Paul J Ferraro

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• Johns Hopkins University / Carey Business School (weight: 50%)
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• The Persistence of Treatment Effects with Norm-Based Policy Instruments: Evidence from a Randomized Environmental Policy Experiment (RePEc:aea:aecrev:v:101:y:2011:i:3:p:318-22)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Juan Jose Miranda & Michael K. Price
• Estimating Child Time Preferences: Aiding Rural Schools in Improving Human Capital Formation (RePEc:ags:aaea08:6368)
  by Jordan, Jeffrey L. & Castillio, Marco & Ferraro, Paul J. & Petrie, Regan
• Farmer participation in nutrient management practices in Delaware: A field experiment (RePEc:ags:aaea17:258456)
  by Janusch, Nicholas R. & Messer, Kent D. & Ferraro, Paul J. & Allen, William
• Applying Behavioral Insights to Improve Water Security (RePEc:ags:aaeach:264602)
  by Ferraro, Paul & Messer, Kent D. & Wu, Shang
• Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: An Application to Watershed Protection and Threshold Constraints (RePEc:ags:arerjl:31351)
  by Ferraro, Paul J.
• Behavioral Insights for Agri-Environmental Program and Policy Design (RePEc:ags:assa18:266299)
  by Janusch, Nicholas & Palm-Forster, Leah H. & Messer, Kent D. & Ferraro, Paul J.
• Detecting Other-Regarding Behavior with Virtual Players (RePEc:ags:cudawp:179537)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Rondeau, Daniel & Poe, Gregory L.
• Global Habitat Protection: Limitations of Development Interventions and the Role for a Permanent International Habitat Reserve (RePEc:ags:cudawp:179545)
  by Ferraro, Paul J.
• What are the social impacts of land use restrictions on local communities? Empirical evidence from Costa Rica (RePEc:ags:iaae09:51783)
  by Andam, Kwaw S. & Ferraro, Paul J. & Holland, Margaret B.
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments (RePEc:ags:rffdps:10800)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Simpson, R. David
• The Source and Significance of Confusion in Public Goods Experiments (RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:10:y:2010:i:1:n:53)
  by Ferraro Paul J & Vossler Christian A
• Park Location Affects Forest Protection: Land Characteristics Cause Differences in Park Impacts across Costa Rica (RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:9:y:2009:i:2:n:5)
  by Pfaff Alexander & Robalino Juan & Sanchez-Azofeifa G. Arturo & Andam Kwaw S & Ferraro Paul J
• Do Economists Recognize an Opportunity Cost When They See One? A Dismal Performance from the Dismal Science (RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:contributions.4:y:2005:i:1:n:7)
  by Ferraro Paul J & Taylor Laura O
• A reassessment of the potential for loss-framed incentive contracts to increase productivity: a meta-analysis and a real-effort experiment (RePEc:chu:wpaper:21-20)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & J. Dustin Tracy
• Conservation Contracting in Heterogeneous Landscapes: An Application to Watershed Protection with Threshold Constraints (RePEc:cup:agrerw:v:32:y:2003:i:01:p:53-64_00)
  by Ferraro, Paul J.
• Cost-effective conservation when eco-entrepreneurs have market power (RePEc:cup:endeec:v:10:y:2005:i:05:p:651-663_00)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Simpson, R. David
• Experimental tests of Ricardian equivalence with distortionary versus nondistortionary taxes (RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-09-00448)
  by Artidiatun Adji & James Alm & Paul J. Ferraro
• The local costs of establishing protected areas in low-income nations: Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar (RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:43:y:2002:i:2-3:p:261-275)
  by Ferraro, Paul J.
• Asymmetric information and contract design for payments for environmental services (RePEc:eee:ecolec:v:65:y:2008:i:4:p:810-821)
  by Ferraro, Paul J.
• A cautionary tale on using panel data estimators to measure program impacts (RePEc:eee:ecolet:v:151:y:2017:i:c:p:82-90)
  by Wichman, Casey J. & Ferraro, Paul J.
