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Paul J. Ferraro

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor | Carey Business School | Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering | Johns Hopkins University

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August 08, 2017

Are Payments for Ecosystem Services Benefiting the Ecosystems and People?→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2017. Effective Conservation Science: Data Not Dogma, P. Kareiva, M. Marvier & B. Silliman (eds.). Oxford University Press.

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Book Chapters
in press, Conservation Performance Payments, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 02, 2017

Behavioral Economics and Climate Change Adaptation: Insights From Experimental Economics on the Role of Risk and Time Preferences→

August 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

Bernedo, M and PJ Ferraro. 2016. The WSPC References of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy in the Era of Global Change: Experimental Economics, Botelho & Pinto (eds.), pp. 151-177.

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Book Chapters
2016, Behavioral Science & Policy
July 31, 2017

Do Biodiversity Policies Work? The Case for Conservation Evaluation 2.0→

July 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Miteva, D, S Pattanayak, and PJ Ferraro. 2014. Nature in the Balance: The Economics of Biodiversity, Dieter Helm & Cameron Hepburn (eds.). Oxford University Press.

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Book Chapters
2014, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
July 31, 2017

Economic Instruments for Nature Conservation→

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Barrett, CB, EH Bulte, PJ Ferraro, and S Wunder. 2013. Key Topics in Conservation Biology 2, D. MacDonald & K. Willis (eds.). Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

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Book Chapters
2013
July 27, 2017

Impact of the PSA Program on Land Use→

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Sills, E, R Arriagada, S Pattanayak, P Ferraro, L Carrasco, E Ortiz, S Cordero, K Caldwell, and KS Andam. 2009. Ecomarkets: Costa Rica’s Experience with Payments for Environmental Services, G. Platais, and S. Pagiola (eds.). World Bank.

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Book Chapters
2009
July 26, 2017

Can Public Goods Experiments Inform Policy? Interpreting Results in the Presence of Confused Subjects→

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Cotten, S, PJ Ferraro, and CA Vossler. 2008. Environmental Economics, Experimental Methods, T. Cherry, S. Kroll & J. Shogren (eds.). Routledge, pp.194-211.

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Book Chapters
2008
July 25, 2017

Experimental Approaches to Understanding Inter-Cultural Conflict Over Resources→

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Ferraro, PJ and RG Cummings. 2007. Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics, J. List (ed.). Edward Elgar, pp. 137-160.

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Book Chapters
2007
July 25, 2017

The Economics of Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Nations→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Albers, HJ and PJ Ferraro. 2006. Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options, M. Toman & R. Lopez (eds.). Oxford University Press, NY.

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Book Chapters
2006
July 25, 2017

Cost-effective Conservation: A Review of What Works to Preserve Biodiversity→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RD Simpson. 2006. Resources for the Future Reader in Environmental Policy and Resource Management, 2nd edition, W.E. Oates (ed.). Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC. Reprinted from 2001 article in Resources 143: 17-20.

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Book Chapters
2006
July 25, 2017

Integrating Biophysical and Economic Information to Guide Land Conservation Investments→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2006. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe, R. Johnson & S. Swallow (eds.). Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C., pp.267-290.

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Book Chapters
2006
July 25, 2017

Ecosystems and Human Well-Being: Policy Responses→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2005. Findings of the Responses Working Group of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Cambridge University Press.  
* The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment was a four-year, $21 million undertaking intended to produce a comprehensive view of the state and management of the planet's ecological resources.

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Book Chapters
2005
July 25, 2017

Bearing the Costs of Human-Wildlife Conflict: The Challenges of Compensation Schemes→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Nyhus, PJ, SA Osofsky, PJ Ferraro, H Fischer, and F Madden. 2005. People and Wildlife: Conflict or Coexistence? R. Woodroffe, S. Thirgood & A. Rabinowitz (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, U.K.

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Book Chapters
2005
July 24, 2017

Reconciling the Long-term Conservation Needs of Large Mammals and Local Communities: Conservation Performance Payments→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2001. Terrestrial Ecoregions of the Indo-Pacific: A Conservation Assessment, E. Wikramanayake, E. Dinerstein, & C.J. Loucks (eds).  Washington, D.C.:  Island Press, pp. 185-187.

