Larry S. Karp

University of California, Berkeley

Professor

Dept. of Agriculture & Resource Economics

313 Giannini Hall

Berkeley, CA 94720

United States

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1.

Estimating Coke and Pepsi's Price and Advertising Strategies

UC Berkeley Competition Policy Center Working Paper No. CPC99-04
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Feb 2004
Amos Golan, Larry S. Karp and Jeffrey M. Perloff
American University - Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
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strategies, noncooperative games, oligopoly, generalized maximum

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The Clean Development Mechanism and its Controversies

Univ. of California, Berkeley Working Paper No. 903
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 06 Jun 2000
Larry S. Karp and Xuemei Liu
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Green Industrial Policy: Trade and Theory

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6238
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Larry S. Karp and Megan T. Stevenson
University of California, Berkeley and University of Virginia School of Law
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Climate Change Economics, Environmental Economics & Policies, Climate Change Mitigation and Green House Gases, Energy Production and Transportation, Economic Theory & Research

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Taxes Versus Quantities Reassessed

CESifo Working Paper No. 7331
Number of pages: 62 Posted: 21 Feb 2019
Larry S. Karp and Christian P. Traeger
University of California, Berkeley and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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policy instruments, pollution, climate change, taxes, quantities, regulation, uncertainty, cap and trade, technology

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Taxes Versus Quotas for a Stock Pollutant

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper No. 29.98
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Sep 1998
Michael Hoel and Larry S. Karp
University of Oslo and University of California, Berkeley
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Regulatory Takings and Environmental Regulation in Nafta's Chapter 11

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 03 Mar 2006
Emma Aisbett, Larry S. Karp and Carol McAusland
ANU - School of Regulation and Global Governance, University of California, Berkeley and University of British Columbia (UBC)
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foreign direct investment, regulatory takings, expropriation, NAFTA, National Treatment, environment

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Valuing Tradable Co2 Permits for OECD Countries

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Jan 2000
Larry S. Karp and Xuemei Liu
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Bayesian Learning and Regulation of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

UC Berkeley Agricultural & Resource Econ. Working Paper No. 926
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Aug 2001
Larry S. Karp and Jiangfeng Zhang
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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climate change, uncertainty, bayesian learning, asymmetric information, choice of instruments, dynamic optimization

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Why Promoters Like Scalpers

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Larry S. Karp and Jeffrey M. Perloff
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics
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price discrimination, scalpers, coordination game, common knowledge

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Controlling a Stock Pollutant with Endogenous Investment and Asymmetric Information

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Oct 2001
Larry S. Karp and Jiangfeng Zhang
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Pollution control, investment, uncertainty, rational expectations, choice of instruments

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Common Ground between Free-Traders and Environmentalists

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 23 Mar 2000
Larry S. Karp, Sandeep Sacheti and Jinhua Zhao
University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley and Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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Global Warming and Hyperbolic Discounting

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 04 Jun 2003
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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Stock pollutant, hyperbolic discounting, global warming, time consistency

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Environmental Indices for the Chinese Grain Sector

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Dec 2001
Larry S. Karp and Ming Chen
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - The Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy
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Chinese agriculture, dynamic production, environmental indices, sustainability, Kalman filter

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Global Game with Strategic Substitutes and Complements

U of California at Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics Working Paper No. 940
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 04 Mar 2003
Larry S. Karp, In Ho Lee and Robin A. Mason
University of California, Berkeley, University of Southampton - Division of Economics and University of Southampton - Division of Economics
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global games, congestion, coordination problem

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The Long-Run Effects of Environmental Reform in Open Economies

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 25 Apr 2000
Larry S. Karp, Jinhua Zhao and Sandeep Sacheti
University of California, Berkeley, Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and University of California, Berkeley
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International Trade and the Environment; Environmental Policy Reform; International Harmonization of Environmental Policies; Environmental Dynamics and Trade

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Sacrifice, Discounting and Climate Policy: Five Questions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 2761
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Aug 2009
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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climate change, discounting, intergenerational conflict, catastrophic risk, hyperbolic discounting

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Fundamentals Versus Beliefs Under Almost Common Knowledge

