Research Interests for Randall A. Kramer

Research Interests: environmental economics

Randall A. Kramer is a professor of resource and environmental economics in the Nicholas School of the Environment and the Department of Economics at Duke University. Before coming to Duke in 1988, he taught in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He has also held visiting positions at IUCN-The World Conservation Union, the Economic Growth Center at Yale University, and the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry. He has served as a consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and other international organizations. His research focuses on ecosystem valuation, water resource economics, and the economics of biodiversity and natural resource management in developing countries. Current research projects include studies of (1) deforestation, malaria and household behavior; (2) farmer participation in wetlands restoration programs, and (3) new methods for pooling estimates of the value of prevented mortality.

Recent Publications
  1. R.A. Kramer, K.L. Dickinson, R.M. Anderson, V.G. Fowler, M.L. Miranda, C.M. Mutero, K.A. Saterson, J.B. Wiener, Using Decision Analysis to Improve Malaria Control Policy Making (2007), Duke University (unpublished)
  2. C. Liese, M.D. Smith, andR.A. Kramer, Open Access in a Spatially Delineated Artisanal Fishery: The Case of Minahasa, Indonesia, Environment and Development Economics no. 12 (2007), pp. 123-143
  3. R.A. Kramer, Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Chapter 11, in Sage Handbook on Environment and Society, edited by Jules Pretty, et al (2007)
  4. S. Pattanayak, K. Dickinson, C. Corey, B. Murray, E. Sills, and R. Kramer, Deforestation, malaria, and Poverty: A Call for Transdisciplinary Research to Support the Design of Cross-sectoral Policies, Sustainability: Science, Policy and Practice 2 (Fall, 2006)
  5. I. Kochi, B. Hubbell, and R. Kramer, An Empirical Bayes Approach to Combining and Comparing Estimates of the Value of a Statistical Life for Environmental Policy Analysis, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 34 (2006), pp. 385-406