Paul J. Ferraro

Research interests

Publications

• Causal inference in coupled human and natural systems

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2018 · 10.1073/pnas.1805563115

• Nudging pro‐environmental behavior: evidence and opportunities

  Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment · 2018 · 10.1002/fee.1777

• Mainstreaming Impact Evaluation in Nature Conservation

  Conservation Letters · 2015 · 10.1111/conl.12180

• Advances in Measuring the Environmental and Social Impacts of Environmental Programs

  Annual Review of Environment and Resources · 2014 · 10.1146/annurev-environ-101813-013230

• Quantifying causal mechanisms to determine how protected areas affect poverty through changes in ecosystem services and infrastructure

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · 10.1073/pnas.1307712111

• The Persistent Impacts of Norm-Based Messaging and Their Implications for Water Conservation

  Journal of Consumer Policy · 2014 · 10.1007/s10603-014-9266-0

• Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Cover? A Farm-Level Evaluation from Costa Rica

  Land Economics · 2012 · 10.3368/le.88.2.382

• Evaluation of biodiversity policy instruments: what works and what doesn't?

  Oxford Review of Economic Policy · 2012 · 10.1093/oxrep/grs009

• The Persistence of Treatment Effects with Norm-Based Policy Instruments: Evidence from a Randomized Environmental Policy Experiment

  American Economic Review · 2011 · 10.1257/aer.101.3.318

• Conditions associated with protected area success in conservation and poverty reduction

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2011 · 10.1073/pnas.1011529108

• The today and tomorrow of kids: Time preferences and educational outcomes of children

  Journal of Public Economics · 2011 · 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2011.07.009

• Show Me the Money: Do Payments Supply Environmental Services in Developing Countries?

  Review of Environmental Economics and Policy · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1093/reep/req006

• Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 10.1073/pnas.0914177107

• Counterfactual thinking and impact evaluation in environmental policy

  New Directions for Evaluation · 2009 · 10.1002/ev.297

• Bearing the costs of human–wildlife conflict: the challenges of compensation schemes

  Cambridge University Press eBooks · 2009 · 10.1017/cbo9780511614774.008

• One Hundred Questions of Importance to the Conservation of Global Biological Diversity

  Conservation Biology · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01212.x

• Measuring the effectiveness of protected area networks in reducing deforestation

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0800437105

• ECOSYSTEM SERVICES AND ECONOMIC THEORY: INTEGRATION FOR POLICY‐RELEVANT RESEARCH

  Ecological Applications · 2008 · 10.1890/07-1537.1

• Asymmetric information and contract design for payments for environmental services

  Ecological Economics · 2007 · 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.07.029

• Money for Nothing? A Call for Empirical Evaluation of Biodiversity Conservation Investments

  PLoS Biology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0040105

• Integrating economic costs into conservation planning

  Trends in Ecology & Evolution · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2006.10.003

• The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments

  Land Economics · 2002 · 10.2307/3146894

• The local costs of establishing protected areas in low-income nations: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

  Ecological Economics · 2002 · 10.1016/s0921-8009(02)00219-7

• Direct Payments to Conserve Biodiversity

  Science · 2002 · 10.1126/science.1078104

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

  Conservation Biology · 2001 · 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2001.015004990.x

Current projects

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