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Carolyn Kousky
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202-328-5188
kousky@rff.org
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Ph.D. in Public Policy, Harvard University, 2008
 
B.S. in Earth Systems, Stanford University, 2002
 
Featured Publications
Strategically Placing Green Infrastructure: Cost-Effective Land Conservation in the Floodplain
Kousky, C., S. M. Olmstead, M. A. Walls, and M. Macauley
Environmental Science & Technology | DOI: 10.1021/es303938c
 
Informing Climate Adaptation: A Review of the Economic Costs of Natural Disasters, Their Determinants, and Risk Reduction Options
Carolyn Kousky
RFF Discussion Paper 12-28 | July 2012
 
Explaining the Failure to Insure Catastrophic Risks
Kousky, C. and R. Cooke
The Geneva Papers on Risk and Insurance - Issues and Practice | Vol. 37, No. 2 | 206-227
 
Redistributional Effects of the National Flood Insurance Program
Bin, O., Bishop, J., and C. Kousky
Public Finance Review | Vol. 40, No.3 | doi: 10.1177/1091142111432448 | 360-380 | Related Discussion Paper 11-14
 
Risk Premia and the Social Cost of Carbon: A Review
Kousky, C., Kopp, R. E., and R. M. Cooke
Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal | Vol. 5, 2011-21
 
Managing Natural Catastrophe Risk: State Insurance Programs in the United States
Carolyn Kousky
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy | doi: 10.1093/reep/req020 | Related Discussion Paper 10-30
 
Managing Dependencies in Forest Offset Projects: Toward a More Complete Evaluation of Reversal Risk
David M. Cooley, Christopher S. Galik, Thomas P. Holmes, Carolyn Kousky, Roger M. Cooke
Mitigation and Adaptation of Strategies for Global Change | 2012 | Vol. 17, No. 1 | pp. 17-24
 
Understanding the Demand for Flood Insurance
Carolyn Kousky
Natural Hazards Review | May 2011 | Vol. 12, No. 96
 
Using Natural Capital to Reduce Disaster Risk
Carolyn Kousky
Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research | Vol. 2, No. 4 | 343-356
 
Learning from Extreme Events: Risk Perceptions After the Flood
Carolyn Kousky
Land Economics | 2010 | Vol. 86, No. 3 | pp. 395-422
 
Improving Flood Insurance and Flood Risk Management: Insights from St. Louis, Missouri
Kousky, C. and H. Kunreuther
Natural Hazards Review | Vol. 11, No. 4 | pp. 162-172 | Related Discussion Paper 09-07
 
Come Rain or Shine: Evidence on Flood Insurance Purchases in Florida
Erwann Michel-Kerjan and Carolyn Kousky
Journal of Risk and Insurance | 2010 | Vol. 77, No. 2 | pp. 369-397
 
Public-Private Co-Production of Risk: Government Indemnification of the Commercial Space Launch Industry
Tim Brennan, Carolyn Kousky, and Molly Macauley
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy | 2010 | Vol. 1, Issue 1 | Article 7 | Related Discussion Paper 09-38
 
Designing Payments for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from Previous Experience with Incentive-based Mechanisms
Jack, B. K., C. Kousky, and K. E. Sims
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences | 2008 | Vol. 105, No. 28 | pp. 9465-9470
 
Options Contracts for Contingent Takings
Kousky, C., S. Walsh, and R. Zeckhauser
Issues in Legal Scholarship | 2007 | Vol. 10
 
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