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We offer a nationwide analysis of the initial years of Costa Rica’s PSA program, which pioneered environmental-services payments and inspired similar initiatives. Our estimates of this program’s…
1 August 2013 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaAccording to advocates, eco-certification can stem environmental damages from tourism in developing countries. Yet we know little about tourism operators’ economic incentives to get certified. To help…
8 October 2015 | Discussion Paper |Eco-certification can generate private benefits for tourism operators in developing countries and therefore has the potential to improve their environmental performance. Tourism associated with…
9 January 2013 | Research Brief | Central AmericaOur findings provide some of the first evidence that eco-certification can generate private benefits for tourism operators in developing countries and therefore has the potential to improve their…
9 November 2012 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaTo address simultaneity and the presence of spatially correlated unobservables, we measure for neighbors' deforestation using the slopes of neighbors' and neighbors' neighbors' parcels. We estimate…
9 November 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaProtecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate: predicting policy impact to improve policy choice
We argue for integrating the consideration of location in policy planning in three ways, in order to help to predict policy impacts on deforestation and, thereby, improve policy choices. Policies must…
6 October 2012 | Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThe Costa Rican experience: extreme weather events partially explain permanent internal migration as an adaptive measure. A new body of evidence has emerged suggesting that climate is increasing…
1 December 2011 | Research Brief | Central AmericaReduced emissions due to Reduced Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) is an innovative instrument that entitles developing countries to preserve forests that otherwise would have been cleared…
23 August 2011 | Report | Central AmericaUsing household surveys with highly disaggregated geographic reference, the authors explored how national parks affect local wages in Costa Rica and how effects on local welfare can be positive or…
10 February 2010 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central AmericaTo support conservation planning, we ask whether a park's impact on deforestation rates varies with observable land characteristics that planners could use to prioritize sites. Using matching methods…
25 October 2011 | Peer Reviewed | Central America