Environmental Regulation
Motu’s environmental research focuses on the use and design of market-based instruments to address environmental goals.
Our current work addresses climate change policy, including: issues for New Zealand’s emissions trading system, with a focus on forestry and agriculture; policies to facilitate mitigation in developing countries, particularly in the land-based sectors; and a proposed nutrient trading system to address water quality in Lake Rotorua. Past research considered market-based instruments for New Zealand fisheries.
Our collaborators bring technical, sectoral and social perspectives to the group effort. We have complied a list of useful articles and web links relating to climate change and climate change regulation in New Zealand.
- Glossary of climate change terms from the New Zealand Business Council for Sustainable Development
- New Zealand’s Government Climate Change Solutions
- New Zealand Government climate change work programme
- New Zealand Treasury’s Climate Change work
- The ESSAM General Equilibrium Model by Infometrics Consulting
- An Economic View of the Environment, a blog by Dr Robert N Stavins, Harvard University
- MAF report: The permanent forest sink Initiative: a consultation document on the proposed regulations, cost recovery methods and forest sink covenant
- Tane’s Tree Trust
- Kerr, Suzi. 2013. “Tackling NZ’s Agricultural Emissions,” Presentation at Australian Agriculture and Resource Economics Society-run workshop Source or Sink? Farm Level Implications of Pricing Carbon and Policy Responses to Manage Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Sydney, 5 February 2013.
- Timar, Levente. 2013. “Policy Incidence and Permit Allocation in LURNZ,” Motu Climate Economics Research Workshop, Wellington, 4–5 March 2013.
- Timar, Levente. 2013. “GHG Emissions in LURNZ,” Motu Climate Economics Research Workshop, Wellington, 4–5 March 2013.
- Anastasiadis, Simon. 2013. “Mitigation and Heterogeneity in Management Practices: New Zealand Dairy Farms,” Motu Climate Economics Research Workshop, Wellington, 4–5 March 2013.
- Anastasiadis, Simon. 2013. “Land Use in Rural New Zealand: Modeling Land Use and Land-Use Change,” Motu Climate Economics Research Workshop, Wellington, 4–5 March 2013.
- Kerr, Suzi, with Andrew Coleman and Josh Pemberton. 2013. "Water: Commodity or Commons?" Presentation to Network Waitangi Otautahi, Christchurch, February 2013.
- Timar, Levente, and Boon-Ling Yeo. 2013. "Allocation and Predicted Cost Incidence in Environmental Markets: Heterogeneity and Policy Interactions", Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 5–8 February 2013.
- Pemberton, Josh. 2013. "Value and Natural Capital: Examining the Economist's Perspective," Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 5–8 February 2013.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2013. "Tackling New Zealand's Agricultural Emissions," Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia, 5–8 February 2013.
- Jaffe, Adam B. 2012. "Technology Policy and Climate Change," The Next Round of Climate Economics & Policy Research, Washington, DC, 27–8 October 2012.
- Timar, Levente. 2012. “Land Tenure and Rural Land Use: Insights from a Discrete Choice Model,” presentation to the Ministry for Primary Industries, Wellington, 13 August 2012.
- Timar, Levente. 2012. “Rural Land Use and Land Tenure in New Zealand.” Paper presented at the annual conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (EAERE) Annual Conference, Prague, Czech Republic, 28 June–2 July 2012.
- Sinner, Jim, Andrew Fenemor and Simon Anastasiadis. 2012. “Mixed Bag: Simulating Market-Based Instruments for Water Quality and Quantity in the Upper Waikato,” New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, 30–1 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. “The Who, Why and How of Acting on Agricultural Emissions”; “Mitigation through Land Use and Behavioural Change”; and “Emerging Solutions”, joint forum of the Institute of Governance and Policy Studies and Motu, Wellington, 7 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. “Emissions Trading in Latin America: Thoughts from a Chilean Context”, Economics Department Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, 14 September 2012
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. “Emissions Trading in a Small Country”, Expert Group Meeting on Current Status of Carbon Market and Prospects of Linkage, joint meeting of Korean Legislation Research Institute and New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Seoul, 17 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. “Can Growth be Sustainable?” in session on “Can growth be sustainable? – 25 years on from Brundtland” with lead speaker Phil O’Reilly. Lincoln University State of the Nation’s Environment Series, Christchurch, 18 October 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Hugh McDonald. 2012. “New Zealand – Environmental Policy Pioneers”, Half-day Workshop at Freie Universität Berlin, 20 September, 2012 (with support from the New Zealand Embassy).