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Book Chapters
2001
July 24, 2017

Introduction: Changing Perspectives on Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment→

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Lee, DR, PJ Ferraro, and CB Barrett. 2000. Tradeoffs or Synergies? Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment in Developing Countries, D.R. Lee & C.B. Barrett (eds.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International, pp. 1-16.

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Book Chapters
2000
July 24, 2017

Compensation and Economic Incentives: Reducing Pressures on Protected Areas→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RA Kramer. 1997. Last Stand: Protected Areas and the Defense of Tropical Biodiversity, R. Kramer, C. van Schaik, and J. Johnson (eds.). New York:  Oxford University Press, pp. 187-211.

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Publications
Behavioral Biases among Producers: Experimental evidence of anchoring in procurement auctions

Ferraro, PJ, K Messer, P Shukla, C Weigel. 2024. The Review of Economics & Statistics. Preprint. Data and Code

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Create a Culture of Experiments in Environmental Programs

Ferraro, PJ, T Cherry, J Shogren, C Vossler, T Cason, H Byerly Flint, J Hochard, O Johansson-Stenman, P Martinsson, J Murphy, S Newbold, L Thunstrom, D van Soest, K van't Veld, A Dannenberg, G Loewenstein, L van Boven. 2023. Science. Pre-print (the link above to final publication should be available to everyone regardless of whether they have a subscription and so pre-print link shouldn’t be necessary)

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Clarifying the Effect of Biodiversity on Productivity in Natural Ecosystems with Longitudinal Data and Methods for Causal Inference

Dee, L [corr], PJ Ferraro [corr], C Severen,  K Kimmel, ET Borer, J Byrnes, A Clark, Y Hautier, A Hector, X Raynaud, PB Reich, AJ Wright, CA Arnillas, KF Davies, A MacDougall, A Mori, MD Smith, PB Adler, JD Bakker, K Brauman, J Cowles, K Komatsu, JMH Knops, RL McCulley, JL Moore, JW Morgan, T Ohlert, SA Power, LL Sullivan, C Stevens, M Loreau. 2023. Nature Communications . Supplemental Information. Data and Code. [Featured by Editors and Commentary by Runge]

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Unraveling Complex Causal Processes that Affect Sustainability Requires More Integration between Empirical and Modeling Approaches.

Schlüter, M, C Brelsford, PJ Ferraro, M. Smith. K. Orach, M. Qiu. 2023. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities and Resource Scarcity: a randomized controlled trial

Alpízar, F, M Bernedo, and PJ Ferraro. 2024. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. 11(1). Online Appendix. Data and Code. Preprint. Editor’s Choice Press Release.

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Synthesizing Evidence in Sustainability Science Through Harmonized Experiments: Community monitoring in common pool resources

Ferraro, PJ, Agrawal, A. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Press Release. Video. Special Issue

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Conditional Cash Transfers to Alleviate Poverty also Reduced Deforestation in Indonesia

Ferraro, PJ and R Simorangkir. 2020. Science Advances 6(24). Data/Code / Infographic / BBC-PRI “The World” segment / One of The Guardian’s Scientific Breakthrough of 2020

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Causal Effect of Impervious Cover on Annual Flood Magnitude for the United States

Blum, AG, PJ Ferraro, KR Ryberg, SA Archfield. 2020. Geophysical Research Letters 47(5) Data and Analysis Code

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Causal Inference in Coupled Human and Natural Systems

Ferraro, PJ, JN Sanchirico, and MD Smith. 2019.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 5311-5318

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The Impacts of a Capacity-Building Workshop in a Randomized Adaptation Project

Alpízar, F, M. Bernedo, PJ Ferraro, B Meiselman. 2019. Nature Climate Change 9: 587–591. Also see associated News & Views and Behind the Paper blog. Data/Code PrePrint of Article

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A Better Way to Agree to Stop Climate Change

Ferraro, PJ. Bloomberg View, Op-ed, 29 January 2019

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