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Nov 2000
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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Equilibrium selection, history versus expectations, economic growth, common knowledge, almost common knowledge, non-convex technology

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Provision of a Public Good with Altruistic Overlapping Generations and Many Tribes

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Provision of a Public Good with Altruistic Overlapping Generations and Many Tribes

Number of pages: 65 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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overlapping generations, altruism, time consistency, Markov Perfection, differential games, climate policy

Provision of a Public Good with Altruistic Overlapping Generations and Many Tribes

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 3895
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 29 Aug 2012
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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overlapping generations, altruism, time consistency, Markov Perfection, differential games, climate policy

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Climate Policy when the Distant Future Matters: Catastrophic Events with Hyperbolic Discounting

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 05 Feb 2007
Larry S. Karp and Yacov Tsur
University of California, Berkeley and Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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abrupt climate change, event uncertainty, catastrophic risk, hyperbolic discounting, Markov Perfect Equilibria

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Dynamics and Limited Cooperation in International Environmental Agreements

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper No. 4.98
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 17 Sep 1998
Larry S. Karp and Sandeep Sacheti
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Taxes and Quotas for a Stock Pollutant with Multiplicative Uncertainty

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Paper No. 15.99
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Apr 1999
Michael Hoel and Larry S. Karp
University of Oslo and University of California, Berkeley
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The Value of Information in a Congested Fishery

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 31 Dec 2022
Gabriel Englander, Larry S. Karp and Leo K. Simon
World Bank, University of California, Berkeley and University of California
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value of information, fishery congestion, Peruvian anchoveta

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Smart Cap

CESifo Working Paper No. 8917
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 08 Mar 2021
Larry S. Karp and Christian P. Traeger
University of California, Berkeley and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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Adjustment Costs and General Equilibrium Effects in Transitional Economies

Working Paper No. 893
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 25 Apr 2000
Larry S. Karp and Thierry Paul
University of California, Berkeley and University of Angers - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM)
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Adjustment Costs, Dynamic Policies, Time Inconsistency, Markov Perfection, Disadvantageous Policy

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Property Rights, Mobile Capital, and Comparative Advantage

University of California at Berkeley, Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, Working Paper No. 942
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 May 2003
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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imperfect property rights, comparative advantage, general equilibrium

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Optimal Social Distancing and the Economics of Uncertain Vaccine Arrival

Number of pages: 60 Posted: 19 Jan 2021
Alessandro Peri, Terrence Iverson and Larry S. Karp
University of Colorado Boulder, Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Colorado State University and University of California, Berkeley
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COVID-19 policy; targeted social distancing; uncertain arrival time of vaccine; reinfection

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Regulation of Stock Externalities with Learning

UC at Berkeley Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics Working Paper No. 892
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Feb 2001
Larry S. Karp and Jiangfeng Zhang
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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Pollution control, asymmetric information, learning, correlated costs, choice of instruments

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Protecting the Vulnerable during a Pandemic with Uncertain Vaccine Arrival and Reinfection

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 31 Jul 2020
Terrence Iverson, Larry S. Karp and Alessandro Peri
Colorado State University, Fort Collins - Colorado State University, University of California, Berkeley and University of Colorado Boulder
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COVID-19 policy; targeted social distancing; uncertain arrival time of vaccine; reinfection; triage rule

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Numerical Analysis of Non-Constant Discounting With an Application to Renewable Resource Management

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 01 Jun 2006
Tomoki Fujii and Larry S. Karp
Singapore Management University - School of Economics and University of California, Berkeley
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Non-constant discounting, numerical methods, non-renewable resources, observational equivalence

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Non-Constant Discounting in Continuous Time

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 13 Jan 2004
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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Hyperbolic discounting, time consistency, Markov equilibria, non-uniqueness, observational equivalence, Pareto efficiency

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Regulation with Anticipated Learning About Environmental Damages

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 04 Feb 2003
Larry S. Karp and Jiangfeng Zhang
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley
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abatement costs, climate changes, global warming

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Time-Consistent Policies

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Larry S. Karp and In Ho Lee
University of California, Berkeley and University of Southampton - Division of Economics
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Time inconsistency, open-loop policies, stationarity

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Dynamic Quotas with Learning

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 06 Feb 2001
Christopher Costello and Larry S. Karp
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) - Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management and University of California, Berkeley
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quotas, asymmetric information, searching

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Equilibrium Resource Management with Altruistic Overlapping Generations

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Jul 2013
Ivar Ekeland, Larry S. Karp and Rashid Sumaila
University of British Columbia (UBC) - Faculty of Education, University of California, Berkeley and University of British Columbia (UBC)
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overlapping generations, time inconsistency, hyperbolic discounting, Markov perfect, renewable resources

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Selfish incentives for climate policy: Empower the young!

