Robert K Kaufmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 6376271 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Robert K Kaufmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Robert K |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufmann |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMANN R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5670-7027 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Distributive energy justice: Who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm
We use suggestions about how energy justice strengthens environmental justice to generate four testable hypotheses about who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm; (1) disruptions to transmission and distribution (T&D) reduce the need to allocate load shed, (2) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with fewer socially valuable facilities, (3) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with low levels of income or wealth, (4)…
Increasing storm risk, structural defense, and house prices in the Florida Keys
Pasture conversion and competitive cattle rents in the Amazon
The economics of cropland conversion in Amazonia: The importance of agricultural rent
An interdisciplinary model of soybean yield in the Amazon Basin: The climatic, edaphic, and economic determinants
Alternatives to conventional crude oil: When, how quickly, and market driven
Valuing ecosystem services: A shadow price for net primary production
Is there a turning point in the relationship between income and energy use and/or carbon emissions
Evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate in China
China has experienced rapid urbanization and dramatic economic growth since its reform process started in late 1978. In this article, we present evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate based on analysis of impacts of land-use changes on surface temperature in southeast China, where rapid urbanization has occurred. Our estimated warming of mean surface temperature of 0.05°C per decade attributable to urbanization is much larger t…
Modeling the Drivers of Urban Land Use Change in the Pearl River Delta, China: Integrating Remote Sensing with Socioeconomic Data
This paper estimates econometric models of the socioeconomic drivers of urban land use change in the Pearl River Delta, China. The panel data used to estimate the models are generated by combining high-resolution remote sensing data with economic and demographic data from annual compendium. The relations between variables are estimated using a random coefficient model. Results indicate that urban expansion is associated with foreign direct invest…
Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999
The northern high latitudes have warmed by about 0.8°C since the early 1970s, but not all areas have warmed uniformly [ Hansen et al ., 1999]. There is warming in most of Eurasia, but the warming rate in the United States is smaller than in most of the world, and a slight cooling is observed in the eastern United States over the past 50 years. These changes beg the question, can we detect the biotic response to temperature changes? Here we presen…
Aggregation and the role of energy in the economy
The impact of climate change on US agriculture: A response to Mendelssohn et al. (1994)
The determinants of atmospheric SO2 concentrations: Reconsidering the environmental Kuznets curve
This analysis explores the effects of income and the spatial intensity of economic activity on the atmospheric concentration of sulfur dioxide. The results indicate that there is a U-shaped relation between income and atmospheric concentration of SO2 and an inverted U-shaped relation between the spatial intensity of economic activity and SO2 concentrations. These results suggest that the spatial intensity of economic activity, rather than income,…
Managing the global common: The economics of climate change
The economic multiplier of environmental life support: Can capital substitute for a degraded environment
This paper analyzes the effects of environmental degradation on the long-run growth path of an economy. It seeks to answer the following question: does the effect of environmental degradation on economic activity increase or decrease over time? To answer this question, I use a neoclassical growth model to calculate an environmental life support multiplier. This multiplier compares the short- and long-run effects of environmental degradation on ec…
Measuring sustainability: Needed—an interdisciplinary approach to an interdisciplinary concept
In the servitude of power: Energy and civilization through the ages
Blueprint for a green economy
A biophysical analysis of the energy/real GDP ratio: Implications for substitution and technical change
Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective
A series of hypotheses is presented about the relation of national energy use to national economic activity (both time series and cross-sectional) which offer a different perspective from standard economics for the assessment of historical and current economic events. The analysis incorporates nearly 100 years of time series data and 3 years of cross-sectional data on 87 sectors of the United States economy. Gross national product, labor producti…
The determinants of atmospheric SO2 concentrations: Reconsidering the environmental Kuznets curve
This analysis explores the effects of income and the spatial intensity of economic activity on the atmospheric concentration of sulfur dioxide. The results indicate that there is a U-shaped relation between income and atmospheric concentration of SO2 and an inverted U-shaped relation between the spatial intensity of economic activity and SO2 concentrations. These results suggest that the spatial intensity of economic activity, rather than income,…
Measuring sustainability: Needed—an interdisciplinary approach to an interdisciplinary concept
The impact of climate change on US agriculture: A response to Mendelssohn et al. (1994)
Distributive energy justice: Who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm
We use suggestions about how energy justice strengthens environmental justice to generate four testable hypotheses about who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm; (1) disruptions to transmission and distribution (T&D) reduce the need to allocate load shed, (2) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with fewer socially valuable facilities, (3) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with low levels of income or wealth, (4)…
The economic multiplier of environmental life support: Can capital substitute for a degraded environment
This paper analyzes the effects of environmental degradation on the long-run growth path of an economy. It seeks to answer the following question: does the effect of environmental degradation on economic activity increase or decrease over time? To answer this question, I use a neoclassical growth model to calculate an environmental life support multiplier. This multiplier compares the short- and long-run effects of environmental degradation on ec…
Energy and the U.S. Economy: A Biophysical Perspective
A series of hypotheses is presented about the relation of national energy use to national economic activity (both time series and cross-sectional) which offer a different perspective from standard economics for the assessment of historical and current economic events. The analysis incorporates nearly 100 years of time series data and 3 years of cross-sectional data on 87 sectors of the United States economy. Gross national product, labor producti…
A biophysical analysis of the energy/real GDP ratio: Implications for substitution and technical change
In the servitude of power: Energy and civilization through the ages
Blueprint for a green economy
The economic multiplier of environmental life support: Can capital substitute for a degraded environment
This paper analyzes the effects of environmental degradation on the long-run growth path of an economy. It seeks to answer the following question: does the effect of environmental degradation on economic activity increase or decrease over time? To answer this question, I use a neoclassical growth model to calculate an environmental life support multiplier. This multiplier compares the short- and long-run effects of environmental degradation on ec…
Measuring sustainability: Needed—an interdisciplinary approach to an interdisciplinary concept
Managing the global common: The economics of climate change
The impact of climate change on US agriculture: A response to Mendelssohn et al. (1994)
The determinants of atmospheric SO2 concentrations: Reconsidering the environmental Kuznets curve
This analysis explores the effects of income and the spatial intensity of economic activity on the atmospheric concentration of sulfur dioxide. The results indicate that there is a U-shaped relation between income and atmospheric concentration of SO2 and an inverted U-shaped relation between the spatial intensity of economic activity and SO2 concentrations. These results suggest that the spatial intensity of economic activity, rather than income,…
Aggregation and the role of energy in the economy
Variations in northern vegetation activity inferred from satellite data of vegetation index during 1981 to 1999
The northern high latitudes have warmed by about 0.8°C since the early 1970s, but not all areas have warmed uniformly [ Hansen et al ., 1999]. There is warming in most of Eurasia, but the warming rate in the United States is smaller than in most of the world, and a slight cooling is observed in the eastern United States over the past 50 years. These changes beg the question, can we detect the biotic response to temperature changes? Here we presen…
Modeling the Drivers of Urban Land Use Change in the Pearl River Delta, China: Integrating Remote Sensing with Socioeconomic Data
This paper estimates econometric models of the socioeconomic drivers of urban land use change in the Pearl River Delta, China. The panel data used to estimate the models are generated by combining high-resolution remote sensing data with economic and demographic data from annual compendium. The relations between variables are estimated using a random coefficient model. Results indicate that urban expansion is associated with foreign direct invest…
Evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate in China
China has experienced rapid urbanization and dramatic economic growth since its reform process started in late 1978. In this article, we present evidence for a significant urbanization effect on climate based on analysis of impacts of land-use changes on surface temperature in southeast China, where rapid urbanization has occurred. Our estimated warming of mean surface temperature of 0.05°C per decade attributable to urbanization is much larger t…
Is there a turning point in the relationship between income and energy use and/or carbon emissions
Valuing ecosystem services: A shadow price for net primary production
An interdisciplinary model of soybean yield in the Amazon Basin: The climatic, edaphic, and economic determinants
Alternatives to conventional crude oil: When, how quickly, and market driven
The economics of cropland conversion in Amazonia: The importance of agricultural rent
Pasture conversion and competitive cattle rents in the Amazon
Increasing storm risk, structural defense, and house prices in the Florida Keys
Distributive energy justice: Who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm
We use suggestions about how energy justice strengthens environmental justice to generate four testable hypotheses about who lost power in Texas during the 2021 winter storm; (1) disruptions to transmission and distribution (T&D) reduce the need to allocate load shed, (2) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with fewer socially valuable facilities, (3) utilities allocate more load shed to counties with low levels of income or wealth, (4)…
Economics (19 works) · Natural resource economics (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Ecology (10 works) · Environmental Science (8 works) · Global Energy and Sustainability Research (8 works) · Econometrics (7 works) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (7 works) · Agricultural economics (6 works) · Climate change (5 works)