Randall Bluffstone

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• Portland State University / Department of Economics (weight: 25%)
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• University of Redlands / Department of Economics (weight: 25%)
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• Harvard University / Harvard Kennedy School / Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) (weight: 25%)
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• Göteborgs Universitet / Handelshögskolan / Environment for Development (weight: 25%)
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Research profile

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• Estimated Values of Carbon Sequestration Resulting from Forest Management Scenarios
  C-FARE Reports, Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) (2017)
  by Bluffstone, R. & Coulston, J. & Haight, R.G. & Kline, J. & Polasky, S. & Wear, D.N. & Zook, K.
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:cfarer:260680)
• Optimal Environmental Liability Policy For Central And Eastern Europe
  Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1997)
  by Bluffstone, Randall & Panayotou, Theodore
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:hariid:294387)
• Reducing Degradation Of Forests In Poor Countries When Permanent Solutions Elude Us: What Instruments Do We Really Have?
  Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government (1997)
  by Bluffstone, Randall
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:hariid:294419)
• The Economics of Household Air Pollution
  Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews (2015)
  by Marc Jeuland & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Randall Bluffstone
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reseco:v:7:y:2015:p:81-108)
• Warehouses, Trucks, And Pm2.5: Human Health And Logistics Industry Growth In The Eastern Inland Empire
  Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International (2007)
  by Randall A. Bluffstone & Brad Ouderkirk
  (ReDIF-article, bla:coecpo:v:25:y:2007:i:1:p:79-91)
• Housing, Sprawl, And The Use Of Development Impact Fees: The Case Of The Inland Empire
  Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International (2008)
  by Randy Bluffstone & Matt Braman & Linda Fernandez & Tom Scott & Pei‐Yi Lee
  (ReDIF-article, bla:coecpo:v:26:y:2008:i:3:p:433-447)
• Estimating the Present Value of Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Forests, 2015–2050, for Evaluating Federal Climate Change Mitigation Policies
  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press (2020)
  by Haight, Robert G. & Bluffstone, Randall & Kline, Jeffrey D. & Coulston, John W. & Wear, David N. & Zook, Kate
  (ReDIF-article, cup:agrerw:v:49:y:2020:i:1:p:150-177_7)
• Mixing economic and administrative instruments: the case of shrimp aquaculture in Thailand
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2006)
  by Bluffstone, Randall A. & Anantanasuwong, Dararatt & Ruzicka, Ivan
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:11:y:2006:i:05:p:651-667_00)
• Does better common property forest management promote behavioral change? On-farm tree planting in the Bolivian Andes1
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2008)
  by Bluffstone, Randall & Boscolo, Marco & Molina, Ramiro
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:13:y:2008:i:02:p:137-170_00)
• Community forests, carbon sequestration and REDD+: evidence from Ethiopia
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2016)
  by Beyene, Abebe D. & Bluffstone, Randall & Mekonnen, Alemu
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:21:y:2016:i:02:p:249-272_00)
• Reducing degradation of forests in poor countries when permanent solutions elude us: what instruments do we really have?
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (1998)
  by Bluffstone, Randall A.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:3:y:1998:i:03:p:295-317_00)
• Are the costs of pollution abatement lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (1999)
  by Bluffstone, Randall
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:4:y:1999:i:04:p:449-470_00)
• Randall Bluffstone and Bruce A. Larson (eds), Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, 1997. ISBN 1 85898 452 1
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (1999)
  by Ierland, Ekko Van
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:4:y:1999:i:04:p:599-602_21)
• Upgrading municipal environmental services to European Union levels: a case study of household willingness to pay in Lithuania
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2003)
  by Bluffstone, Randall & DeShazo, J.R.