- Yeo, Boon-Ling, Oliver Browne, Simon Anastasiadis and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "Synergies between Nutrient Trading Scheme (NTS) and the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in the Lake Rotorua Catchment," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand, 30-31 August 2012.
- Anastasiadis, Simon. 2012. "An Inertia Model for the Adoption of New Farming Practices", New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand, 30-31 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Allocation and Cost Sharing: Nutrient Trading and Greenhouse Gas Markets", New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand, 30-31 August 2012.
- Anastasiadis, Simon, and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "Mitigation and Heterogeneity in Management Practices", New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, New Zealand, 30-31 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Emerging Solutions: The Who, Why and How of Acting on Agricultural Emissions," Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science, Lincoln, New Zealand, 22 August 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Addressing Agricultural GHGs 'Fairly'", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Huntly, New Zealand, 25 June 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Preliminary Synthesis," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Huntly, New Zealand, 24 June 2012.
- Timar, Levente. 2012. "Whose Mitigation is it Anyway?", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 8 May 2012.
- Sin, Isabelle, and Andrew Coleman. 2012. "The Adoption of Green Technologies in Agriculture", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 8 May 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Why and How We Can Act," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Otaki, New Zealand, 12 February 2012.
- Dorner, Zack, Suzi Kerr and Hugh McDonald. 2012. "Methane Matters: from International Climate Change Policy to the New Zealand Farm," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Otaki, New Zealand, 12 February 2012.
- McDonald, Hugh, Suzi Kerr and Simon Anastasiadis. 2012. "How Should We Manage Diffuse Water Pollution? Insights from Recent NManager Simulations," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Palmerston North, June 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Managing Water Quality Using Markets," Motu Public Policy Seminar, Auckland, April 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "Key Concepts for Quality and Quantity Allocation Mechanisms," Land and Water Forum Allocation Working Group, Wellington, February 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "A Climate for Change in Water Quality?" Australian Association of Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference, Perth, February 2012.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Knowing and Telling about Our Emissions," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 6 October 2011.
- Olssen, Alex. 2011. "The Clean Streams Accord: Cooperation in Agriculture," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 August 2011.
- Woods, Darian, and Andrew Coleman. 2011. "Price, Quality, and International Agricultural Trade," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 August 2011
- Coleman, Andrew. 2011. "The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Land Use Change and Options in New Zealand," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 31 August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Modelling Mitigation Options," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 17 May 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Mitigation Options," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Karekare, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 July 2011,
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Motivations and Responses," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 17 May 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Why Agricultural Emissions Matter - Going Forward," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 March 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "REDD and Cap and Trade: Why and How to Include Forestry on a Large Scale," International Congress of Conservation Biology, Auckland, December 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Adam Millard-Ball. 2011. "Cooperation to Reduce Developing Country Emissions," The Next Round of Climate Economics and Policy Research, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Resources for the Future, Washington, DC, 2011; and Stanford University Department of Economics Brown Bag Seminar, November 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference, Melbourne, 8-11 February 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Suzie Greenhalgh. 2011. "Non-Point Source Trading in New Zealand," Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Conference, Melbourne, 8-11 February 2011.
