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In recent decades, there has been increasing research interest in individuals' support of and resistance to climate and environmental policy instruments. However, there is an empirical bias in the…

20 January 2024 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Kenya

Abstract This paper estimates the effects of the certification of nonindustrial private forest owners on forest degradation in Sweden—one of the countries with the largest total area of certified…

27 January 2022 | Peer Reviewed | Sweden

When designing schemes such as conditional cash transfers or payments for ecosystem services, the choice of whom to select and whom to exclude is critical. We incentivize and measure actual…

8 December 2015 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, Sweden

Biodiversity plays a key role in sustaining the functioning of ecosystems and thus in the provision of ecosystem services. A great deal of biodiversity is to be found in private forests, thus the way…

13 March 2015 | Other Publications | Sweden

This policy brief discusses the whether the preference of Swedish forestry stakeholders is biodiversity or production goals. Healthy and productive forests benefit us all, but what are the priorities…

15 January 2015 | Policy Brief | Sweden

This paper investigates how different levels of entrance fees affect donations for a public good, a natural park. To explore this issue, EfD researchers Francisco Alpizar (CATIE-EfD Central America)…

1 July 2014 | Peer Reviewed | Central America, Sweden

Because the effectiveness of payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs depends on landowners’ engagement, understanding the relationship between the type of payment and participation is a key…

18 May 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | Sweden

In this paper, we investigate how different levels of entrance fees affect donations for a public good, a natural park. To explore this issue, the researchers conducted a stated preference study…

18 May 2014 | EfD Discussion Paper | Central America, Sweden

Incentives conditioned on socially desired acts such as donating blood, departing conflict or mitigating climate change have increased in popularity. Many incentives are targeted, excluding some of…

20 October 2013 | Other Publications | Central America, Sweden