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:8:y:2003:i:04:p:637-654_00)
• A Combined Energy and Geoengineering Optimization Model (CEAGOM) for climate and energy policy analysis
  Applied Energy, Elsevier (2018)
  by Anasis, John G. & Khalil, Mohammad Aslam Khan & Butenhoff, Christopher & Bluffstone, Randall & Lendaris, George G.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:appene:v:218:y:2018:i:c:p:246-255)
• Optimal energy resource mix for the US and China to meet emissions pledges
  Applied Energy, Elsevier (2019)
  by Anasis, John G. & Khalil, Mohammad Aslam Khan & Butenhoff, Christopher & Bluffstone, Randall & Lendaris, George G.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:appene:v:238:y:2019:i:c:p:92-100)
• Privatization and contaminated site remediation in Central and Eastern Europe: Do environmental liability policies matter?
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2007)
  by Bluffstone, Randall
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:63:y:2007:i:1:p:31-41)
• REDD+and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: Any hope for a linkage?
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2013)
  by Bluffstone, Randy & Robinson, Elizabeth & Guthiga, Paul
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:87:y:2013:i:c:p:43-52)
• An assessment of collective action drivers of carbon storage in Nepalese forest commons
  Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier (2018)
  by Luintel, Harisharan & Bluffstone, Randall A. & Scheller, Robert M.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:forpol:v:90:y:2018:i:c:p:39-47)
• The Effect of Labor Market Performance on Deforestation in Developing Countries under Open Access: An Example from Rural Nepal
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1995)
  by Bluffstone Randall A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeeman:v:29:y:1995:i:1:p:42-63)
• Fuel savings, cooking time and user satisfaction with improved biomass cookstoves: Evidence from controlled cooking tests in Ethiopia
  Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2018)
  by Gebreegziabher, Zenebe & Beyene, Abebe D. & Bluffstone, Randall & Martinsson, Peter & Mekonnen, Alemu & Toman, Michael A.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:resene:v:52:y:2018:i:c:p:173-185)
• Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program
  World Development, Elsevier (2018)
  by Bluffstone, Randall A. & Somanathan, E. & Jha, Prakash & Luintel, Harisharan & Bista, Rajesh & Toman, Michael & Paudel, Naya & Adhikari, Bhim
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:101:y:2018:i:c:p:133-141)
• Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: Experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal
  World Development, Elsevier (2020)
  by Bluffstone, Randy & Dannenberg, Astrid & Martinsson, Peter & Jha, Prakash & Bista, Rajesh
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:129:y:2020:i:c:s0305750x20300152)
• Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies
  Books, Edward Elgar Publishing (1997)
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  (ReDIF-book, elg:eebook:1123)
• Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
  Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences (2009)
  by Jorge H. García & Randy Bluffstone & Thomas Sterner
  (ReDIF-article, fau:fauart:v:59:y:2009:i:5:p:410-425)
• Risk aversion in low income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
  IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2007)
  by Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randy
  (ReDIF-paper, fpr:ifprid:715)
• Impact of soil conservation on crop production in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands:
  IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2007)
  by Kassie, Menale & Pender, John & Yesuf, Mahmud & Kohlin, Gunnar & Bluffstone, Randy & Mulugeta, Elias
  (ReDIF-paper, fpr:ifprid:733)
• Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]
  Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2008)
  by Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randy
  (ReDIF-paper, fpr:resbrf:15(16)amh)
• Reducing Degradation of Forests in Poor Countries When Permanent Solutions Elude Us: What Instruments Do we Really Have?
  Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development (1997)
  by Bluffstone, R.A.
