Suzi Kerr, Flint Hughes, Shuguang Liu, Arturo Sanchez, David Schimel, Joseph Tosi and Vicente Watson. 1999. "A Carbon Sequestration Supply Function and Development of Feasible Clean Development Mechanism Rules for Tropical Forest Carbon Sinks: A Work Plan for Multi-Disciplinary Estimation and Integrated Sensitivity Analysis making use of Costa Rica as a Data-Intensive Case Study" Columbia University Department of Economics Working Paper Series, No. 9899-08, June" Spanish Version
- Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Flint Hughes, Shuguang Liu, Arturo Sanchez, 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, pp. 203-221.
- Hendy, Joanna and Suzi Kerr. 2004. "How do Catch Patterns Respond to Changes in International Prices for Different Species?" Report to the Ministry of Fisheries.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Deforestation, Carbon-Offsets and the Clean Development Mechanism". Presentation (This presentation was presented at a Tinker Foundation Funded Symposium, February 19, 2001).
- 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, 51, pp. 453-464.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez and Marco Boscolo. 2001. "How Can Carbon Sequestration in Tropical Forests be Rewarded? Evidence from Costa Rica" in Environment for Growth: Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America, Theodore Panayotou, Ed. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp. 371-408.
- 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 Bolivian Environmental Conflict Management Cases and CC + CDM Sectoral Preparations for Kyoto Protocol Negotiations, Raymond Saner, Sergio Jauregui and Lichia Yiu, Eds.
Hendy, Joanna; Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden. 2006. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Charges and Credits on Agricultural Land: What Can a Model Tell Us? Motu Working Paper 06-04.
- Kerr, Suzi and Matthew Kahn. 2002. "The Causes and Consequences of Air Pollution in Santiago" in Chile: Political Economy of Urban Development, Harvard Studies in International Development, Edward L. Glaeser and John R. Meyer, Eds. John F. Kennedy School of Government: Harvard University. This paper is based on a chapter of the same name in Kerr, Suzi. 1995. "Contracts and Tradeable Permit Markets in International and Domestic Environmental Protection," PhD Thesis, Harvard University.
- Kerr Suzi and Andrew Aitken. 2004. "The Effects of Bycatch Relationships on Quota Prices," Report to the Ministry of Fisheries.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2004. "Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy," in The International Yearbook of Environmental and Resource Economics 2003/04, Tom Tietenberg and Henk Folmer, Eds.
Kerr, Suzi and Tim Hargrave. 1998. "The Clean Development Mechanism: How Do We Get There From Here?" Paper prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank.
- 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.
- Arthur Grimes; Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken. 2003. "House Prices and Regional Adjustment," New Zealand Geographical Society 22nd Conference Proceedings, pp. 238-241.
- Fischer, Carolyn; Suzi Kerr and Michael Toman. 2001. "Using Emissions Trading to Regulate National Greenhouse Gas Emissions" in Climate Change Economics and Policy: An RFF Anthology, Michael A. Toman, Ed. Washington DC: Resources for the Future.
Grimes, Arthur; Suzi Kerr and Andrew Aitken. 2003. "Housing and Structural Adjustment," Centre for Housing Research, Aotearoa New Zealand, Department of Building and Housing, Housing New Zealand Corporation, Wellington. Also published as Motu Working Paper 03-09.
- 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.
- Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr. 2008. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Choosing the Scope of a Nutrient Trading System," Motu Working Paper 08-05.
- Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr. 2008. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Overview of a Prototype System," Motu Working Paper 08-02.
Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Sweet. 2008. "Inclusion of agriculture and forestry in a domestic emissions trading system: New Zealand's experience to date," Motu Working Paper 08-04.
Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Leslie Lipper, Arturo Sanchez and Jason Timmins. 2008. "Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behaviour from location" in Economics of Poverty, the Environment and Natural Resource Use, Rob B. Dellink and Arjan Ruijs, Eds. Wageningen University: Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Group.
Wratt, David; Brett Mullan, Andrew Tait, Ross Woods, Troy Baisden, Donna Giltrap, Kelly Lock, Joanna Hendy, Suzi Kerr, Adolf Stroombergen and Alek Stojanovik. 2008. "Costs and benefits of climate change and adaptation to climate change in New Zealand agriculture: what do we know so far?" Contract report by EcoClimate Consortium: Integrated Research on the Economics of Climate Change Impacts Adaptation and Mitigation, Wellington, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "The economics of deforestation," invited presentation at the International Economics Association Roundtable, Beijing, July 13-14.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2004. "Efficient Contracts for Carbon Credits from Reforestation Projects," New Zealand Science Review, 61:1, pp. 18-23.
Kerr, Suzi and Kit Rutherford. 2008. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Determining Net Nutrient Inputs," Motu Working Paper 08-03.
Kerr, Suzi. 2008. 'Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: A Prototype System,' Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
Kerr, Suzi and Marianna Kennedy. 2009. 'Greenhouse Gases and Water Pollutants: Interactions Between Concurrent New Zealand Trading Systems,' Motu Note #2.
Kelly Lock and Suzi Kerr. 2008. Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Social, Cultural, Economic and Environmental Issues around a Nutrient Trading System. Motu Manuscript.
Motu Research. 2007. "Transition into and evolution of an emissions trading system," Summary 5 from the series Introduction to Emissions Trading, produced as part of the Climate Change Policy Dialogue.