- Anastasiadis, Simon and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Managing Water Quality in Lake Rotorua: The Design of Regulation to Reflect Groundwater Nitrogen Lags,"15th International Water Association Conference, Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group, Rotorua, 22 September 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Water Quality Trading in New Zealand," invited presentation to the Workshop on Water Quality Trading, 15th International Water Association Conference, Diffuse Pollution Specialist Group, Rotorua, 22 September 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Socio-Economic Impacts of the Agricultural Emissions Trading Scheme: A Very Preliminary Analysis," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Thukral, Mohit. 2011. "Upstream Point of Obligation for Emissions Trading in India: Lessons from New Zealand," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Olssen, Alex, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Modelling Land Use in Rural New Zealand," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Why do New Zealanders Care about Agricultural Emissions?", New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Anastasiadis, Simon, Marie-Laure Nauleau, Suzi Kerr, Tim Cox and Kit Rutherford. 2011. "Water Quality Management in Lake Rotorua: A Comparison of Regulatory Approaches using the NManager Model," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, NZ, 25-26 August 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Modelling Rural Land Use in New Zealand: A Discrete Choice Perspective," paper presented at the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Melbourne, 8-11 February 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "The Economics of International Policy to Reduce Emissions from Deforestaton and Degradation (REDD)," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Nutrient Trading Efficiency: A Review of Trading Efficiency in Water Quality Markets," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Anastasiadis, Simon. 2011. "Water Quality Management in Lake Rotorua: A Comparison of Regulatory Approaches Using the NManager Model," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Māori Land and Rural Land Use in New Zealand," New Zealand Association of Economists Annual Conference, Wellington, 29 June-1 July 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Land Use and Climate Change in New Zealand," speaking notes and slides from presentation at the 7th Australia-New Zealand Climate Change and Business Conference, Wellington, 1-2 August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," Stanford Environmental Economics Brownbag Seminar, Stanford University, Stanford CA, November 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "New Zealand Emissions Trading: Some Thoughts for Brazil," Cap and Trade in Brazil Workshop Environmental Defense, IPAM, and Brazilian Foundation for Sustainable Development, Rio de Janeiro, 2 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "The Complementarity between Equity and Efficiency in Climate Mitigation," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, 27-8 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi; Wei Zhang and William Power. 2010. "Short Term Effects of Moderate Carbon Prices on Land Use in the New Zealand Emissions Trading System: LURNZ-Climate Land Use Change Simulations," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Conference, Nelson, 26-7 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. ‘Creating a Cost Effective Nutrient Trading System for Lake Rotorua’ Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, 21 January 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. "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; William Power and Wei Zhang. 2009. "Potential Scrub Changes and Its Spatial Allocation Under the New Zealand Emission Trading System," in The XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economists, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China.
- 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.
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson. 2009. "China's Energy Situation and Its Implications in the New Millennium," Motu Working Paper 09-04.
- 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. "Climate change policy: stepping back and moving forward," Motu Economic and Public Policy Seminar, May.
- 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. 2008. "Temporal emission trading markets," NBER Summer Institute Egg-timer, July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Report on Cluster B case studies," presented to the Climate Change Leadership Forum, August.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "Emissions trading in New Zealand," EPMU Biennial Conference, Auckland, July; and Canterbury Employers Chamber of Commerce, Christchurch, July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. 'Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: A Prototype System,' Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "Key issues in the design of an emissions trading system for New Zealand," Motu Public Policy Seminar, September.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2007. "The economics of deforestation," invited presentation at the International Economics Association Roundtable, Beijing, July 13-14.
- 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).
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Teach-in on Using Games to Understand Water Quality Trading," Center for Ocean Solutions, Environmental and Natural Resources Law and Policy Programme, Stanford University, Stanford CA, 4 April 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Optimal Policy Complexity with Temporal Externalities," Stanford Environmental Economics and UC Davis Brownbag Seminar, Stanford CA, April 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Emissions Trading for Forestry and Agriculture: Integrated Simulations," New Zealand Agricultural and Resource Economics Society Annual Conference, Nelson, 27-8 August 2010.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2010. "Managing Water Quality in Lake Rotorua," presentations to the Nutrient Trading Study Group, Bay of Plenty Regional Council and Ministry for the Environment, October and November 2010.
- 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 and Ralph Chapman. 2007. 'Transition into and evolution of a New Zealand emissions trading system," paper presented at Climate Change Policy Dialogue, Wellington, 31 July.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Environmental markets: how can they work for water quality and climate change?" Auckland Public Policy Seminar, April.
- Reisinger, Andy. 2011. "Apples and Oranges: What Can Science Tell Us about How to Compare Emissions of Different GHGs? How Might Different Choices Affect NZ?" Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 30 November 2011.
- Stroombergen, Adolf. 2011. "The International Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Commodity Prices, and the Wider Effects on New Zealand", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 March 2012.
- Saunders, Caroline. 2011. "Value Added Production," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Karekare, Auckland, New Zealand, 3 July 2011.
- Saunders, Caroline. 2011. "Food Miles, Carbon Footprinting and Other Factors Affecting Trade," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 March 2011.
- Renwick, James. 2011. "Direct Impacts of Climate Change for New Zealand Primary Sector," Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 March 2011.
- Baisden, Troy. 2011. "How Does the Science Process Filter Environmental Mitigation Options?", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 17 May 2011.
- Lee, Steph, and Charlotte Darlow. 2011. "Climate Change International Dimensions", Motu Agricultural Emissions Dialogue Group, Wellington, New Zealand, 23 March 2011.
