Research Bio
Larry Karp if a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics. He uses dynamic models to study optimal choice of policies, e.g. pollution taxes or cap-and-trade. He uses hyperbolic discounting and overlapping generations models to study situations where protecting the environment, e.g. via climate policy, provides benefits to currently living people later in their lifetime, and also provides benefits to people who have not yet been born.
Research Expertise and Interest
economics, environmental policy
Teaching
Issues and Concepts in Agricultural Economics [ARESEC 202]
Issues and Concepts in Agricultural Economics [ARESEC 202]
Special Study for Graduate Students [ARESEC 298]
Individual Research [ARESEC 299]
Professional Training in Research Methodology [ARESEC 400]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [ARESEC 602]
Natural Resource Economics [ECON C102]
Natural Resource Economics [ENVECON C102]
Honors Research [ENVECON H196]
Special Study for Graduate Students [ARESEC 298]
Individual Research [ARESEC 299]
Professional Training in Research Methodology [ARESEC 400]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [ARESEC 602]
Honors Research [ENVECON H196]
Issues and Concepts in Agricultural Economics [ARESEC 202]
Issues and Concepts in Agricultural Economics [ARESEC 202]
Special Study for Graduate Students [ARESEC 298]
Individual Research [ARESEC 299]
Professional Training in Research Methodology [ARESEC 400]
Individual Study for Doctoral Students [ARESEC 602]
Natural Resource Economics [ECON C102]
Natural Resource Economics [ENVECON C102]