Number of pages: 77 Posted: 11 Oct 2021
Larry S. Karp, Alessandro Peri and Armon Rezai
University of California, Berkeley, University of Colorado Boulder and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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Climate externality, overlapping generations, climate policy, generational conflict, Markov perfection, adjustment costs; concave production possibility frontier

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Sober Optimism and the Formation of International Environmental Agreements

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Larry S. Karp and Hiroaki Sakamoto
University of California, Berkeley and Kyoto University - Department of Economics
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Environmental Agreements; Climate Change; Dynamic Game

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Multiplicity of Investment Equilibria When Pollution Permits are Not Tradable

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 May 2006
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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Tradable permits, coordination games, multiple equilibria, global games

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The Political Economy of Environmental Policy with Overlapping Generations

International Economic Review, 2013
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 25 Jul 2013
Larry S. Karp and Armon H. Rezai
University of California, Berkeley and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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open-access resource, two-sector overlapping generations, resource tax, generational conflict, environmental policy, dynamic bargaining, Markov perfection

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How Many Cake-Eaters? Chouette, on a Du Monde a Diner!

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 15 Feb 2001
Pascal Favard, Pascal Favard and Larry S. Karp
Université de ToursUniversite de La Rochelle and University of California, Berkeley
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Friction and the Multiplicity of Equilibria

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 22 Oct 2003
Larry S. Karp and Thierry Paul
University of California, Berkeley and University of Angers - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM)
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Indeterminacy, Multiple equilibria, Coordination games, Factor reallocation, Environmental externality, Learning-by-doing, Costs of adjustment

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Welfare Ranking of Emissions Taxes, Cap & Trade, and Banking & Borrowing

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 08 Mar 2019
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley
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asymmetric information, pollution control, banking and borrowing, cap and trade

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Dynamic Climate Policy with Both Strategic and Non-Strategic Agents: Taxes Versus Quantities

World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 6679
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Larry S. Karp, Sauleh Siddiqui and Jon Strand
University of California, Berkeley, Johns Hopkins University and World Bank
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Economic Theory & Research, Climate Change Economics, Markets and Market Access, Debt Markets, Emerging Markets

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Taxes Versus Quantities Reassessed

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 03 Apr 2023
Larry S. Karp and Christian P. Traeger
University of California, Berkeley and University of Oslo - Department of Economics
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policy instruments, pollution, climate change, taxes, quantities, regulation, uncertainty, cap and trade, technology

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The Environment and Trade

Annual Review of Resource Economics, Vol. 3, Issue 1, pp. 397-417, 2011
Posted: 16 Sep 2011
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley

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Welfare Gains Under Tradable Co2 Permits

AGRICULTURAL GLOBALIZATION, TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, C. Moss, G. Rausser, A. Schmitz, T. Taylor, D. Zilberman, eds., Kluwer Press, Forthcoming
Posted: 05 Jun 2001
Larry S. Karp and Xuemei Liu
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley

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Tradable permits, Greenhouse gases, Carbon reductions, Environmental Kuznets curve

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Unemployment and the "Labour-Management Conspiracy"

The Economic Journal, Vol. 110, Issue 460, January 2000
Posted: 28 Nov 2000
Larry S. Karp
University of California, Berkeley

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The Optimal Suppression of a Low-Cost Technology by a Durable-Good Monopoly

RAND JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS, Vol. 27, No. 2
Posted: 11 May 1998
Larry S. Karp and Jeffrey M. Perloff
University of California, Berkeley and University of California, Berkeley - Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics

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