• The behavioural effect of electronic home energy reports: Evidence from a randomised field trial in the United States (RePEc:eee:enepol:v:132:y:2019:i:c:p:1256-1261)
  by Henry, Marisa L. & Ferraro, Paul J. & Kontoleon, Andreas
• The performance of non-experimental designs in the evaluation of environmental programs: A design-replication study using a large-scale randomized experiment as a benchmark (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:107:y:2014:i:pa:p:344-365)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Miranda, Juan José
• Detecting other-regarding behavior with virtual players (RePEc:eee:jeborg:v:51:y:2003:i:1:p:99-109)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Rondeau, Daniel & Poe, Gregory L.
• The effectiveness of the US endangered species act: An econometric analysis using matching methods (RePEc:eee:jeeman:v:54:y:2007:i:3:p:245-261)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & McIntosh, Craig & Ospina, Monica
• Informational nudges in conservation auctions: A field experiment with U.S. farmers (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:120:y:2023:i:c:s0306919223001021)
  by Wallander, Steven & Paul, Laura A. & Ferraro, Paul J. & Messer, Kent D. & Iovanna, Richard
• Applying behavioral science to agriculture, food, and agri-environmental policymaking (RePEc:eee:jfpoli:v:120:y:2023:i:c:s030691922300146x)
  by Shukla, Pallavi & Messer, Kent D. & Ferraro, Paul J.
• The today and tomorrow of kids: Time preferences and educational outcomes of children (RePEc:eee:pubeco:v:95:y:2011:i:11:p:1377-1385)
  by Castillo, Marco & Ferraro, Paul J. & Jordan, Jeffrey L. & Petrie, Ragan
• Heterogeneous treatment effects and mechanisms in information-based environmental policies: Evidence from a large-scale field experiment (RePEc:eee:resene:v:35:y:2013:i:3:p:356-379)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Miranda, Juan José
• A field experiment to estimate the effects of anchoring and framing on residents’ willingness to purchase water runoff management technologies (RePEc:eee:resene:v:63:y:2021:i:c:s0928765518303129)
  by Li, Tongzhe & Fooks, Jacob R. & Messer, Kent D. & Ferraro, Paul J.
• Time and risk preferences of individuals, married couples and unrelated pairs (RePEc:eee:soceco:v:97:y:2022:i:c:s2214804321001348)
  by Bernedo Del Carpio, María & Alpizar, Francisco & Ferraro, Paul J.
• The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects of environmental programs: The missing RCTs (RePEc:eee:wdevel:v:127:y:2020:i:c:s0305750x19304322)
  by Alpízar, Francisco & Ferraro, Paul J.
• Direct Payments to Protect Endangered Ecosystems and Experimental Methods to Estimate Payment Costs (RePEc:eep:tpaper:sp200406s1)
  by Paul J. Ferraro
• Experimental Approaches to Understanding Inter-cultural Conflict Over Resources (RePEc:elg:eechap:4180_7)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Ronald G. Cummings
• The Today and Tomorrow of Kids (RePEc:exc:wpaper:2008-10)
  by Marco Castillo & Paul Ferraro & Jeff Jordan & Ragan Petrie
• Do The Effects of Social Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:exc:wpaper:2017-04)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul J. Ferraro & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Cultural diversity, discrimination and economic outcomes: An experimental analysis (RePEc:feb:artefa:00045)
  by Ronald Cummings & Paul Ferraro
• Know thyself: Incompetence and overconfidence (RePEc:feb:framed:00148)
  by Paul Ferraro
• Do the effects of social nudges persist? Theory and evidence from 38 natural field experiments (RePEc:feb:natura:00598)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul Ferraro & John List & Robert Metcalfe & Michael Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RePEc:hhs:gunefd:2021_005)
  by Alpízar, Francisco & Del Carpio, Maria Bernedo & Ferraro, Paul J.
