Kerry Smith, 2003 Leigh Lecture in Economics
Dr. Kerry Smith, W. P. Carey Professor of Economics at Arizona State University; Affiliated faculty - School of Sustainability; Affiliated faculty - School of Geographical Sciences.
Research Areas
General: environmental economics public economics applied econometrics; Specific topics: economic valuation of environmental amenities; sorting models and general equilibrium policy analysis; evaluation of individual behavior under uncertainty
Smith is an expert in the area of assessing natural resource damage, evaluating regulations for air and water quality, assessing risk reductions from hazardous wastes policies, and applying microeconomic analyses of transportation and environmental policies.
Current Projects:
Economics of complementary private and public mitigation for homeland security; economic valuation of benefits of air quality improvements for sensitive groups - children and the elderly; designing sustainable prices structures for residential uses of water; general equilibrium welfare measurement with non-separable externalities; integrating benefit measures for benefit transfer and policy evaluation; valuing policies to reduce effects of urbanization on local heat islands.
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Duane Leigh, Kerry Smith, and Roy Leigh before the lecture.