Paul J. Ferraro

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

Publications

July 27, 2017

Measuring the Effectiveness of Protected Area Networks in Reducing Deforestation→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Andam, KS, PJ Ferraro, A Pfaff, GA Sanchez-Azofeifa, and J Robalino. 2008. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105(42): 16089-16094.
* Andam & Ferraro share senior authorship

July 27, 2017

Asymmetric Information and Contract Design for Payments for Environmental Services→

July 27, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2008. Ecological Economics 65(4): 810-821.

July 26, 2017

Ecosystem Services and Economic Theory: Integration for Policy-Relevant Research→

July 26, 2017/ ScienceSites

Fisher, B, K Turner, A Balmford, R Brouwer, R Costanza, R de Groot, S Farber, P Ferraro, R Green, D Hadley, J Harlow, P Jefferiss, C Kirby, P Morling, S Mowatt, R Naidoo, J Paavola, B Strassburg, D Yu, and M Zijlstra. 2008. Ecological Applications 18(8): 2050–2067.

July 26, 2017

Payments for Watershed Services: The Bellagio Conversations→

July 26, 2017/ ScienceSites

Asquith, N, S Wunder et al. 2008. Fundación Natura Bolivia: Santa Cruz de la Sierra

July 26, 2017

Protected Areas and Human Well-Being→

July 26, 2017/ ScienceSites

Ferraro, PJ. 2008. Economics and Conservation in the Tropics: A strategic dialogue. Conservation Strategy Fund, Moore Foundation, Resources for the Future.

July 26, 2017

Can Public Goods Experiments Inform Policy? Interpreting Results in the Presence of Confused Subjects→

July 26, 2017/ ScienceSites

Cotten, S, PJ Ferraro, and CA Vossler. 2008. Environmental Economics, Experimental Methods, T. Cherry, S. Kroll & J. Shogren (eds.). Routledge, pp.194-211.

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Publications

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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Asymmetric Information and Contract Design for Payments for Environmental Services→

Ecosystem Services and Economic Theory: Integration for Policy-Relevant Research→

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Protected Areas and Human Well-Being→

Can Public Goods Experiments Inform Policy? Interpreting Results in the Presence of Confused Subjects→

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