- Evans, Lewis. 2010. "Climate and the New Zealand Electricity Spot Market," Presentation at the Energy Roundtable, Wellington, 8 September 2010. Available online from http://www.iscr.org.nz/f602,17297/17297_L_Evans_Climate_and_Electricity.pdf
- Fiuza de Bragança, Gabriel. 2010. "Can Spot Market Power Translate into Market Power in the Hedge Market?" Presentation to the WEIA 85th Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon, 1 July 2010. Available online from http://www.iscr.org.nz/n598,45,authKey=665_23_20110725102635_26c20e406ffba6fae8a26313ac035ce4.html.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2008. "The likely impacts of climate change policy," presented at The Social Impacts of Climate Change Policy workshop, 28 February.
- Gunningham, Neil. 2007. "Innovative governance and smart regulation: institutional and regulatory regimes for a water-constrained world," Motu/Landcare Research seminar, December.
- Roson, Roberto. 2008. "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change," Motu Public Policy Seminar, August.
- Grafton, Quentin. 2008. "Bioeconomic Losses from Overharvesting Tuna," Wellington Public Policy Seminar Series, November.
- Gulati, Sumeet. 2008. "Evaluating Tax Rebates for Hybrid Vehicles," Wellington Public Policy Seminar Series, December.
- Suzi Kerr
- Andrew Coleman
- Fletcher Building
- Morgan Family Charitable Foundation
- The Tindall Foundation
- Meridian Energy
- Foundation for Research, Science & Technology
- Anastasiadis, Simon, Jim Sinner and Andrew Fenemor. 2013. "Educational Water Trading Games: Simulation Software and Future Potential", Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi C. 2013. "The Economics of International Policy Agreements to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation", Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 7:1, pp. 47–66.
- Anastasiadis, Simon, Suzi Kerr, Alec MacKay, Jon Roygard and Mark Shepherd. 2012. "The Mitigation of Nutrient Loss from New Zealand Agriculture: Separating the Probable from the Possible", Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Adam Millard-Ball. 2012. "Cooperation to Reduce Developing Country Emissions", Climate Change Economics 3:4, pp. 1250023-1–1250023-30.
- Motu Economic and Public Policy Research. 2012. "Roadmap for Implementing a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System in Chile: Core Design Options and Policy Decision-Making Considerations," Motu Working Paper 12-14, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi, Simon Anastasiadis, Alex Olssen, William Power, Levente Tímár and Wei Zhang. 2012. "Spatial and Temporal Responses to an Emissions Trading System Covering Agriculture and Forestry: Simulation Results from New Zealand," Forests 3:4, pp. 1133–56.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2012. "The Economics of International Policy Agreements to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation," Motu Working Paper 12-12, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Grimes, Arthur. 2012. "Optimal Infrastructure Adaptation to Climate Change," Motu Note #11, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Daigneault, Adam, Hugh McDonald, Sandy Elliott, Clive Howard-Williams, Suzie Greenhalgh, Maksym Guysev, Suzi Kerr, James Lennox, Linda Lilburne, Uwe Morgenstern, Ned Norton, John Quinnn, Kit Rutherford, Ton Snelder, and Bob Wilcock. 2012. Evaluation of the Impact of Different Policy Options for Managing to Water Quality Limits. Wellington: Ministry for Primary Industries. Available online at http://www.mpi.govt.nz/news-resources/publications
- Kerr, Suzi, Simon Anastasiadis, Alex Olssen, William Power, Levente Tímár and Wei Zhang. 2012. "Spatial and Temporal Responses to an Emissions Trading System Covering Agriculture and Forestry: Simulation Results from New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 12-10, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Anastasiadis, Simon, Jim Sinner and Andrew Fenemor. 2012. "Market-Based Instruments for Water Management: MBI Simulation Software and Future Potential," appendix prepared for the Ministry of Primary Industries, MPI, Wellington.
