Randall A. Kramer, Professor of School of the Environment and Economics

Contact Info:

Office Location:	A120 Lev Sci Res Ctr
Office Phone:	(919) 613-8072
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.env.duke.edu/people/faculty/kramer.html

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• ENVIRON 557.01, SOC SCI SURVEYS-ENV MGT Synopsis

  LSRC A155, TuTh 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

Education:

PhD Agricultural Economics	University of California, Davis	1980
ME Economics	North Carolina State University	1976
BA Economics	University of North Carolina	1975

Specialties:

Public Finance
Development Economics

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.

Curriculum Vitae

Working Papers   (More Publications)

1. B. Murray, A. Jenkins, R. Kramer, and S.P. Faulkner, Valuing Ecosystem Services from Wetland Restoration in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley, Nicholas Institute of Environmental Policy Solutions, Ecosystem Services Series, NI R 09-02 (February, 2009) [pdf]
2. R.A. Kramer and A. Jenkins, Ecosystem Services, Markets, and Red Wolf Habitat: Results from a Farm Operator Survey, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Ecosystem Services Series, NI R 09-01 (January, 2009) [pdf]
3. Biscoe, Melanie L., Clifford M. Mutero, and Randall A. Kramer, Current Policy and Status of DDT Use for Malaria Control in Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya and South Africa, Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute, Working Paper #95 (2005) [PDF]
4. Liese, Christopher, Martin D. Smith, and Randall A. Kramer, Open Access with Product and Labor Market Failure: The Case of Artisanal Fishing in Indonesia, Duke Economics Department Working Paper #03-11 (2005)

Recent Publications   (More 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 [PDF]
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. [PDF]
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)