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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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April 01, 2025

Conservation Impacts and Hidden Actions in a Randomized Trial of a Marine Pay-to-release Program.

April 01, 2025/ Paul Ferraro

Booth, H [corr. auth], T Pienkowski [corr. auth], MS Ramdlan, KB Neira, Muhsin, EJ Milner-Gulland, L Adrianto, PJ Ferraro [corr. auth]. (accepted) Science Advances.

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April 01, 2025/ Paul Ferraro/
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs, Conservation Performance Payments, Forests
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 01, 2017

Do Payments Pay Off? Evidence From Participation in Costa Rica’s PES Program→

August 01, 2017/ ScienceSites

Arriagada, R, EO Sills, PJ Ferraro, and S Pattanayak. 2015. PLoS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0131544.

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Conservation Performance Payments, Forests, Poverty, 2015
July 31, 2017

Social Dimensions of Procurement Auctions for Environmental Service Contracts: Evaluating Tradeoffs Between Cost-Effectiveness and Participation by the Poor in Rural Tanzania→

July 31, 2017/ ScienceSites

Jindal, J Kerr, PJ Ferraro, and B Swallow. 2013. Land Use Policy 31: 71-80.

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Journal Articles
2013, Conservation Performance Payments, Forests
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.

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Conservation Performance Payments, Forests, 2012
July 28, 2017

The Future of Payments for Environmental Services→

July 28, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2011. Invited article for Conservation Biology (25th Anniversary Issue) 25: 1134-1138.

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Journal Articles
2011, Conservation Performance Payments
July 28, 2017

Show Me the Money: Do Payments Supply Ecosystem Services in Developing Countries?→

July 28, 2017/ ScienceSites

Pattanayak, SK, S Wunder, and PJ Ferraro. 2010. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy 4(2): 254-274.

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Journal Articles
2010, Conservation Performance Payments, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
July 27, 2017

A Revealed Preference Approach to Estimating Supply Curves for Environmental Services: Experimental Field Auctions and Soil Erosion Control in Indonesia→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Jack, BK, B Leimona, and PJ Ferraro. 2009. Conservation Biology 23(3): 359-367.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2009
July 27, 2017

A Global Review of Incentive Payments for Sea Turtle Conservation→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and H Gjertsen. 2009. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 8(1): 48-56.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2009
July 27, 2017

Regional Review of Payments for Watershed Services: Sub-Saharan Africa→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2009. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 28(3): 525-550.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2009
July 27, 2017

Combining Qualitative and Quantitative MetOKhods to Evaluate Participation in Costa Rica's Program of Payments for Environmental Services→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Arriagada, R, EO Sills, SK Pattanayak, and PJ Ferraro. 2009. Journal of Sustainable Forestry 28(3): 343-367.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2009
July 27, 2017

Asymmetric Information and Contract Design for Payments for Environmental Services→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2008. Ecological Economics 65(4): 810-821.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2008
July 26, 2017

Payments for Watershed Services: The Bellagio Conversations→

July 26, 2017/ ScienceSites

Asquith, N, S Wunder et al. 2008. Fundación Natura Bolivia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra

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Miscellaneous
Conservation Performance Payments, 2008
July 25, 2017

Price Premiums for Eco-Friendly Commodities: Are ‘Green’ Markets the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems?→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ, T Uchida, and JM Conrad. 2005. Environmental and Resource Economics 32(3): 419-438.

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Journal Articles
2005, Conservation Performance Payments
July 25, 2017

Protecting Forests and Biodiversity: Are Investments in Eco-Friendly Production Activities the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems and Enhance Rural Livelihoods?→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RD Simpson. 2005. Forests, Trees and Livelihoods 15(2): 2-10.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2005
July 25, 2017

Cost-Effective Conservation When Eco-Entrepreneurs Have Market Power→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RD Simpson. 2005. Environment and Development Economics 10(5): 651-663.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2005
July 24, 2017

Will Direct Payments Help Biodiversity? Response→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and A Kiss. 2003. Science 299 (28 March): 1981-1982.

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2003, Conservation Performance Payments
July 24, 2017

Direct Payments for Biodiversity Conservation→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and A Kiss. 2002. Science 298: 1718-1719.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2002
July 24, 2017

The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Performance Payments→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RD Simpson. 2002. Land Economics 78(3): 339-353.

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2002
July 24, 2017

Global Habitat Protection: Limitations of Development Interventions and a Role for Conservation Performance Payments→

July 24, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2001. Conservation Biology 15(4): 990-1000. 
* Reprinted in special issue for International Year of Biodiversity: Conservation Social Science, April 2010, Conservation Biology

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Journal Articles
Conservation Performance Payments, 2001
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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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