Job title:
Distinguished Professor
Bio/CV:
Larry Karp is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He uses dynamic models to study optimal choice of policies, e.g. pollution taxes or cap-and-trade. He uses hyperbolic discounting and overlapping generations models to study situations where protecting the environment, e.g. via climate policy, provides benefits to currently living people later in their lifetime, and also provides benefits to people who have not yet been born.
Education
Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis
B.A. Economics, University of California at Berkeley
Research interests:
International trade, design of international environmental agreements, international investment agreements, trade liberalization and environment, instrument selection for pollution control, alternative discounting models
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