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Kerry Krutilla

Associate Professor


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krutilla@indiana.edu
(812) 855-4556
SPEA Room 461


Education
Ph.D., Duke University, 1988
M.S., Duke University, 1985
B.A., Grinnell College, 1977

Professional Experience

  • Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke University, 1993
  • Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Canberra, Australia, 1985-1986
  • Duke University and the Agency for International Development, May 1982-August 1982
  • Energy and Environmental Analysis Inc., 1978-1982.
Faculty Affiliate
  • Workshop of Political Theory and Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Present
  • Center for Research in Energy and the Environment, Indiana University, Present

Awards, Honors & Certifications

  • SPEA Graduate Teaching Award, 1996
  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, 1991

Professional Interests
Theory and practice of benefit-cost analysis, environmental and energy policy analysis, environmental and energy program evaluation; natural resource management in developing countries.

Current Projects
Research

  • K. Krutilla and R. Zerbe. The valuation of intangibles in benefit-cost analysis. Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Annual Fall Research Conference, Washington D-C, November 2011.
  • K. Krutilla and A. Alexeev. Modifying the benefit-cost standard to reflect political costs: A behavioral-economic approach. Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis Annual Meeting and Conference, Washington D.C., October 2011.
  • K. Krutilla. The implications for benefit cost analysis of the political transaction costs of establishing environmental policy. European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists Annual Conference, Rome Italy, June/July 2011.
  • K. Krutilla and R. Krause. Transaction costs and environmental policy: An assessment framework and literature review. Society for Environmental Law and Economics Annual Conference, Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 2011.
  • K. Krutilla and J. Graham. Are Green Vehicles Worth The Extra Cost? The Case of Diesel-Electric Hybrid Technology for Urban Delivery Vehicles. Annual APPAM Research Conference, November 2010, Boston, MA, USA.
  • K. Krutilla and R. Zerbe, Valuing the Non-Market Demand for Non-Environmental Goods and Services. The Third Annual Meeting of the Society for Benefit-Cost Analysis, October 2010, Washington D.C.
  • Alfred T.K Ho and K. Krutilla. Assessing students’ willingness to pay for online courses. The Annual Conference of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Sept. 30-Oct. 2, 2010, Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.
  • Alexander Alexeev, D. Good and K.Krutilla. Interjurisdictional competition in fiscal and environmental policy. Empirical evidence for strategic policy setting. Fourth World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economics, June 28 to July 2, 2010, Montreal, Canada.
International Teaching
  • University of Navarra, Pamplona Spain. Co-taught one-month overseas study course, Economic Evaluation of Health, Safety, and Environmental Programs in Europe and the United States I and II. Summer 2010 and 2011.
  • Higher School of Economics (HSE), Moscow, Russian Federation. Short course on benefit-cost analysis, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). May 2006.
Grant

Navistar Corporation. 150K (J. Graham, Project Director; K. Krutilla, Principal Researcher). Benefit Cost Comparison of Propulsion Systems for Urban Delivery Vehicles. October 2008-September 2009.

Professional Memberships
  • Society for Benefit Cost Analysis
  • Association for Policy Analysis and Management
  • American Economics Association
  • European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
  • American Agricultural Economics Association

Selected Publications
Full Vita

Book
  • Barnes, D., K. Krutilla, and W.F. Hyde. The Urban Household Energy Transition: Social and Environmental Impacts in the Developing World, Resources for the Future Press, July 2005.
Refereed Articles
  • K. Krutilla and A. Alexeev. The Normative Implications of Political Decision-Making for Benefit-Cost Analysis. Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis 3(2): Article 2. (2012)
  • K. Krutilla and J. Graham. Are Green Vehicles Worth The Extra Cost? The Case of Diesel-Electric Hybrid Technology for Urban Delivery Vehicles. Forthcoming, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Symposium on Science Policy, Summer 2012
  • K. Krutilla with R. Krause. “Transaction Costs and Environmental Policy: An Assessment Framework and Literature Review.” International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics 4(3/4): 261-354 (2011).
  • K. Krutilla and K. Logan. “Surface Water Quality in the Carpathian Basin: Current Status and Future Directions,” Hungarian Studies 23(2): 153–173 (2009).
  • K. Krutilla, with Rene Aubourg and D. Good. "Debt, Democratization, and Development in Latin America: How Policy Can Affect Global Warming." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 27(1): 7-19 (2008).
  • Krutilla, K. and R. Reuveny, The Systems Dynamics of Endogenous Population Growth in a Renewable Resource-Based Growth Model, Ecological Economics 56: 256-267, 2006.
  • Krutilla, K. Using the Kaldor-Hicks Tableau Format for the Teaching and Practice of Project Appraisal and Policy Analysis, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management 864-875, 2005.