Research Interests for Randall A. Kramer

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. KL Dickinson, HF Randell, RA Kramer, EH Shayo, Socio-economic status and malaria-related outcomes in Mvomero District, Tanzania., Global public health (January, 2011), pp. 1-16, ISSN 1744-1706 [doi] [abs]
2. HF Randell, KL Dickinson, EH Shayo, LE Mboera, RA Kramer, Environmental management for malaria control: knowledge and practices in Mvomero, Tanzania., EcoHealth, vol. 7 no. 4 (December, 2010), pp. 507-16, ISSN 1612-9210 [doi] [abs]
3. W.A. Jenkins, B.C. Murray, R.A. Kramer, and S. P. Faulkner, Valuing Ecosystem Services from Wetland Restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Ecological Economics, vol. 69 (2010), pp. 1051-1061
4. Y. Kraus Elsin, R. A. Kramer, W.A. Jenkins, Valuing Drinking Water Provision as an Ecosystem Service in the Neuse River Basin, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, vol. 136 (2010), pp. 474-482.
5. R.A. Kramer, "Forests and Biodiversity - An Alternative View, in Latin American Development Priorities: Costs and Benefits, Bjorn Lomborg, editor, Cambridge Press, 2010 (2010)