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Karen Fisher-Vanden

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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Departments

  • Environmental Studies

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Contact Information

Email: karen.a.fisher-vanden@dartmouth.edu
Phone: 603-646-0213
Office: 6182 Steele Hall

Education

B.S. University of California, Davis; B.A. University of California, Davis; M.S. University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D. Harvard University

Areas of Expertise

Environmental economics; economic instruments for pollution control; economic and integrated assessment modeling for climate change policy analysis; the diffusion of energy efficient technologies in developing and transition economies

Selected Works

  • Fisher-Vanden, K, and M S Ho, "How Do Market Reforms Affect China's Responsiveness to Environmental Policy? Journal of Development Economics, 82:1 (2007) 200-233.
  • Breezt, H, K Fisher-Vanden, H Jacobs and C Schary, "Trust and Communication: Mechanisms for Increasing Farmers' Participation in Water Quality Trading," Land Economics, 81:2 (May 2005) 170-190.
  • Fisher-Vanden, K, G Jefferson, H Liu and Q Tao, "What is Driving China's Decline in Energy Intensity," Resource and Energy Economics, 26:1 (2004) 77-97.
  • "The Effects of Market Reforms on Structural Change: Implications for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions in China," The Energy Journal, 24:3 (2003) 27-62.

Current Projects

"The Channels of Foreign Influence on the Innovation and Diffusion of Technology in China: Implications for Energy Use and Carbon Emissions"