Paul J. Ferraro

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

Publications

July 31, 2017

Forest Figures: A Review of Ecosystem Services Valuation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries→

July 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ, K Lawlor, K Mullan, and SK Pattanayak. 2012. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 6(1): 20-44.

July 31, 2017

Do Payments for Environmental Services Reduce Deforestation? A Farm-Level Evaluation From Costa Rica→

July 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Arriagada, R, PJ Ferraro, S Pattanayak, R, E Sills, and S Cordero. 2012. Land Economics 88: 382-399.

July 28, 2017

Evaluation of Biodiversity Policy Instruments: What Works and What Doesn’t?→

July 28, 2017/ ScienceSites

Miteva, D, SK Pattanayak, and PJ Ferraro. 2012. Oxford Review of Economic Policy 28(6): 69-92.

July 28, 2017

Results of the GEF Biodiversity Portfolio Monitoring and Learning Review Mission, India: Enhancing Outcomes and Impact Through Improved Understanding of Protected Area Management Effectiveness→

July 28, 2017/ ScienceSites

Zimsky, M, J Cavelier, PJ Ferraro, A Joshi, P Krishnan, J Mee, and N Sekhran. 2012. Global Environment Facility-Secretariat, Washington, DC.

July 28, 2017

Experimental Project Designs in the Global Environment Facility: Designing Projects to Create Evidence and Catalyze Investments to Secure Global Environmental Benefits→

July 28, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2012. Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF). Washington, DC.

Featured Articles

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

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)

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]

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

A Better Way to Agree to Stop Climate Change

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

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Forest Figures: A Review of Ecosystem Services Valuation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries→

Do Payments for Environmental Services Reduce Deforestation? A Farm-Level Evaluation From Costa Rica→

Evaluation of Biodiversity Policy Instruments: What Works and What Doesn’t?→

Results of the GEF Biodiversity Portfolio Monitoring and Learning Review Mission, India: Enhancing Outcomes and Impact Through Improved Understanding of Protected Area Management Effectiveness→

Experimental Project Designs in the Global Environment Facility: Designing Projects to Create Evidence and Catalyze Investments to Secure Global Environmental Benefits→

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