  (ReDIF-paper, fth:harvid:604)
• Does Participatory Forest Management Increase Forest Resource Use to Cope with Shocks? Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia
  EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg (2022)
  by Beyene, Abebe D. & Mekonnen, Alemu & Bluffstone, Randall & Tesfaye, Yemiru
  (ReDIF-paper, hhs:gunefd:2022_012)
• Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
  Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2009)
  by Kassie, Menale & Holden, Stein & Köhlin, Gunnar & Bluffstone, Randy
  (ReDIF-paper, hhs:gunwpe:0400)
• Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe
  Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2009)
  by Garcia, Jorge & Bluffstone, Randy & Sterner, Thomas
  (ReDIF-paper, hhs:gunwpe:0411)
• Does Community Forest Collective Action Promote Private Tree Planting? Evidence from Ethiopia
  International Business Research, Canadian Center of Science and Education (2017)
  by Alemu Mekonnen & Randall Bluffstone
  (ReDIF-article, ibn:ibrjnl:v:10:y:2017:i:5:p:86-106)
• Environmental Liability and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward an Optimal Policy
  Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2000)
  by Randall Bluffstone & Theodore Panayotou
  (ReDIF-article, kap:enreec:v:17:y:2000:i:4:p:335-352)
• How Much Will It Cost to Join the Club? The Extra Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Environmental Laws with Those of the European Union
  Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2003)
  by Randall Bluffstone & Daiva Semeniene & Jochem Jantzen
  (ReDIF-article, kap:enreec:v:26:y:2003:i:2:p:279-303)
• Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change
  Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2015)
  by E. Somanathan & Randall Bluffstone
  (ReDIF-article, kap:enreec:v:62:y:2015:i:2:p:265-277)
• Poverty, Risk Aversion, and Path Dependence in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2009)
  by Mahmud Yesuf & Randall A. Bluffstone
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ajagec:v:91:y:2009:i:4:p:1022-1037)
• Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia
  Journal of African Economies, Centre for the Study of African Economies (2019)
  by Mahmud Yesuf & Randall Bluffstone
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jafrec:v:28:y:2019:i:1:p:18-38.)
• Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe
  Comparative Economic Studies, Palgrave Macmillan;Association for Comparative Economic Studies (2006)
  by Randall Bluffstone & Thomas Sterner
  (ReDIF-article, pal:compes:v:48:y:2006:i:4:p:619-640)
• Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008)
  by Bluffstone, Randall & Yesuf, Mahmud & Bushie, Bilisuma & Damite, Demessie
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-08-07-efd)
• Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008)
  by Kassie, Menale & Holden, Stein & Köhlin, Gunnar & Bluffstone, Randy
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-08-09-efd)
• Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008)
  by Yesuf, Mahmud & Bluffstone, Randall
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-08-16-efd)
• Is There a Link between Common Property Forest Management and Private Tree Growing? Evidence of Behavioral Effects from Highland Ethiopia
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008)
  by Mekonnen, Alemu & Bluffstone, Ramdall
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-08-29-efd)
• Deforestation and forest degradation are estimated to account for between 12 percent and 20 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions. These activities, largely in the developing world, released abou
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2012)
  by Bluffstone, Randy & Robinson, Elizabeth & Guthiga, Paul
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-12-11-efd)
• Community Controlled Forests, Carbon Sequestration and REDD+: Some Evidence from Ethiopia
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2013)
  by Beyene, Abebe D. & Bluffstone, Randall & Mekonnen, Alemu
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-13-07-efd)
• Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2014)
  by Bluffstone, Randy
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:edf-dp-14-16)
• Livestock and Private Tree Holdings in Rural Ethiopia: The Effects of Collective Action Institutions, Tenure Security and Market Access
  Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2015)
  by Randall Bluffstone & Mahmud Yesuf & Takuro Uehara & Bilisuma Bushie & Demessie Damite
  (ReDIF-article, taf:jdevst:v:51:y:2015:i:9:p:1193-1209)
• Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia
  Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press (2018)
  by Ferdinand M. Vieider & Abebe Beyene & Randall Bluffstone & Sahan Dissanayake & Zenebe Gebreegziabher & Peter Martinsson & Alemu Mekonnen
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/696106)
• Measuring risk preferences in rural Ethiopia : risk tolerance and exogenous income proxies
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014)
  by Vieider, Ferdinand M. & Beyene, Abebe & Bluffstone, Randall & Dissanayake, Sahan & Gebreegziabher, Zenebe & Martinsson, Peter & Mekonnen, Alemu
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7137)
