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/Correia, H [corr], L Dee, J Byrnes, J Fieberg, M-J Fortin, C Glymour, J Runge, B Shipley, I Shpitser, K Siegel, G Sugihara, B von Holle, PJ Ferraro [corr]. 2026. Nature Communications
Read MoreBeyond Adoption: The persistence of conservation and climate-smart agricultural practices in the United States →
/Ferraro, PJ [corr], H Correia, J Gao, K Larson, K Messer, L Paul, B. Pratt, L Prokopy. 2025. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Read MoreConservation Impacts and Hidden Actions in a Randomized Trial of a Marine Pay-to-release Program.
/Booth, H [corr. auth], T Pienkowski [corr. auth], MS Ramdlan, KB Neira, Muhsin, EJ Milner-Gulland, L Adrianto, PJ Ferraro [corr. auth]. 2025. Science Advances.
Read MoreCausal Claims, Causal Assumptions, and Protected Area Impact.→
/Geldmann, G, JPG Jones, H Wauchope, PJ Ferraro. 2025. Nature 638. Reply by Brodie et al. Free version.
Read MoreThe Effect of Compliance Assistance on Pollution Discharges and Violations of Environmental Regulations→
/Ferraro, PJ, J Shimshack. 2026. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. Pre-analysis plan, data, and analysis code. Preprint.
Read MoreClarifying 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]
Read MoreUnraveling 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.
Read MoreInput 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.
Read MoreSynthesizing 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
Read MoreCommunity-based Monitoring to Facilitate Water Management by Local Institutions in Costa Rica.→
/Bernedo del Carpio, M, Alpízar, F, PJ Ferraro. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Data/Code.
Adoption of Community Monitoring Improves Common Pool Resource Management across Contexts→
/Slough, T. et al. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Data and Code
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
Read MoreConservation Outreach that Acknowledges Human Contributions to Climate Change does not Inhibit Action by U.S. farmers: Evidence from a large randomized controlled trial..→
/Ferraro, PJ, J Fooks, R Iovanna, J Larson, B Meiselman, M. Kecinski, K Messer, M Wilson. 2021. PLoS One.
Using a Randomized Controlled Trial to Develop Conservation Strategies on Rented Farmlands.→
/Weigel, C, S. Harden, Y Masuda, P Ranjan, C Wardropper, PJ Ferraro, L Prokopy, S Reddy. 2021. Conservation Letters.
Biodiversity Conservation as a Promising Frontier for Behavioural Science→
/Nielsen, K. S., Marteau, T. et al. 2021. Nature Human Behaviour.
Is there a Replicability Crisis on the Horizon for Environmental and Resource Economics?→
/Ferraro, PJ and P Shukla. 2020. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 14(2) Data/Code Infographic PrePrint of Article
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