- Woods, Darian, with Andrew Coleman. 2012. "Price, Quality, and International Agricultural Trade", Motu Working Paper 12-08, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi, Hugh McDonald, and Kit Rutherford. 2012. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: A Policy Prototype", Motu Note #10, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Olssen, Alex, Wei Zhang, David Evison, and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "A Forest-Profit Expectations Dataset for New Zealand, 1990–2008," Motu Working Paper 12-07, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2012. "Why do New Zealanders care about agricultural emissions?" Policy Quarterly, 8:2, pp. 29–36.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Alex Olssen. 2012. "Gradual Land-use Change in New Zealand: Results from a Dynamic Econometric Model", Motu Working Paper 12-06, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Millard-Ball, Adam. 2012. "Cooperation to Reduce Developing Country Emissions", Motu Working Paper 12-03, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Smeaton, Duncan C., Tim Cox, Suzi Kerr and Robin Dynes. 2011. "Relationships between Farm Productivity, Profitability, N Leaching and GHG Emissions: A Modelling Approach," Proceedings of the New Zealand Grassland Association 73, pp. 57–62. Available online at http://www.grassland.org.nz/publications/nzgrassland_publication_1588.pdf
- Saunders, Caroline, Hugh McDonald and Tim Driver. 2011. "Enhancing Value for New Zealand Farmers by Improving the Value Chain,"
Research Report No. 324, Lincoln University, Christchurch. - Anastasiadis, Simon. 2011. "Designing Policy to Protect New Zealand's Water Quality," Motu Research Update 21, pp. 4-5.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Trading Efficiency in Water Quality Trading Markets: An Assessment of Trade-Offs," Motu Working Paper 11-15, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Anastasiadis, Simon, Marie-Laure Nauleau, Suzi Kerr, Tim Cox, and Kit Rutherford. 2011. "Does Complex Hydrology Require Complex Water Policy? NManager Simulations for Lake Rotorua," Motu Working Paper 11-14, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Lundquist, Carolyn J., Doug Ramsay, Rob Bell, Andrew Swales and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Predicted Impacts of Climate Change on New Zealand's Biodiversity," Pacific Conservation Biology, 17:3, pp. 179-191.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Hugh McDonald. 2011. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Overview of a Prototype System," draft paper.
- Tímár, Levente. 2011. "Rural Land Use and Land Tenure in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 11-13, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- McDonald, Hugh, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Why do New Zealanders Care About Agricultural Emissions?" Motu Note #9, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Timar, Levente. 2011. "Modelling Rural Land Use Decisions in New Zealand," Asymmetric Information: Newsletter of the New Zealand Association of Economists, Issue 41, August 2011.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2011. "Submission to the Emissions Trading System Review Panel," comments on the Emissions Trading System Review.
- Karpas, Eric, and Suzi Kerr. 2011. "Preliminary Evidence on Responses to the New Zealand Forestry Emissions Trading Scheme," Motu Working Paper 11-09, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Coleman, Andrew. 2011. "Financial Contracts and the Management of Carbon Emissions in Small Scale Plantation Forests," Motu Working Paper 11-04. Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- van Benthem, Arthur A., and Kerr, Suzi C. 2011. "Bigger is Better: Avoided Deforestation Offsets in the Face of Adverse Selection," PESD Working Paper #102, Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, Stanford University, Stanford CA.
- Kerr, Suzi, Wei Zhang and William Power. 2010. "Short Term Effects of Moderate Carbon Prices on Land Use in the New Zealand Emissions Trading System: LURNZ-Climate Land Use Change Simulations", draft paper.
- Kerr, Suzi, and Hugh McDonald. 2010. "Maximising the Benefits of Flexible Water Quality Regulation," Motu Research Update 20, pp. 4-5.
- Kerr, Suzi; Levente Timar and Wei Zhang. 2010. "Emissions Trading for Forestry and Agriculture: Policy Design and Integrated Simulations in New Zealand," poster at the Analysis, Integration and Modelling of Earth Systems Open Science Conference, Edinburgh, UK.
- Baisden, Troy, Levente Timar, E.D. Keller, Duncan Smeaton, A. Clark, David Austin, William Power and Wei Zhang. 2010. "New Zealand's Pasture Production in 2020 and 2050," GNS Science Consultancy Report 2010/154, GNS Science, Wellington.
- Betz, Regina; Stefan Seifert, Peter Cramton and Suzi Kerr. 2010. "Auctioning greenhouse gas emissions permits in Australia," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics,54:2, pp. 219–238
- 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.
- 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. 2009. "How Can Agriculture be Included in an Emissions Trading Scheme? Some Thoughts from New Zealand", in Agriculture, Greenhouse and Emissions Trading Conference, Australian Farm Institute, Ed. Surrey Hills, Australia: Australian Farm Institute, pp. 80-86.
- Funk, Jason and Suzi Kerr. 2009. "Barriers to Efficient Decisions about Carbon Farming," PhD Thesis, Chapter III. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- 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.
- 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 and Wei Zhang. 2009. "Allocation of New Zealand Units within Agriculture in the New Zealand Emissions Trading System," Motu Working Paper 09-16.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Comments to select committee," invited independent specialist advice on the Climate Change Response (Moderated Emissions Trading) Amendment Bill.
