Bloomberg Distinguished Professor | Carey Business School | Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering | Johns Hopkins University
Professor Paul Ferraro collaborates with scientists, lawyers, engineers, and program administrators to develop evidence-based programs to solve society’s most pressing problems. His research aims to incorporate insights from the behavioral sciences into program designs and to measure program impacts on the environment and human welfare.
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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 (the link above to final publication should be available to everyone regardless of whether they have a subscription and so pre-print link shouldn’t be necessary)
Schlüter, M, C Brelsford, PJ Ferraro, M. Smith. K. Orach, M. Qiu. 2023. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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.
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]
Ferraro, PJ, K Messer, P Shukla, C Weigel. 2024. The Review of Economics & Statistics. Preprint. Data and Code
Ferraro, PJ, Agrawal, A. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Press Release. Video. Special Issue
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
Blum, AG, PJ Ferraro, KR Ryberg, SA Archfield. 2020. Geophysical Research Letters 47(5) Data and Analysis Code
Ferraro, PJ, JN Sanchirico, and MD Smith. 2019.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 5311-5318
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
Public Lecture on Behavioral Science and Environmental Problems
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