• Know Thyself: Competence and Self-awareness (RePEc:kap:atlecj:v:38:y:2010:i:2:p:183-196)
  by Paul Ferraro
• Price Premiums for Eco-friendly Commodities: Are ‘Green’ Markets the Best Way to Protect Endangered Ecosystems? (RePEc:kap:enreec:v:32:y:2005:i:3:p:419-438)
  by Paul Ferraro & Toshihiro Uchida & Jon Conrad
• Protecting Ecosystems and Alleviating Poverty with Parks and Reserves: ‘Win-Win’ or Tradeoffs? (RePEc:kap:enreec:v:48:y:2011:i:2:p:269-286)
  by Paul Ferraro & Merlin Hanauer
• Behavioral and Experimental Agri-Environmental Research: Methodological Challenges, Literature Gaps, and Recommendations (RePEc:kap:enreec:v:73:y:2019:i:3:d:10.1007_s10640-019-00342-x)
  by Leah H. Palm-Forster & Paul J. Ferraro & Nicholas Janusch & Christian A. Vossler & Kent D. Messer
• The Effect of Peer Comparisons on Polluters: A Randomized Field Experiment among Wastewater Dischargers (RePEc:kap:enreec:v:79:y:2021:i:4:d:10.1007_s10640-020-00522-0)
  by Dietrich Earnhart & Paul J. Ferraro
• Lottery Incentives and Resource Management: Evidence from the Agricultural Data Reporting Incentive Program (AgDRIP) (RePEc:kap:enreec:v:82:y:2022:i:4:d:10.1007_s10640-022-00690-1)
  by Ben S. Meiselman & Collin Weigel & Paul J. Ferraro & Mark Masters & Kent D. Messer & Olesya M. Savchenko & Jordan F. Suter
• A reassessment of the potential for loss-framed incentive contracts to increase productivity: a meta-analysis and a real-effort experiment (RePEc:kap:expeco:v:25:y:2022:i:5:d:10.1007_s10683-022-09754-x)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & J. Dustin Tracy
• The Persistent Impacts of Norm-Based Messaging and Their Implications for Water Conservation (RePEc:kap:jcopol:v:37:y:2014:i:3:p:437-452)
  by María Bernedo & Paul Ferraro & Michael Price
• Voluntary development of environmental management systems: motivations and regulatory implications (RePEc:kap:regeco:v:32:y:2007:i:1:p:37-65)
  by Toshihiro Uchida & Paul Ferraro
• The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project (RePEc:nat:natcli:v:9:y:2019:i:8:d:10.1038_s41558-019-0536-3)
  by Francisco Alpízar & María Bernedo Del Carpio & Paul J. Ferraro & Ben S. Meiselman
• Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference (RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37194-5)
  by Laura E. Dee & Paul J. Ferraro & Christopher N. Severen & Kaitlin A. Kimmel & Elizabeth T. Borer & Jarrett E. K. Byrnes & Adam Thomas Clark & Yann Hautier & Andrew Hector & Xavier Raynaud & Peter B. R
• Publisher Correction: Clarifying the effect of biodiversity on productivity in natural ecosystems with longitudinal data and methods for causal inference (RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-39743-4)
  by Laura E. Dee & Paul J. Ferraro & Christopher N. Severen & Kaitlin A. Kimmel & Elizabeth T. Borer & Jarrett E. K. Byrnes & Adam Thomas Clark & Yann Hautier & Andrew Hector & Xavier Raynaud & Peter B. R
• Biodiversity conservation as a promising frontier for behavioural science (RePEc:nat:nathum:v:5:y:2021:i:5:d:10.1038_s41562-021-01109-5)
  by Kristian Steensen Nielsen & Theresa M. Marteau & Jan M. Bauer & Richard B. Bradbury & Steven Broad & Gayle Burgess & Mark Burgman & Hilary Byerly & Susan Clayton & Dulce Espelosin & Paul J. Ferraro &
• Reimagining safe drinking water on the basis of twenty-first-century science (RePEc:nat:natsus:v:4:y:2021:i:12:d:10.1038_s41893-021-00760-0)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Carsten Prasse
• Using Non-Pecuniary Strategies to Influence Behavior: Evidence from a Large Scale Field Experiment (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:17189)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Michael K. Price
• Do The Effects of Nudges Persist? Theory and Evidence from 38 Natural Field Experiments (RePEc:nbr:nberwo:23277)
  by Alec Brandon & Paul J. Ferraro & John A. List & Robert D. Metcalfe & Michael K. Price & Florian Rundhammer
• Targeting Conservation Investments in Heterogeneous Landscapes: A Distance-Function Approach and Application to Watershed Management (RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:86:y:2004:i:4:p:905-918)
  by Paul J. Ferraro
• Addressing Participant Inattention in Federal Programs: A Field Experiment with The Conservation Reserve Program (RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:99:y:2017:i:4:p:914-931.)