- 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. "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 and Kelly Lock. 2009. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Cost Sharing and Allowance Allocation," Motu Working Paper 09-09.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "New Zealand ETS: Submission to the select committee," Speaking notes, Monday 11 May, Wellington.
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson. 2009. "China's Energy Situation and Its Implications in the New Millennium," Motu Working Paper 09-04.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2009. "Intensity-based regulation versus output-based free allocation: a clarification of comments to the Select Committee," 17 May.
- 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/general/science-publications/science-publications/technical-reports/bioenergy/bioenergy-options.
- Ma, Hengyun; Les Oxley and John Gibson.2009. "Testing for Energy Market Integration in China," Motu Working Paper 09-03.
- Hengyun Ma; Les Oxley; John Gibson and Bongguen Kim. 2009. "China's Energy Economy: Technical Change, Factor Demand and Interfactor/Interfuel Substitution," Motu Working Paper 09-02.
- Kerr, Suzi and Marianna Kennedy. 2009. 'Greenhouse Gases and Water Pollutants: Interactions Between Concurrent New Zealand Trading Systems,' Motu Note #2.
- Shepherd, James D.; Anne M. Sutherland; Ian Payton; Suzi Kerr; Wei Zhang and William Power. 2008. "Nature and Scale of Eligible Post-1989 Non-Planted Forests," Landcare Research Contract Report: LC809/033.
- 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.
- 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 and Andrew Coleman. 2008. "Economic regrets," Motu manuscript presented to Cluster B of the Climate Change Leadership Forum, 22 May.
- 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 and Kit Rutherford. 2008. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Determining Net Nutrient Inputs," Motu Working Paper 08-03.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 Ralph Chapman. 2007. "Emissions trading in New Zealand: transition and evolution," 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. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: managing economic risk," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 25 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 and Murray Ward. 2007. "Emissions Trading in New Zealand: Introduction and Context," paper prepared for New Zealand Climate Change Policy Dialogue, 20 September.
- 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. 2007. "Review of proposed New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme," report commissioned by the Emissions Trading Group.
- Pfaff, Alexander; Suzi Kerr, Leslie Lipper, Romina Cavatassi, Benjamin Davis, Joanna Hendy and G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa. 2007. "Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica," Land Use Policy, 24:3, pp. 600-610.
- 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 Kelly Lock. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Goals and Trading Caps," Motu Working Paper 07-08.
- Lock, Kelly and Suzi Kerr. 2007. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Where Are We Now?" Motu Working Paper 07-06.
- 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.
- 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; 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.
- 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. 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; 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.
- 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; Isabelle Sin and Joanna Hendy. 2005. "Taxes vs permits: Options for price-based climate change regulation," New Zealand Treasury Working Paper 05/02.
- 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.
- 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
- Stillman, Steven. 2005. "Examining Changes in the Value of Rural Land in New Zealand between 1989 and 2003," Motu Working Paper 05-07.
- 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. 2004. "Efficient Contracts for Carbon Credits from Reforestation Projects," New Zealand Science Review, 61:1, pp. 18-23.
- Kerr, Suzi and Joanna Hendy. 2004. "Drivers of rural land use in New Zealand: Estimates from National Data," Motu Manuscript.
- 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.
- 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 Andrew Aitken. 2004. "The Effects of Bycatch Relationships on Quota Prices," Report to the Ministry of Fisheries, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- 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; 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.
- 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; Emma Brunton and Ralph Chapman. 2004. "Policy To Encourage Carbon Sequestration in Plantation Forests," Motu Working Paper 04-05.
- Kerr, Suzi; Joanna Hendy, Liu Shuguang and Alexander Pfaff. 2004. "Tropical Forest Protection, Uncertainty, and the Environmental Integrity of Carbon Mitigation Policies," Motu Working Paper 04-03.
- 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. 2003. "Motu, Excellence in Economic Research and the Challenges of ‘Human Dimensions’ Research," Motu Working Paper 03-05.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Efficient Contracts For Carbon Credits From Reforestation Projects," Motu Working Paper 03-12.
- Kerr, Suzi; Richard Newell and James Sanchirico. 2003. "Evaluating the New Zealand Individual Transferable Quota Market for Fisheries Management," Motu Working Paper 03-02.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2003. "Indigenous Forests and Forest Sink Policy in New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 03-15.
