Paul J. Ferraro

Bloomberg Distinguished Professor | Carey Business School | Bloomberg School of Public Health and Whiting School of Engineering | Johns Hopkins University

Publications

July 25, 2017

Integrating Economic Costs into Conservation Planning→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Naidoo, R, A Balmford, PJ Ferraro, S Polasky, T Ricketts, and M Rouget. 2006. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 21(2): 681-687.

July 25, 2017

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

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and SK Pattanayak. 2006. PLoS Biology 4(4): 482-488.

July 25, 2017

The Economics of Terrestrial Biodiversity Conservation in Developing Nations→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Albers, HJ and PJ Ferraro. 2006. Economic Development and Environmental Sustainability: New Policy Options, M. Toman & R. Lopez (eds.). Oxford University Press, NY.

July 25, 2017

Cost-effective Conservation: A Review of What Works to Preserve Biodiversity→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ and RD Simpson. 2006. Resources for the Future Reader in Environmental Policy and Resource Management, 2nd edition, W.E. Oates (ed.). Resources for the Future Press, Washington DC. Reprinted from 2001 article in Resources 143: 17-20.

July 25, 2017

Integrating Biophysical and Economic Information to Guide Land Conservation Investments→

July 25, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2006. Economics and Contemporary Land Use Policy: Development and Conservation at the Rural-Urban Fringe, R. Johnson & S. Swallow (eds.). Resources for the Future Press, Washington, D.C., pp.267-290.

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Create a Culture of Experiments in Environmental Programs

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)

Unraveling Complex Causal Processes that Affect Sustainability Requires More Integration between Empirical and Modeling Approaches.

Schlüter, M, C Brelsford, PJ Ferraro, M. Smith. K. Orach, M. Qiu. 2023. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities and Resource Scarcity: a randomized controlled trial

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.

Clarifying the Effect of Biodiversity on Productivity in Natural Ecosystems with Longitudinal Data and Methods for Causal Inference

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]

Behavioral Biases among Producers: Experimental evidence of anchoring in procurement auctions

Ferraro, PJ, K Messer, P Shukla, C Weigel. 2024. The Review of Economics & Statistics. Preprint. Data and Code

Synthesizing Evidence in Sustainability Science Through Harmonized Experiments: Community monitoring in common pool resources

Ferraro, PJ, Agrawal, A. 2021. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Press Release. Video. Special Issue

Conditional Cash Transfers to Alleviate Poverty also Reduced Deforestation in Indonesia

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

Causal Effect of Impervious Cover on Annual Flood Magnitude for the United States

Blum, AG, PJ Ferraro, KR Ryberg, SA Archfield. 2020. Geophysical Research Letters 47(5) Data and Analysis Code

Causal Inference in Coupled Human and Natural Systems

Ferraro, PJ, JN Sanchirico, and MD Smith. 2019.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 5311-5318

The Impacts of a Capacity-Building Workshop in a Randomized Adaptation Project

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

A Better Way to Agree to Stop Climate Change

Ferraro, PJ. Bloomberg View, Op-ed, 29 January 2019

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Integrating Biophysical and Economic Information to Guide Land Conservation Investments→

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