Alexander Pfaff

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• Duke University / Sanford School of Public Policy
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• Protected Areas' Impacts Upon Land Cover Within Mexico: the need to add politics and dynamics to static land-use economics
  2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2014)
  by Pfaff, Alexander & Santiago-Avila, Francisco & Carnovale, Maria & Joppa, Lucas
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:aaea14:177195)
• Effects of poverty on deforestation: distinguishing behaviour from location
  ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2004)
  by Kerr, Suzi & Pfaff, Alexander & Cavatassi, Romina & Davis, Benjamin & Lipper, Leslie & Sanchez, Arturo & Timmins, Jason
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:faoaes:23792)
• Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica
  ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) (2004)
  by Kerr, Suzi & Lipper, Leslie & Pfaff, Alexander S.P. & Cavatassi, Romina & Davis, Benjamin & Hendy, Joanna & Sanchez, Arturo
  (ReDIF-paper, ags:faoaes:23807)
• Behavior, Environment, and Health in Developing Countries: Evaluation and Valuation
  Annual Review of Resource Economics, Annual Reviews (2009)
  by Subhrendu K. Pattanayak & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-article, anr:reseco:v:1:y:2009:p:183-217)
• Logging Concessions, Certification & Protected Areas in the Peruvian Amazon: Forest Impacts from Combinations of Development Rights & Land-use Restrictions
  Working Papers, Banco de México (2018)
  by Rico Jimena & Panlasigui Stephanie & Loucks Colby J. & Swenson Jennifer & Pfaff Alexander
  (ReDIF-paper, bdm:wpaper:2018-11)
• Road Investments, Spatial Spillovers, And Deforestation In The Brazilian Amazon
  Journal of Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell (2007)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Juan Robalino & Robert Walker & Steven Aldrich & Marcellus Caldas & Eustaquio Reis & Stephen Perz & Claudio Bohrer & Eugenio Arima & William Laurance & Kathryn Kirby
  (ReDIF-article, bla:jregsc:v:47:y:2007:i:1:p:109-123)
• Park Location Affects Forest Protection: Land Characteristics Cause Differences in Park Impacts across Costa Rica
  The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2009)
  by Pfaff Alexander & Robalino Juan & Sanchez-Azofeifa G. Arturo & Andam Kwaw S & Ferraro Paul J
  (ReDIF-article, bpj:bejeap:v:9:y:2009:i:2:n:5)
• What drives the withdrawal of protected areas? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
  Working Papers, Chaire Economie du climat (2018)
  by Derya Keles & Philippe Delacote & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-paper, cec:wpaper:1807)
• Evolution of households' responses to the groundwater arsenic crisis in Bangladesh: information on environmental health risks can have increasing behavioral impact over time
  Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (2014)
  by Balasubramanya, Soumya & Pfaff, Alexander & Bennear, Lori & Tarozzi, Alessandro & Ahmed, Kazi Matin & Schoenfeld, Amy & van Geen, Alexander
  (ReDIF-article, cup:endeec:v:19:y:2014:i:05:p:631-647_00)
• Bright Lines, Risk Beliefs, and Risk Avoidance: Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Bangladesh
  Working Papers, Duke University, Department of Economics (2010)
  by Lori Bennear & Alessandro Tarozzi & Alexander Pfaff & H. B. Soumya & Kazi Matin Ahmed & Alexander van Geen
  (ReDIF-paper, duk:dukeec:10-77)
• Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2007)
  by Madajewicz, Malgosia & Pfaff, Alexander & van Geen, Alexander & Graziano, Joseph & Hussein, Iftikhar & Momotaj, Hasina & Sylvi, Roksana & Ahsan, Habibul
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:84:y:2007:i:2:p:731-754)
• Erratum to "Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh" [Journal of Development Economics 84 (2007) 731-754]
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2008)
  by Madajewicz, Malgosia & Pfaff, Alexander & van Geen, Alexander & Graziano, Joseph & Hussein, Iftikhar & Momotaj, Hasina & Sylvi, Roksana & Ahsan, Habibul
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:85:y:2008:i:1-2:p:349-347)
• Contagious development: Neighbor interactions in deforestation
  Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Robalino, Juan A. & Pfaff, Alexander
  (ReDIF-article, eee:deveco:v:97:y:2012:i:2:p:427-436)
• Framed field experiment on resource scarcity & extraction: Path-dependent generosity within sequential water appropriation
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2015)
  by Pfaff, Alexander & Vélez, Maria Alejandra & Ramos, Pablo Andres & Molina, Adriana
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:120:y:2015:i:c:p:416-429)
• What Drives the Erasure of Protected Areas? Evidence from across the Brazilian Amazon
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2020)
  by Keles, Derya & Delacote, Philippe & Pfaff, Alexander & Qin, Siyu & Mascia, Michael B.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:176:y:2020:i:c:s0921800919305282)