• Preferences for REDD+ contract attributes in low-income countries : a choice experiment in Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Dissanayake,Sahan T. M. & Beyene,Abebe Damte & Bluffstone,Randall & Gebreegziabher, Zenebe & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Toman,Michael A. & Vieider,Ferdinand M.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7296)
• The improved biomass stove saves wood, but how often do people use it ? evidence from a randomized treatment trial in Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Beyene,Abebe D. & Bluffstone,Randall & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Vieider,Ferdinand
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7297)
• Cooperative behavior and common pool resources : experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Bluffstone,Randy & Dannenberg,Astrid & Martinsson,Peter & Jha,Prakash & Bista,Rjesh
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7323)
• Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions ? evidence from rural Ethiopia using a randomized treatment trial with electronic monitoring
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Beyene,Abebe & Bluffstone,Randy & Gebreegzhiaber,Zenebe & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Vieider,Ferdinand
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7324)
• Community managed forest groups and preferences for REDD contract attributes: a choice experiment survey of communities in Nepal
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Dissanayake,Sahan T. M. & Jha,Prakash & Adhikari,Bhim & Bista,Rajesh & Bluffstone,Randall & uintel,Harisharan & Martinsson,Peter & Paudel,Naya Sharma & Somanathan,E. & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7326)
• Does collective action sequester carbon ? the case of the Nepal community forestry program
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Bluffstone,Randy & Somanathan,Eswaran & Jha,Prakash & Luintel,Harisharan & Bista,Rajesh & Paudel,Naya & Adhikari,Bhim
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7327)
• Biogas : clean energy access with low-cost mitigation of climate change
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Somanathan,E. & Bluffstone,Randall
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7349)
• Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in low-income countries ? evidence from a controlled cooking test trial with randomized behavioral treatments
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2015)
  by Beyene,Abebe D. & Bluffstone,Randall & Dissanayake,Sahan & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:7394)
• Challenges in assessing the costs of household cooking energy in lower-income countries
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2017)
  by Toman,Michael A. & Bluffstone,Randall
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8008)
• Improved cook stoves for climate change mitigation ? evidence of values, preferences and carbon savings from a choice experiment in Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018)
  by Dissanayake,Sahan T. M. & Beyene,Abebe Damte & Bluffstone,Randall & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & Kiggundu,Gilbert & Kooser,Shannon H. & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8499)
• Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal : Evidence from a Choice Experiment
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2018)
  by Dissanayake,Sahan & Bluffstone,Randall A. & Somanathan,E. & Luintel,Harisharan & Paudel,N. S. & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8648)
• Stability and Evolution of Preferences for Improved Cookstoves -- A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Choice Experiment from Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019)
  by Dissanayake,Sahan T. M. & Voigt,George & Cooper, Abbie & Beyene, Abebe Damte & Bluffstone,Randall & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & LaFave, Daniel & Martinsson,Peter & Mekonnen,Alemu & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8928)
• Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health : Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019)
  by LaFave,Daniel & Beyene,Abebe Damte & Bluffstone,Randall & Dissanayake,Sahan T. M. & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & Mekonnen,Alemu & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8929)
• Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019)
  by Bluffstone,Randall & LaFave,Daniel & Mekonnen,Alemu & Dissanayake,Sahan & Beyene,Abebe Damte & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8930)
• Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run : Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2020)
  by Mekonnen,Alemu & Beyene,Abebe D. & Bluffstone,Randall Ames & Dissanayake,Sahan & Gebreegziabher,Zenebe & LaFave,Daniel & Martinsson,Peter & Toman,Michael A.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:9272)
• Are soil conservation technologies “win‐win?” A case study of Anjeni in the north‐western Ethiopian highlands
  Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing (2011)
  by Menale Kassie & Gunnar Köhlin & Randy Bluffstone & Stein Holden
  (ReDIF-article, wly:natres:v:35:y:2011:i:2:p:89-99)
• Measuring risk preferences in rural Ethiopia: Risk tolerance and exogenous income proxies
  Discussion Papers, WZB Junior Research Group Risk and Development, WZB Berlin Social Science Center (2014)
  by Vieider, Ferdinand M. & Beyene, Abebe & Bluffstone, Randall & Dissanayake, Sahan & Gebreegziabher, Zenebe & Martinsson, Peter & Mekonnen, Alemu
  (ReDIF-paper, zbw:wzbrad:spii2014401)