V. Kerry Smith

V. Kerry Smith is an Emeritus Professor of economics in the W. P. Carey School of Business at ASU. He is also an affiliated faculty member in the School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning. His studies focus on environmental economics, public economics and applied econometrics. Of particular interest to Smith are the economic valuation of environmental amenities; sorting models and general equilibrium policy analysis; and evaluation of individual behavior under uncertainty. Smith's most recent research projects include the exploration of the 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; and valuing policies to reduce effects of urbanization on local heat islands. Prior to joining ASU in 2006, Smith held positions with North Carolina State University, including directing the Center for Environmental and Resource Economic Policy, Duke University, Vanderbilt University, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Bowling Green State University and State University of New York at Binghamton. Smith was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (2004), a fellow of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA) and the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. He is also a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation fellow and holds the Waugh Medal and Lecture with the AAEA.