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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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January 30, 2020

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

January 30, 2020/ Ashley Meller

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

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference and Impact Evaluation, Water & Energy, Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation
December 10, 2019

The Environmental Effects of Poverty Programs and the Poverty Effects of Environmental Programs: The Missing RCTs→

December 10, 2019/ Paul Ferraro

Alpízar, F, PJ Ferraro. 2020. World Development 127

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Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs, Poverty, Forests
October 23, 2019

Causal Inference in Coupled Human and Natural Systems→

October 23, 2019/ ScienceSites

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

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation
July 29, 2019

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

July 29, 2019/ ScienceSites

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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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs, Water & Energy
July 01, 2019

The Behavioural Effect of Electronic Home Energy Reports: Evidence From a Randomised Field Trial in the United States→

July 01, 2019/ Ashley Meller

Henry, M, PJ Ferraro, A Kontoleon. 2019. Energy Policy .132 :1256–1261 Data/Code

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Journal Articles
Behavioral Science & Policy, Causal Inference and Impact Evaluation, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs, Water & Energy
December 21, 2018

Private costs of carbon emissions abatement by limiting beef consumption and vehicle use in the United States→

December 21, 2018/ Paul Ferraro

McFadden, B, PJ Ferraro, K Messer. 2022. PLoS ONE 17(1): e0261372

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Journal Articles
Behavioral Science & Policy
November 30, 2018

Nudging Pro-environmental Behavior: Evidence and opportunities→

November 30, 2018/ Paul Ferraro

Byerly, H, A Balmford, PJ Ferraro, W Hammond, E Palchak, S Polasky, T Ricketts, A Schwartz, B Fisher. 2018. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16: 159-168

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Journal Articles
Behavioral Science & Policy
August 08, 2017

Projecting the Performance of Conservation Interventions→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Law, EA, PJ Ferraro, P Arcese, BA Bryan, K Davis, A Gordon, MH Holden, G Iacona, R Marcos Martinez, C McAlpine, J Rhodes, JS Sze, KA Wilson . 2017. Biological Conservation 215: 142-151

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Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 08, 2017

A Cautionary Tale on Using Panel Data Estimators to Measure Program Impacts→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Wichman, C and PJ Ferraro. 2017. Economic Letters 151: 82-90. Data and code. Blog (by Casey)

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Journal Articles
2017, Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Water & Energy
August 08, 2017

Behavioral Science Tools for Energy and Environmental Policy→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Yoeli, E et al. 2017. Behavioral Science and Policy.

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Journal Articles
2017
August 08, 2017

Panel Data Designs and Estimators as Substitutes for Randomized Controlled Trials in the Evaluation of Public Programs→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and JJ Miranda. 2017. Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 4:281-317.

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Journal Articles
2017
August 08, 2017

Addressing Participant Inattention in Federal Programs: A Field Experiment with the Conservation Reserve Program→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Wallander, S, PJ Ferraro, and N Higgins. 2017. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 99: 914–931.

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Journal Articles
Behavioral Economics, Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, 2017, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 08, 2017

Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation→

August 08, 2017/ ScienceSites

Börner, J, K Baylis, E Corbera, D Essine-de-Blas, PJ Ferraro, J Honey-Rosés, R Lapeyre, M Persson, and S Wunder. 2016. PLoS One.

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Journal Articles
Forests, 2016, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 02, 2017

Impacts of Community Forest Management on Human Economic Well-being in Madagascar→

August 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

Rasolofoson, R, PJ Ferraro, G Ruta, M Rasamoelina, J Jones, and H Larsen. 2016. Conservation Letters.

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Forests, Poverty, 2016
August 02, 2017

Improving Credibility and Transparency of Conservation Impact Evaluations through the Partial Identification Approach→

August 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

McConnatchie, M, C Romero, PJ Ferraro, and B van Wilgen. 2016. Conservation Biology 30: 371-381.

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Journal Articles
Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, 2016, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 02, 2017

Using Counterfactuals to Evaluate the Cost-effectiveness of Controlling Biological Invasions→

August 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

McConnatchie, M, B van Wilgen, PJ Ferraro, AT Forsyth, DM Richardson, M Gaertner, and RM Cowling. 2016. Ecological Applications 26: 475-483.

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Journal Articles
2016, Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 02, 2017

Mainstreaming Impact Evaluation in Nature Conservation→

August 02, 2017/ ScienceSites

Baylis, K, J Honey-Rosés, J Borner, E Corbera, PJ Ferraro, A Pfaff, P Davies, D de Blas, R Lapeyre, S Pagiola, M Persson, and S Wunder. 2016. Conservation Letters 9: 58-64.

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Journal Articles
2016, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 01, 2017

Estimating the Impacts of Conservation on Ecosystem Services and Poverty by Integrating Modeling and Evaluation→

August 01, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ, M Hanauer, D Miteva, J Nelson, S Pattanayak, C Nolte, and K Sims. 2015. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112: 7420-7425.

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Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Forests, Regulation & Enforcement, 2015, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 01, 2017

Through What Mechanisms Do Protected Areas Affect Environmental and Social Outcomes?→

August 01, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ, and M Hanauer. 2015. Invited article for Special Issue for the 350th Anniversary of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 370. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0267

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Journal Articles
2015, Causal Inference & Impact Evaluation, Poverty, Regulation & Enforcement, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
August 01, 2017

Measuring the Difference Made by Conservation Initiatives: Protected Areas and Their Environmental and Social Impacts→

August 01, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and R Pressey. 2015. Introduction to Special Issue for the 350th Anniversary of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 370: DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0270.

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August 01, 2017/ ScienceSites/ /Source
Journal Articles
Forests, Poverty, Regulation & Enforcement, 2015, Evidenced-Based Environmental Programs
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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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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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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

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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

Read More →
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

Read More →
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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