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D-Index
78
Citations
20756
World Ranking
312
National Ranking
228

V. Kerry Smith publication distribution in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where V. Kerry Smith sits on this spectrum.

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42 publications 521+

This scientist: 460 publications — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 521 publications or more.

V. Kerry Smith D-index placement in Economics and Finance in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Economics and Finance scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where V. Kerry Smith sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 78 D-Index — 92nd percentile

92% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 101 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1976 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

V. Kerry Smith is affiliated with Arizona State University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance as well as Social Sciences. Their work spans several subfields, including Economics and Econometrics, Sociology and Political Science, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Transportation, and Ocean Engineering.

The scientist's research encompasses a range of topics, prominently featuring Housing Market and Economics, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Urban Transport and Accessibility, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Income, Poverty, and Inequality, Economic Theory and Policy, and Water Resources Management and Optimization.

Recent publications by V. Kerry Smith include the following papers:

  • "Best Practices for Using Hedonic Property Value Models to Measure Willingness to Pay for Environmental Quality" (2020), published in Review of Environmental Economics and Policy
  • "The Value of Time in the United States: Estimates from Nationwide Natural Field Experiments" (2020), published in SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "Economy-Wide Modeling, Environmental Macroeconomics, and Benefit-Cost Analysis" (2020), published in Land Economics
  • "Allow "nonuse rights" to conserve natural resources" (2021), published in Science
  • "TheEx-AnteEconomic Analysis of Investments in Large Dams: A Brief History" (2020), published in Water Economics and Policy

V. Kerry Smith has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • H. Spencer Banzhaf (3 publications)
  • Ariel Goldszmidt (2 publications)
  • John A. List (2 publications)
  • Ian Muir (2 publications)
  • Robert Metcalfe (2 publications)

Key publication venues for their work include:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal (4 publications)
  • Land Economics (2 publications)
  • Economics Letters (2 publications)
  • Review of Environmental Economics and Policy (1 publication)
  • Science (1 publication)

In addition to journal articles, V. Kerry Smith has contributed to book literature. One notable book published with Edward Elgar Publishing is The Economics of Environmental Risk (2022).

The scientist's career has been recognized with awards including being named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2004 and a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in 1976.

Best Publications

  • Can Markets Value Air Quality? A Meta-Analysis of Hedonic Property Value Models

    V. Kerry Smith;Ju-Chin Huang

  • Is there a role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, and safety regulation?

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Maureen L. Cropper;George C. Eads;Robert W. Hahn

  • On measuring economic values for nature

    Nancy E. Bockstael;A. Myrick Freeman;Raymond J. Kopp;Paul R. Portney

  • Market segmentation and valuing amenities with hedonic models: The case of hazardous waste sites☆

    R.Gregory Michaels;V.Kerry Smith

  • ESTIMATING THE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM BENEFITS OF LARGE CHANGES IN SPATIALLY DELINEATED PUBLIC GOODS

    Holger Sieg;V. Kerry Smith;H. Spencer Banzhaf;Randy Walsh

  • Paying for Ecosystem Services—Promise and Peril

    A. P. Kinzig;C. Perrings;F. S. Chapin;Stephen Polasky

  • Market responses to hurricanes

    Daniel G. Hallstrom;V. Kerry Smith

  • Signals or Noise? Explaining the Variation in Recreation Benefit Estimates

    V. Kerry Smith;Yoshiaki Kaoru

  • Do Contingent Valuation Estimates Pass a “Scope” Test? A Meta-analysis☆

    V.Kerry Smith;V.Kerry Smith;Laura L. Osborne

  • Giving Respondents Time to Think in Contingent Valuation Studies: A Developing Country Application*

    Dale Whittington;V.Kerry Smith;Apia Okorafor;Augustine Okore

  • Longevity Expectations and Death: Can People Predict Their Own Demise?

    V. Kerry Smith;Donald H. Taylor;Frank A. Sloan

  • The New Economics of Equilibrium Sorting and Policy Evaluation Using Housing Markets

    Nicolai V. Kuminoff;V. Kerry Smith;Christopher Timmins

  • Arbitrary values, good causes, and premature verdicts

    V.Kerry Smith

  • Measuring Water Quality Benefits

    Wesley D. Seitz;V. Kerry Smith;William H. Desvousges

  • Recreation Demand Models

    Daniel J. Phaneuf;V. Kerry Smith

  • Urban Amenities and Public Policy

    Timothy J. Bartik;V. Kerry Smith

  • An Empirical Analysis of the Economic Value of Risk Changes

    V. Kerry Smith;William H. Desvousges

  • Nonmarket valuation of environmental resources: an interpretive appraisal

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  • Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered

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  • Is Meta-Analysis a Noah's Ark for Non-Market Valuation?

    V. Kerry Smith;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak;Subhrendu K. Pattanayak

  • Option price estimates for water quality improvements: A contingent valuation study for the monongahela river

    William H Desvousges;V.Kerry Smith;Ann Fisher

  • Treating open space as an urban amenity

    V.Kerry Smith;Christine Poulos;Hyun Kim

  • Is there a role for benefit-cost analysis in environmental, health, and safety regulation?

    Kenneth J. Arrow;Maureen L. Cropper;George C. Eads;Robert W. Hahn

Frequent Co-Authors

H. Spencer Banzhaf
H. Spencer Banzhaf North Carolina State University
Raymond J. Kopp
Raymond J. Kopp Resources For The Future
Jon A. Krosnick
Jon A. Krosnick Stanford University
Richard T. Carson
Richard T. Carson University of California, San Diego
Robert N. Stavins
Robert N. Stavins Harvard University
Stanley Presser
Stanley Presser University of Maryland, College Park
W. Michael Hanemann
W. Michael Hanemann Arizona State University
Maureen L. Cropper
Maureen L. Cropper University of Maryland, College Park
John A. List
John A. List University of Chicago

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