  by Steven Wallander & Paul Ferraro & Nathaniel Higgins
• Evaluation of biodiversity policy instruments: what works and what doesn’t? (RePEc:oup:oxford:v:28:y:2012:i:1:p:69-92)
  by Daniela A. Miteva & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Paul J. Ferraro
• Show Me the Money: Do Payments Supply Environmental Services in Developing Countries? (RePEc:oup:renvpo:v:4:y:2010:i:2:p:254-274)
  by Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Sven Wunder & Paul J. Ferraro
• Forest Figures: Ecosystem Services Valuation and Policy Evaluation in Developing Countries (RePEc:oup:renvpo:v:6:y:2012:i:1:p:20-44)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Kathleen Lawlor & Katrina L. Mullan & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak
• Money for Nothing? A Call for Empirical Evaluation of Biodiversity Conservation Investments (RePEc:plo:pbio00:0040105)
  by Paul J Ferraro & Subhrendu K Pattanayak
• Do Payments Pay Off? Evidence from Participation in Costa Rica’s PES Program (RePEc:plo:pone00:0131544)
  by R A Arriagada & E O Sills & P J Ferraro & S K Pattanayak
• Emerging Evidence on the Effectiveness of Tropical Forest Conservation (RePEc:plo:pone00:0159152)
  by Jan Börner & Kathy Baylis & Esteve Corbera & Driss Ezzine-de-Blas & Paul J Ferraro & Jordi Honey-Rosés & Renaud Lapeyre & U Martin Persson & Sven Wunder
• Can public goods experiments inform policy? Interpreting results in the presence of confused subjects (RePEc:pra:mprapa:60387)
  by Cotten, Stephen J. & Ferraro, Paul J. & Vossler, Christian A.
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments (RePEc:rff:dpaper:dp-00-31)
  by Simpson, R. David & Ferraro, Paul
• Stock market reactions to information disclosure: new evidence from Japan’s pollutant release and transfer register (RePEc:spr:envpol:v:8:y:2007:i:2:d:10.1007_bf03353954)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Toshihiro Uchida
• Stock market reactions to information disclosure: new evidence from Japan’s pollutant release and transfer register (RePEc:spr:envpol:v:8:y:2007:i:2:p:159-171)
  by Paul Ferraro & Toshihiro Uchida
• Create a culture of experiments in environmental programs (RePEc:tiu:tiutis:83d07866-54ea-4114-a43d-19e62b311811)
  by Ferraro, Paul J. & Cherry, Todd L. & Shogren, Jason F. & Vossler, Christian A. & Cason, Timothy N. & Flint, Hilary Byerly & Hochard, Jacob P. & Johansson-Stenman, Olof & Martinsson, Peter & Murphy, Ja
• Behavioral Biases among Producers: Experimental Evidence of Anchoring in Procurement Auctions (RePEc:tpr:restat:v:106:y:2024:i:5:p:1381-1392)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Kent D. Messer & Pallavi Shukla & Collin Weigel
• Using Nonpecuniary Strategies to Influence Behavior: Evidence from a Large-Scale Field Experiment (RePEc:tpr:restat:v:95:y:2013:i:1:p:64-73)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Michael K. Price
• Panel Data Designs and Estimators as Substitutes for Randomized Controlled Trials in the Evaluation of Public Programs (RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/689868)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Juan José Miranda
• Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities and Resource Scarcity: A Randomized Controlled Trial (RePEc:ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/725700)
  by Francisco Alpizar & María Bernedo Del Carpio & Paul J. Ferraro
