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Core Faculty

Andrew G. Keeler
Associate Professor

Professor Keeler teaches and does research in the field of environmental and natural resources economics and policy. He has served as the Senior Staff Economist for Environment at the President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2000 – 2001), as a senior economist at the Environmental Protection Agency’s Innovative Strategies and Economics Group (1999-2000) and as an Economist for the Republic of Tanzania’s Marketing Development Bureau (1982-1985). Professor Keeler has published in a variety of journals including Contemporary Economic Policy, Environmental and Resource Economics, The Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, The Journal of Public Economics, and the Journal of Regulatory Economics. Professor Keeler received a Ph.D. in Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, Berkeley.

Research

Selected Refereed Publications

“Tax Interaction Effects, Environmental Regulation, and “Rule of Thumb” Adjustments to Social Cost.” Environmental and Resource Economics (in press). Joint with Brian Murray and Walter Thurman.

“Pooling of Uncertainty: Enforcing Tradable Permits Regulation when Emissions are Stochastic,” Environmental and Resource Economics (in press). Joint with Janusz Mrozek.

“Contract-Based Trading Programs in Environmental Regulation.” Contemporary Economic Policy 22, 2004, pp. 526-533. Joint with Warren Kriesel and Craig Landry.

“Financing Beach Improvements: Comparing Two Approaches on the Georgia Coast,” Coastal Management Journal 32 (4), 2004, 433-447. Joint with Warren Kriesel and Craig Landry.

“An Economic Evaluation of Beach Erosion Alternatives.” Marine Resource Economics 18 (2), 2003, pp 105-127. Joint with Warren Kriesel and Craig Landry.

“Expanding the National Flood Insurance Program to Cover Coastal Erosion Damage.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 35 (3), 2003, 447-455. Joint with Warren Kriesel and Craig Landry.

“Public vs. Private Garbage Disposal: The Economics of Solid Waste Flow Controls,” Growth and Change 30 (3), 1999, 430-444. Joint with Mitch Renkow.

“Penalty Functions for Environmental Violations: Evidence from Water Quality Enforcement.” Journal of Regulatory Economics 14, 1998, 255-264. Joint with Neda Oljaca and Jeffery Dorfman.

“The Economics Of Land Application Of Fresh And Composted Broiler Litter With An Environmental Constraint.” Journal of Environmental Management 55, 1998, 265-272. Joint with Willem VerVoort.

“Environmental Justice and Toxic Releases: Establishing Evidence of Discriminatory Effect Based on Race and Not Income.” Wisconsin Environmental Law Journal 3, 1996, 119-158. Joint with Terrence Centner and Warren Kriesel.

“The Value of Incorporating Bioindicators in Economic Approaches to Water Pollution Control.” Ecological Economics 19 (3), 1996, 237-246. Joint with Donna MacLemore.

“An Econometric Approach to Environmental Justice.” Growth and Change 27, 1996, 476-496. Joint with Terrence Centner and Warren Kriesel.

“Valuing Risk-reducing Interventions with Hedonic Models: The Case of Erosion Protection.” Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21 (1), 1996, 109-119. Joint with Jeffrey Dorfman and Warren Kriesel.

"Determining the Optimal Landfill Size: Is Bigger Always Better?" Journal of Environmental Management 46, 1996, 67-75. Joint with Mitch Renkow.

“Regulatory Objectives and Enforcement Decisions.” Environmental and Resource Economics 6, 1995, 73-85.

"Haul Trash or Haul Ash: Energy Recovery as a Component of Local Solid Waste Disposal.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 27, 1994, pp 205-217. Joint with Mitch Renkow.

"Incomplete Enforcement with Endogenous Regulatory Choice." Journal of Public Economics 55, 1994, 141-162. Joint with Devon Garvie.

"Noncompliant Firms in Transferable Discharge Markets: Some Extensions.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 21 (1), 1991, 180-189.

"Integrating Fishery and Water Management: A Biological Model of a California Salmon Fishery.” Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 20, 1991, 234-261. Joint with Anthony Fisher and Michael Hanemann.

Selected Non-refereed Publications

Keeler, Andrew, “An Evaluation of State Carbon Dioxide Reduction Policies,” paper prepared for the Center for Climate Policy. (http://www.cpc-inc.org)

Cummings, R., A Keeler, and B. Thompson, “Water -- A Public Resource Or A Commodity: What Are The Real Policy Questions?”, November 2002. (http://www.cviog.uga.edu/water/whitepapers/index.html)

Keeler, A. “Designing a Carbon Dioxide Trading System: The Advantages of Upstream Regulation,” July 2002. (http://www.aecs-inc.org)

Keeler, A., T. Rasmussen, and D. Newman, “Concepts and Definition Related to Water Use in Georgia,” January 2000. (http://www.cviog.uga.edu/water/whitepapers/index.html)