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Choice experiments, a stated preference valuation method, are proposed as a tool to assign monetary values to environmental externalities during the ex-ante stages of environmental impact assessment…
23 May 2011 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaWe use household survey data and income-outcome coefficients to analyze fuel tax incidence in Costa Rica. We find that the effect of a 10 percent fuel price hike through direct spending on gasoline…
24 October 2010 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe authors conducted a field experiment in a protected area to explore the effects of conformity to a social reference versus a comparable, but imposed, suggested donation. By keeping the intrinsic…
30 June 2010 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaUsing a natural field experiment in a recreational site, a public good almost fully dependent on voluntary donations, the authors explored the crowding-out effect of gift rewards. First, they…
26 March 2010 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central America, SwedenThe authors examine the performance of community organizations that provide safe drinking water in rural Costa Rica. They uses a qualitative approach and matching techniques to analyze how the complex…
15 February 2010 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaAlthough fuel taxes are a practical means of curbing vehicular air pollution, congestion, and accidents in developing countries—all of which are typically major problems—they are often opposed on…
22 October 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaThe authors used a framed field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica after tropical storm Alma to explore how farmers react to different levels of risk to income and productive means from…
21 September 2009 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central America, SwedenResults indicate that visitors look at the behavior of others in deciding if and how much to donate, but partially reject being told what to do. Also, as the social reference moves farther away from…
8 January 2009 | Policy Brief | Central AmericaEste artículo presenta el desarrollo de una iniciativa de pagos por servicios ecosistémicos relacionados con la provisión de agua potable en la comunidad de Copán Ruinas, Honduras. La metodología para…
24 October 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThis article presents a case study of development of a Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) program related to drinking water in the city of Copán Ruinas, Honduras. (Text in Spanish) The methodology…
24 April 2008 | Other Publications | Central America