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We examine the role of risk and time preferences in how forest owners respond to forest certification. We test hypotheses from a two-period harvest model derived from prospect theory in the context of…
| Peer Reviewed | ChinaSmallholder farmers are one of the most vulnerable groups to climate change, yet efforts to support farmer adaptation are hindered by the lack of information on how they are experiencing and…
| Peer Reviewed | Central AmericaThis paper we examine the impact of the Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) on household dietary diversity and child nutrition using both waves of the Ethiopian Socioeconomic Survey. It…
| Peer Reviewed |Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES
Successfully implemented payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs can provide both conservation of nature and financial support to rural communities. In this paper, we explore how PES programs…
| Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Central AmericaA Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico's Day Without Driving Program
Little is known about the cost of environmental regulations that target households instead of firms, partly because of significant methodological and data challenges. We use the contingent valuation…
| Peer Reviewed | Sweden, Central AmericaWatershed management is a complex activity with constraints on funding and human resources in many parts of the world, and there is a need for global effort to identify strategies that can work. To…
| Peer Reviewed | South AfricaWe investigate the spillover of macroeconomic uncertainty between the U.S. and China since 2002. Following Jurado et al. (2015), we construct a monthly aggregate macroeconomic uncertainty index for…
| Peer Reviewed | ChinaEcosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM) is an important complement to existing fisheries management approaches to maintain ecosystem health and function; to translate goals and aspirations for…
| Peer Reviewed | Ethiopia, KenyaEmpirical evidence for the effect of stock liquidity on firm value is limited and mixed due to a severe endogeneity problem. This article adds to the literature on this topic by providing new…
| Peer Reviewed | ChinaA large body of literature estimates the effect of air pollution on health. However, most of these studies have focused on physical health, while the effect on mental health is limited. Using the…
| Discussion Paper, Peer Reviewed | China