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Working Papers

2019

1. Can Environmental Cash Transfers Reduce Deforestation and Improve Social Outcomes ? A Regression Discontinuity Analysis of Mexico?s National Program (2011-2014)
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
2. Using Referenda to Improve Targeting and Decrease Costs of Conditional Cash Transfers
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (4)
   See also Journal Article Using referenda to improve targeting and decrease costs of conditional cash transfers, Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier (2019) View citations (3) (2019)

2010

3. Disruption, Achievement and the Heterogeneous Benefits of Smaller Classes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
4. Forest Conservation and Slippage: Evidence from Mexico's National Payments for Ecosystem Services Program
   Staff Paper Series, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics View citations (5)
   Also in Staff Papers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2010) View citations (5)
   See also Journal Article Forest Conservation and Slippage: Evidence from Mexico’s National Payments for Ecosystem Services Program, Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2012) View citations (115) (2012)
5. The Ecological Footprint of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades Program
   Staff Paper Series, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics
   Also in Staff Papers, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics (2010)
   See also Journal Article The Ecological Footprint of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades Program, The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press (2013) View citations (56) (2013)

2007

6. Environmental Regulation and Land Use Change: Do Local Wetlands Bylaws Slow the Conversion of Open Space to Residential Uses?
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University View citations (3)
7. Lessons Relearned: Can Previous Research on Incentive-Based Mechanisms Point the Way for Payments for Ecosystem Services?
   CID Working Papers, Center for International Development at Harvard University

Journal Articles

2023

1. Does land conservation raise property taxes? Evidence from New England cities and towns
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 119, (C)
2. Economic development and conservation impacts of China's nature reserves
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2023, 121, (C) View citations (4)
3. Towards equity in land protection
   Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2023, 52, (2), 201-230 View citations (2)

2021

4. Better to be indirect? Testing the accuracy and cost-savings of indirect surveys
   World Development, 2021, 142, (C)

2019

5. Reductions in deforestation and poverty from decentralized forest management in Nepal
   Nature Sustainability, 2019, 2, (5), 421-428 View citations (31)
6. Using referenda to improve targeting and decrease costs of conditional cash transfers
   Journal of Public Economics, 2019, 176, (C), 179-194 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Using Referenda to Improve Targeting and Decrease Costs of Conditional Cash Transfers, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2019) View citations (4) (2019)
7. Waste Not: Can Household Biogas Deliver Sustainable Development?
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2019, 72, (3), 763-794 View citations (13)

2018

8. Economics of Habitat Fragmentation: A Review and Critique of the Literature
   International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 2018, 11, (2), 97-144 View citations (7)

2017

9. Parks versus PES: Evaluating direct and incentive-based land conservation in Mexico
   Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2017, 86, (C), 8-28 View citations (57)

2015

10. Disruption, learning, and the heterogeneous benefits of smaller classes
    Empirical Economics, 2015, 48, (3), 1267-1286 View citations (6)
11. Only One Tree from Each Seed? Environmental Effectiveness and Poverty Alleviation in Mexico's Payments for Ecosystem Services Program
    American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2015, 7, (4), 1-40 View citations (83)

2014

12. Do Protected Areas Reduce Forest Fragmentation? A Microlandscapes Approach
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2014, 58, (2), 303-333 View citations (13)

2013

13. The Ecological Footprint of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades Program
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 2013, 95, (2), 417-435 View citations (56)
    See also Working Paper The Ecological Footprint of Poverty Alleviation: Evidence from Mexico's Oportunidades Program, Staff Paper Series (2010) (2010)

2012

14. Forest Conservation and Slippage: Evidence from Mexico’s National Payments for Ecosystem Services Program
    Land Economics, 2012, 88, (4) View citations (115)
    See also Working Paper Forest Conservation and Slippage: Evidence from Mexico's National Payments for Ecosystem Services Program, Staff Paper Series (2010) View citations (5) (2010)

2010

15. Conservation and development: Evidence from Thai protected areas
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2010, 60, (2), 94-114 View citations (107)

2009

16. Local regulation and land-use change: The effects of wetlands bylaws in Massachusetts
    Regional Science and Urban Economics, 2009, 39, (4), 409-421 View citations (2)