Projects

This folder contains EfD projects in Central America.

central america eeu sweden | Behavior ec. Climate change Small farmer’s determinants of private adaptation to climate change strategies This project analyze the determinants of farmers adaptation to climate change using field experiments to reflect the main characteristics of damages associated with climate change under uncertainty, ambiguity , role of communication and monetary incentives.

central america eeu sweden | Behavior ec. Parks & Wildlife What affect voluntary contributions to national parks? A field study in Cahuita National Park The project investigates the determinants of contributions (compulsory and voluntary) to national parks, understanding the motivations behind the contribution and how external factors influence the level of the contribution.

central america eeu sweden | Behavior ec. Parks & Wildlife Social norms and hypothetical bias in donations to national parks The purpose of this paper, is to test the absolute as well the relative importance of anonymity, reciprocity and information of others contribution on voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica.

central america eeu sweden Decentralization in water resource management: exploring the determinants of success The aim of the study is to identify the factors affecting the performance of local organizations compared to centralized institutions in the administration and operation of aqueducts in order to make recommendations for improvements and for the future expansion of the decentralization process in the drinking water sector.

central america | Policy design Evaluating Land Conservation Policies in Developing Countries What would have been the deforestation rate within and around protected areas if these protected areas had not been established? This project will allow to determine the impact of land conservation policies on deforestation and, with expenditure figures, the costs of saving an additional hectare of forest.

central america | Policy design Incidence of Fuel Taxes in Central America and the Caribbean This research project analyze the incidence of a fuel taxes in four Central American and Caribbean countries—Costa Rica, Jamaica, Nicaragua, and Panama—using household-level expenditure data.

central america | Agriculture Behavior ec. Adoption of Sustainable Management Practices by Costa Rican Coffee Growers The objective is to identify the drivers of the adoption of sustainable land management practices by coffee farmers in Costa Rica

central america | Policy design Reforming Transportation Price and Tax Policies in San José, Costa Rica Our research aims to develop a conceptual and empirical framework for analyzing the benefits and costs of various options for reforming pricing transportation in San José, and to use it to develop concrete policy recommendations.

central america | Policy design Voluntary Environmental Regulation in Central America: Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Beach Certification Program The objective is to evaluate the performance of Costa Rica’s voluntary Blue Flag certification program, focusing on beach communities.

central america | Parks & Wildlife Policy design Conservation Polices and Labor Markets: Unraveling the Effects of National Parks on Local Wages in Costa Rica The parks’ entrance location and the possibility of agricultural workers to switch to service activities can be important tools to take advantage of the economic benefits of parks.

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