- Kerr, Suzi and Catherine Leining. 2003. "Joint Implementation in Climate Change Policy," Motu Working Paper 03-04.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cramton, Peter and Suzi Kerr. 2002. "Tradeable Carbon Permit Auctions: How And Why To Auction Not Grandfather," Energy Policy 30.
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff and Arturo Sanchez. 2002. "The Dynamics of Deforestation: Evidence from Costa Rica".
- 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).
- Kerr, Suzi and Joanna Hendy. 2002. "Regional Employment Impacts of the Kyoto Protocol," paper 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 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.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Ecological Tax Reform," Report for the New Zealand Ministry for the Environment, Wellington.
- Kerr, Suzi. 2001. "Emissions Trading, Project-Based Trading and Joint Implementation," paper written for the New Zealand Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington.
- 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 Ed. 2000. Global Emissions Trading: Key Issues for Industrialized Countries, United Kingdom: Edward Elgar Publishing.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1999. "Allocation of Greenhouse Gas Reduction Responsibilities Among and Within the Countries of the European Union", Scoping Paper No. 5, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington DC.
- 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".
- 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 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; 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.
- 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. 1998. "Devolution and the Resource Management Act," Victoria Economic Commentary.
- Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Enforcing Compliance: The Allocation of Liability in International GHG Emissions Trading and the Clean Development Mechanism," Resources for the Future Climate Issue Brief no. 15.
- 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).
- Kerr, Suzi. 1998. "Alternative Allocation Methods for Greenhouse Permits: Pros and Cons," Unpublished Manuscript.
- 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. 2007. "Reports from Cluster B: free allocation of NZ units, and economic modelling," presented to Climate Change Leadership Forum, 4 December.
- Sin, Isabelle. 2012. "The Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Technologies in Agriculture," Motu Note #12, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Rive, Vernon. 2012. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Design, Implementation and Enforcement - Legal Issues," Advice to Motu Research, Vernon Rive Environmental Law, Auckland.
- Rive, Vernon. 2012. "Nutrient Trading Programme: Enforcement Issues," Advice to Motu Research, Vernon Rive Environmental Law, Auckland.
- Coleman, Andrew and Suzi Kerr. "Managing Risks in Emissions Trading Markets," Motu Research Update 20, pp. 1-2.
- Salmon, Guy. 2010. "At the Interface of Research and Implementation: An Assessment of the Work of the Nutrient Trading Study Group (NTSG," Report to Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Stroombergen, Adolf. 2010. "The International Effects of Climate Change on Agricultural Commodity Prices, and the Wider Effects on New Zealand," Motu Working Paper 10-14, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Law, Cameron. August 2010. "Nutrient trading programme: Incorporation into Environment Bay of Plenty regional plan," advice from Chappman Tripp.
- Evans, Lewis; Graeme Guthrie and Andrea Lu. 2010. "A New Zealand Electricity Market Model: Assessment of the Effect of Climate Change on Electricity Production and Consumption". Motu Working Paper 10-09.
- Lauder, Glen. 2009. "The Rotorua Nutrient Trading Study Group (NTSG), 2007-2008," Report for Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research, Wellington.
- Funk, Jason. 2009. "Conclusion," PhD Thesis, Chapter V. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Funk, Jason. 2009. "Carbon Farming on Māori land: Do governance structures matter?" PhD Thesis, Chapter IV. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Funk, Jason. June 2009. "The Practice of Carbon Farming in New Zealand," PhD Thesis, Chapter I. Stanford University: Palo Alto, CA.
- Rutherford, Kit and Tim Cox. 2009. "Nutrient trading to improve and preserve water quality," Water & Atmosphere, 17:1, pp. 12-13.
- Oxley, Les. 2009. "China’s energy economy: substitution possibilities, market integration and some possible environmental implications," Wellington Public Policy Seminar Series, August.
- Climate Change Leadership Forum Cluster B (chaired by Suzi Kerr). "Report 6," Meeting 8, 22 May 2008.
- Rive, Vernon; Barclay Rogers and Cameron Law. 2008. "Nutrient Trading in Lake Rotorua: Legal Mechanisms," Advice from Chapman Tripp - Website version.
- Newell, Richard; Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2007. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 89:2, pp. 259-272.
- Submission to the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry "PFSI Consultation on Regulation, Cost Recovery Methods and Forest Sink Covenant" prepared by the Tindall Foundation, Tomorrow's Forests Ltd and Jason Funk, 14 May 2007.