• Feature—Is a Replicability Crisis on the Horizon for Environmental and Resource Economics? (RePEc:ucp:renvpo:doi:10.1093/reep/reaa011)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Pallavi Shukla
• The Cost-Effectiveness of Conservation Payments (RePEc:uwp:landec:v:78:y:2002:i:3:p:339-353)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & R. David Simpson
• Optimizing the Riparian Buffer: Harold Brook in the Skaneateles Lake Watershed, New York (RePEc:uwp:landec:v:78:y:2002:i:4:p:501-514)
  by Zevi Azzaino & Jon M. Conrad & Paul J. Ferraro
• Do Payments for Environmental Services Affect Forest Cover? A Farm-Level Evaluation from Costa Rica (RePEc:uwp:landec:v:88:y:2012:ii:1:p:382-399)
  by Rodrigo A. Arriagada, & Paul J. Ferraro & Erin O. Sills & Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Silvia Cordero-Sancho
• Social comparisons and groundwater use: Evidence from Colorado and Kansas (RePEc:wly:ajagec:v:106:y:2024:i:2:p:946-966)
  by R. Aaron Hrozencik & Jordan F. Suter & Paul J. Ferraro & Nathan Hendricks
• Are Voters More Likely to Contribute to Other Public Goods? Evidence from a Large‐Scale Randomized Policy Experiment (RePEc:wly:amposc:v:58:y:2014:i:1:p:17-30)
  by Toby Bolsen & Paul J. Ferraro & Juan Jose Miranda
• Challenges in Recruiting U.S. Farmers for Policy‐Relevant Economic Field Experiments (RePEc:wly:apecpp:v:43:y:2021:i:2:p:556-572)
  by Collin Weigel & Laura A. Paul & Paul J. Ferraro & Kent D. Messer
• The Problem of Feral Hogs and the Challenges of Providing a Weak‐Link Public Good (RePEc:wly:apecpp:v:43:y:2021:i:3:p:985-1002)
  by Sean F. Ellis & Mark Masters & Kent D. Messer & Collin Weigel & Paul J. Ferraro
• Credibility crisis in agricultural economics (RePEc:wly:apecpp:v:45:y:2023:i:3:p:1275-1291)
  by Paul J. Ferraro & Pallavi Shukla
• Perspectives on stakeholder participation in the design of economic experiments for agricultural policymaking: Pros, cons, and twelve recommendations for researchers (RePEc:wly:apecpp:v:46:y:2024:i:1:p:338-359)
  by Julia Höhler & Jesús Barreiro‐Hurlé & Mikołaj Czajkowski & François J. Dessart & Paul J. Ferraro & Tongzhe Li & Kent D. Messer & Leah Palm‐Forster & Mette Termansen & Fabian Thomas & Katarzyna Zagórsk
• PROTOCOL: Incentives for climate mitigation in the land use sector: a mixed‐methods systematic review of the effectiveness of payment for environment services (PES) on environmental and socio‐economic (RePEc:wly:camsys:v:14:y:2018:i:1:p:1-77)
  by Birte Snilstveit & Jennifer Stevenson & Laurenz Langer & Joshua Polanin & Ian Shemilt & John Eyers & Paul J. Ferraro
• Incentives for climate mitigation in the land use sector—the effects of payment for environmental services on environmental and socioeconomic outcomes in low‐ and middle‐income countries: A mixed‐meth (RePEc:wly:camsys:v:15:y:2019:i:3:n:e1045)
  by Birte Snilsveit & Jennifer Stevenson & Laurenz Langer & Natalie Tannous & Zafeer Ravat & Promise Nduku & Joshua Polanin & Ian Shemilt & John Eyers & Paul J. Ferraro
• PROTOCOL: Residential energy efficiency interventions: An effectiveness systematic review (RePEc:wly:camsys:v:17:y:2021:i:4:n:e1205)
  by Miriam Berretta & Joshua Furgeson & Collins Zamawe & Ian Hamilton & Yue Wu & Paul J. Ferraro & Neal Haddaway & John Eyers
• Assigning priority to environmental policy interventions in a heterogeneous world (RePEc:wly:jpamgt:v:22:y:2003:i:1:p:27-43)
  by Paul J. Ferraro