Projects Funded for Larry S. Karp

2016-2017

Land Use Change and Carbon Costs from Demand for Wood for Bioenergy

Larry S. Karp and Gabriel Englander

Abstract

Specific Objectives of the Project
(1) Estimate own-price demand elasticities for wood products and cross-price demand elasticities for wood alternatives in a structural model using instrumental variables.
(2) Quantify effects of increased demand for wood for bioenergy on food production and cropland availability in California, wood harvesting and planting in California, and California’s greenhouse gas emissions.

Project Report/Summary of Results
We gathered and cleaned US region-level consumption data on quantities of intermediate wood products and end-use wood products. We then created a mapping between region-intermediate products and end uses.
We completed literature reviews of (1) papers that empirically estimate wood product elasticities, (2) forestry models and tree production functions, and (3) bioenergy papers modelling the effect of wood bioenergy use on food production and cropland availability, wood harvesting and planting, and greenhouse gas emissions.
We estimated own-price demand elasticities for wood products and cross-price demand elasticities for wood alternatives in a structural model using instrumental variables. We estimate the own-price elasticity of demand for roundwood is between -.5 and -.8. We estimate the own-price elasticity of demand for cement is -0.15.

2015-2016

Estimating Agricultural Acreage Responses to Input Prices: Groundwater in California

Larry S. Karp and Andrew Stevens

2008-2009

Optimal Dam Construction under Climate Uncertainty and Anticipated Learning

Larry S. Karp

2005-2006

Investment Agreements and Natural Resource Management in California

Larry S. Karp

2001-2002

Estimating Environmental Indices for California Agriculture

George G. Judge and Larry S. Karp

2000-2001

Dynamic Water Regulation under Uncertainty and Endogenous Learning

Jiangfeng Zhang and Larry S. Karp