- Pfaff, Alexander. 2007. "What Would Have Happened? Reviewing and Improving Estimated Baselines for Tropical Forests and Sequestered Carbon," Accepted for Ecological Applications, (special issue).
- Lock, Kelly and Stefan Leslie. 2007. "New Zealand's Quota Management System: A History of the First 20 Years," Motu Working Paper 07-02.
- "Emissions charges: what can the LURNZ-Climate model tell us?" in Motu Research Update, page 3, Issue 10, June 2006.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural and Development Economics Division. 2006. "Will Payments for Reducing Emissions From Deforestation Also Reduce Poverty?" Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agricultural and Development Economics Division (ESA) Research Brief.
- "Emissions Charges: What Can the LURNZ-Climate Model Tell Us?" Motu Research Update, Issue 10 (June 2006), p. 3.
- Funk, Jason. 2006. "Maori Farmers Look to Environmental Markets in New Zealand," The Katoomba Group's Ecosystem Marketplace.
- "The Benefits of Being Wrong: Monitoring Environmental Compliance," Motu Research Update, Issue 9 (November 2005), p. 4.
- Newell, Richard, Kerry Papps and James Sanchirico. 2005. "Asset Pricing in Created Markets for Fishing Quotas," Resources for the Future Discussion paper 05-46.
- Sanchirico, James; Daniel Holland, Kathryn Quigley and Mark Fina. 2005. "Catch-Quota Balancing in Multispecies Individual Fishing Quotas," Resources for the Future Discussion Paper 05-54.
- Newell, Richard G. 2004. "Maximising Value in Multi-species Fisheries," Resources for the Future, Washington DC and New Zealand Ministry for Fisheries, Wellington.
- Project summary: "Quota Market Structure and Operation and the Value of the New Zealand Fisheries: Empirical Evidence and Policy Implications"
- Kerr, Suzi; Alexander Pfaff, Arturo Sanchez. 2001. "The Dynamics of Deforestation and the Supply of Carbon Sequestration: Illustrative Results from Costa Rica" in Environment for Growth: Environmental Management for Sustainability and Competitiveness in Central America, Theodore Panayotou, Ed. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp. 409 - 431.
- Forest Profit Expectations Dataset - U10073
- Land Use Rural Panel of New Zealand - Revised
- MAF Overseer Farm Monitoring Analysis 2007/2008-2009/2010
- Dairy Data from LIC
- Legacy Loads for Lake Rotorua 1920-2099: Estimations from ROTAN (R9979)
- Parcel Data for Lake Rotorua Catchment for NManager (R9980)
- Baseline Nitrogen Export Coefficients for NManager (R9981)
- ROTAN Land Use Data (R9982)
- ROTAN Consistent Parcel Data for NManager - R9984
- Forestry profitability panel dataset
- National Exotic Forestry Description
- Fisheries Database: Quarterly ITQ Data and Monthly Price Data
- Map of potential farm classes and earning before interest and tax (EBIT) from pastoral activities
- Ownership map of New Zealand 2002
- Land Use New Zealand (LUNZ) Map with Slope Information
- Land Use New Zealand (LUNZ) Map with 1996 Land Cover and Ownership Information
- Department of Conservation Land Map 2003
- Land Environments of New Zealand (LENZ) map 2002
- Land Use Capability (LUC) Map 2002
- Land Use New Zealand (LUNZ) Map
- Land Cover Database 2 Map
- Pastoral productivity index map
- Sheep and Beef Farm Survey Data, 1980-2008
- QVNZ sales and valuation data
- Migration and the Environment (Galapagos)
Climate Change
Motu is currently involved in several projects exploring the impact of climate change on the environment and economy. Some of these projects focus on climate change issues in New Zealand, and some consider the effects of climate change overseas.
Nutrient Trading and Water Quality
This programme explores how we can apply market-based instruments to the problem of non-point source water pollution from agriculture.
Land Use in Rural New Zealand Model
Land Use in Rural New Zealand (LURNZ) is a computer model that simulates land-use change over the whole country. It models land-use change under different policy scenarios at a fine spatial scale, and can generate maps of rural land use and annual land-use change. Combined with other information, the model produces simulations on land-use change for the dairy, sheep/beef, and plantation sectors. It also simulates carbon sequestration/emission and production changes at the national level, emission liabilities per capita, and local unemployment.
Fisheries Management
Motu and Resources for the Future (Washington DC) have jointly conducted economic research on fisheries management in New Zealand.