Kerr, Suzi and Murray Ward. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: Introduction and Context," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 20 September.
Greenhalgh, Suzie; Jim Sinner and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: options for addressing trade exposure and emissions leakage," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 21 September.
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: managing economic risk," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 25 September.
Small, John and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Emissions trading in New Zealand: points of obligation," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 24 September.
Kerr, Suzi and Ralph Chapman. 2007. "Emissions trading in New Zealand: transition and evolution," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 25 September.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Environmental markets: how can they work for water quality and climate change?" Auckland Public Policy Seminar, April.
Todd, Maribeth; Wei Zhang and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "Competition for land between biofuels, pastoral agriculture and scrub lands," in Bioenergy options for New Zealand: analysis of large-scale bioenergy from forestry. Peter Hall and Michael Jack. Scion report. pp. 122-40. Available online at http://www.scionresearch.com/bioenergy+report.aspx.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Climate change policy: stepping back and moving forward," Motu Economic and Public Policy Seminar, May.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "How can agriculture be included in an emissions trading scheme? Some thoughts from New Zealand," Australian Farm Institute Conference, Maroochydore, May.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Intensity-based regulation versus output-based free allocation: a clarification of comments to the Select Committee," 17 May.
Kerr, Suzi and Ralph Chapman. 2007. 'Transiton into and evolution of a New Zealand emissions trading system," paper presented at Climate Change Policy Dialogue, Wellington, 31 July.
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Key issues in the design of an emissions trading system for New Zealand," Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Sweet. 2008. "Inclusion of agriculture in a domestic emissions trading system: New Zealand's experience to date," Farm Policy Journal, 5:4, 43-53, November.
Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Emissions trading in New Zealand," EPMU Biennial Conference, Auckland, July; and Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch, July.
Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Report on Cluster B case studies," presented to the Climate Change Leadership Forum, August.
Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Reports from Cluster B: free allocation of NZ units, and economic modelling," presented to Climate Change Leadership Forum, 4 December.
Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Temporal emission trading markets," NBER Summer Institute Egg-timer, July.
Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Data challenges in creating LURNZ, an economically-based model of land use in rural New Zealand," presented at Global Land Project workshop on data and model intergration for coupled models and land use change, July.
Kerr, Suzi and Andrew Coleman. 2008. "Economic regrets," Motu manuscript presented to Cluster B of the Climate Change Leadership Forum, 22 May.
Lock, Kelly; Suzi Kerr, Tim Cox and Kit Rutherford. 2008. "Assessing design options for a Nutrient Trading System using an integrated model," paper presented at the ESAM/NZAE Conference 2008, Wellington, June.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "New Zealand ETS: Submission to the select committee," Speaking notes, Monday 11 May, Wellington.
Kerr, Suzi and Kelly Lock. 2009. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Cost Sharing and Allowance Allocation," Motu Working Paper 09-09.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Principles for the design of compliance institutions for international tradeable permit markets: joint implementation of the framework convention on climate change," University of Maryland Manuscript.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Institutions for definition and renegotiation of property rights in international environmental agreements: ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol," Manuscript, University of Maryland.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Comments to select committee," invited independent specialist advice on the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill.
Kerr, Suzi and Wei Zhang. 2009. "Allocation of New Zealand Units within Agriculture in the New Zealand Emissions Trading System," Motu Working Paper 09-16.
Todd, Maribeth and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "How Does Changing Land Cover and Land Use in New Zealand relate to Land Use Capability and Slope?" Motu Working Paper 09-17.
Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "The Financial Crisis … What’s in it for the Environment?" contribution to a panel discussion organised by the Environment Institute of Australia and New Zealand, Wellington, May.
Regina Betz, Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, forthcoming.
Kerr, Suzi; Susana Cardenas and Joanna Hendy. 2003. "La Migración y el Medio Natural en las Islas Galápagos," Motu Working Paper 17-03. Also published in English.
Funk, Jason; Christopher Field, Suzi Kerr and Craig Trotter. 2009. "Modeling the impact of Carbon Farming on a New Zealand landscape," PhD Thesis, Chapter II. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "Barriers to Efficient Decisions about Carbon Farming," PhD Thesis, Chapter III. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
Hendy, Joanna; Suzi Kerr and Troy Baisden. 2008. "Greenhouse Gas Emissions Charges and Credits on Agricultural Land: What can a Model Tell Us?" In Clean Development Mechanism and Law, Amicus Books series, ed. L Lakshmi. Hyderabad, India: The Icfai University Press, pp. 198-209.
van Benthem, Arthur and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Optimizing Voluntary Deforestation Policy in the Face of Adverse Selection and Costly Transfers". Motu Working Paper 10-04.
Betz, Regina; Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,54, pp. 219–238
Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Global policies as a framework for effective local action to reduce deforestation: insights from Costa Rica and Indonesia," Bay Area Tropical Forests Network, 4 March, 2010
Kerr, Suzi. 2010. ‘Emissions trading for forestry and agriculture: policy design and integrated simulations in New Zealand’ UC Berkeley Agricultural and Resource Economics seminar, Feb 18, 2010.
Kerr, Suzi. 2010. ‘Creating a Cost Effective Nutrient Trading System for Lake Rotorua’ Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, 21 January 2010.