• The Kyoto protocol and payments for tropical forest:: An interdisciplinary method for estimating carbon-offset supply and increasing the feasibility of a carbon market under the CDM
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2000)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S. P. & Kerr, Suzi & Hughes, R. Flint & Liu, Shuguang & Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo & Schimel, David & Tosi, Joseph & Watson, Vicente
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:35:y:2000:i:2:p:203-221)
• Efficiency and equity in negotiated resource transfers: Contributions and limitations of trust with limited contracts
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2012)
  by Pfaff, Alexander & Vélez, Maria Alejandra
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:74:y:2012:i:c:p:55-63)
• Improving stove evaluation using survey data: Who received which intervention matters
  Ecological Economics, Elsevier (2013)
  by Mueller, Valerie & Pfaff, Alexander & Peabody, John & Liu, Yaping & Smith, Kirk R.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:ecolec:v:93:y:2013:i:c:p:301-312)
• Welfare costs and rent premia when quotas are not transferable
  European Economic Review, Elsevier (1994)
  by de Melo, Jaime & Pfaff, Alex & Tarr, David
  (ReDIF-article, eee:eecrev:v:38:y:1994:i:3-4:p:577-585)
• Evaluating REDD+ at subnational level: Amazon fund impacts in Alta Floresta, Brazil
  Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier (2020)
  by Correa, Juliano & Cisneros, Elías & Börner, Jan & Pfaff, Alexander & Costa, Marcelo & Rajão, Raoni
  (ReDIF-article, eee:forpol:v:116:y:2020:i:c:s1389934119301170)
• What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?: Evidence from Satellite and Socioeconomic Data
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (1999)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S. P.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeeman:v:37:y:1999:i:1:p:26-43)
• Impact of a randomized controlled trial in arsenic risk communication on household water-source choices in Bangladesh
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2013)
  by Bennear, Lori & Tarozzi, Alessandro & Pfaff, Alexander & Balasubramanya, Soumya & Matin Ahmed, Kazi & van Geen, Alexander
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeeman:v:65:y:2013:i:2:p:225-240)
• Increasing the impact of collective incentives in payments for ecosystem services
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2017)
  by Kaczan, David & Pfaff, Alexander & Rodriguez, Luz & Shapiro-Garza, Elizabeth
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeeman:v:86:y:2017:i:c:p:48-67)
• Graduated stringency within collective incentives for group environmental compliance: Building coordination in field-lab experiments with artisanal gold miners in Colombia
  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier (2019)
  by Rodriguez, Luz A. & Pfaff, Alexander & Velez, Maria Alejandra
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jeeman:v:98:y:2019:i:c:s0095069618305229)
• To err on humans is not benign: Incentives for adoption of medical error-reporting systems
  Journal of Health Economics, Elsevier (2004)
  by Zivin, Joshua Graff & Pfaff, Alexander S. P.
  (ReDIF-article, eee:jhecon:v:23:y:2004:i:5:p:935-949)
• Spillovers from targeting of incentives: Exploring responses to being excluded
  Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier (2017)
  by Alpízar, Francisco & Nordén, Anna & Pfaff, Alexander & Robalino, Juan
  (ReDIF-article, eee:joepsy:v:59:y:2017:i:c:p:87-98)
• Deforestation pressure and biological reserve planning: a conceptual approach and an illustrative application for Costa Rica
  Resource and Energy Economics, Elsevier (2004)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S. P. & Sanchez-Azofeifa, G. Arturo
  (ReDIF-article, eee:resene:v:26:y:2004:i:2:p:237-254)
• Investing in local capacity to respond to a federal environmental mandate: Forest & economic impacts of the Green Municipality Program in the Brazilian Amazon
  World Development, Elsevier (2020)
  by Sills, Erin & Pfaff, Alexander & Andrade, Luiza & Kirkpatrick, Justin & Dickson, Rebecca
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:129:y:2020:i:c:s0305750x20300176)
• Governance, Location and Avoided Deforestation from Protected Areas: Greater Restrictions Can Have Lower Impact, Due to Differences in Location
  World Development, Elsevier (2014)
  by Pfaff, Alexander & Robalino, Juan & Lima, Eirivelthon & Sandoval, Catalina & Herrera, Luis Diego
  (ReDIF-article, eee:wdevel:v:55:y:2014:i:c:p:7-20)
• Logging concessions, certification and protected areas in the Peruvian Amazon: forest impacts from development rights and land-use restrictions
  Working Papers, FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2017)
  by Jimena Rico & Stephanie Panlasigui & Colby J. Loucks & Jennifer Swenson & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-paper, fae:wpaper:2017.22)
• Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing behaviour from location
  Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2004)
  by Suzi Kerr & Alexander Pfaff & Romina Cavatassi & Benjamin Davis & Leslie Lipper & Arturo Sanchez & Jason Timmins
  (ReDIF-paper, fao:wpaper:0419)
• Will Buying Tropical Forest Carbon Benefit The Poor? Evidence from Costa Rica
  Working Papers, Agricultural and Development Economics Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO - ESA) (2004)
  by Suzi Kerr & Leslie Lipper & Alexander S.P. Pfaff & Romina Cavatassi & Benjamin Davis & Joanna Hendy & Arturo Sanchez
  (ReDIF-paper, fao:wpaper:0420)
• Deforestation spillovers from Costa Rican protected areas
  Working Papers, Universidad de Costa Rica (2015)
  by Juan Robalino & Alexander Pfaff & Laura Villalobos
  (ReDIF-paper, fcr:wpaper:201502)
• What Drives the Erasure of Protected Areas ? Evidence from across the Brazilian Amazon
  Post-Print, HAL (2020)
  by Derya Keles & Philippe Delacote & Alexander Pfaff & Siyu Qin & Michael Mascia
  (ReDIF-paper, hal:journl:hal-02871163)
• Preferences of Small-Scale Gold Miners related to Formalization: first steps toward sustainable mining supply chains in Colombia
  EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg (2024)
  by Velez, Maria & Rueda, Ximena & Henao, Juan Pablo & Monroy, Dayron & Tobin, Danny & Maldonado, Jorge Higinio & Pfaff, Alexander
  (ReDIF-paper, hhs:gunefd:2024_005)
• Aid, economic growth and environmental sustainability: rich-poor interactions and environmental choices in developing countries
  International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2004)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Paulo Barelli & Shubham Chaudhuri
  (ReDIF-article, ids:ijgenv:v:4:y:2004:i:1/2/3:p:139-159)
• Endowments, preferences, technologies and abatement: growth-environment microfoundations
  International Journal of Global Environmental Issues, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd (2004)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Shubham Chaudhuri & Howard L.M. Nye
  (ReDIF-article, ids:ijgenv:v:4:y:2004:i:4:p:209-228)
• Household Production and Environmental Kuznets Curves – Examining the Desirability and Feasibility of Substitution
  Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2004)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Shubham Chaudhuri & Howard Nye
  (ReDIF-article, kap:enreec:v:27:y:2004:i:2:p:187-200)
• Unintended Effects of Targeting an Environmental Rebate
  Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2017)
  by Francisco Alpízar & Anna Nordén & Alexander Pfaff & Juan Robalino
  (ReDIF-article, kap:enreec:v:67:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10640-015-9981-2)
• Carbon Dynamics and Land-Use Choices: Building a Regional-Scale Multidisciplinary Model
  Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research (2003)
  by Suzi Kerr & Shuguang Liu & Alexander S. P. Pfaff & R. Flint Hughes
  (ReDIF-paper, mtu:wpaper:03_06)
• Tropical Forest Protection, Uncertainty, and the Environmental Integrity of Carbon Mitigation Policies
  Working Papers, Motu Economic and Public Policy Research (2004)
  by Suzi Kerr & Joanna Hendy & Shuguang Liu & Alexander S. P. Pfaff
  (ReDIF-paper, mtu:wpaper:04_03)
• Impacts of protected areas vary with the level of government: Comparing avoided deforestation across agencies in the Brazilian Amazon
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2019)
  by Diego Herrera & Alexander Pfaff & Juan Robalino
  (ReDIF-article, nas:journl:v:116:y:2019:p:14916-14925)
• The Advantage of Resource Queues over Spot Resource Markets: Decision Coordination in Experiments under Resource Uncertainty
  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (2012)
  by Miguel A. Fonseca & Alexander Pfaff & Daniel Osgood
  (ReDIF-article, oup:ajagec:v:94:y:2012:i:5:p:1136-1153)
• Environmental Self-Auditing: Setting the Proper Incentives for Discovery and Correction of Environmental Harm
  The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (2000)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S P & Sanchirico, Chris William
  (ReDIF-article, oup:jleorg:v:16:y:2000:i:1:p:189-208)
• Protecting forests, biodiversity, and the climate: predicting policy impact to improve policy choice
  Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Oxford University Press and Oxford Review of Economic Policy Limited (2012)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Juan Robalino
  (ReDIF-article, oup:oxford:v:28:y:2012:i:1:p:164-179)
• Realistic REDD: Improving the Forest Impacts of Domestic Policies in Different Settings
  Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2013)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Gregory S. Amacher & Erin O. Sills
  (ReDIF-article, oup:renvpo:v:7:y:2013:i:1:p:114-135)
• Indigenous Lands, Protected Areas, and Slowing Climate Change
  PLOS Biology, Public Library of Science (2010)
  by Taylor H Ricketts & Britaldo Soares-Filho & Gustavo A B da Fonseca & Daniel Nepstad & Alexander Pfaff & Annie Petsonk & Anthony Anderson & Doug Boucher & Andrea Cattaneo & Marc Conte & Ken Creighton &
  (ReDIF-article, plo:pbio00:1000331)
• Evaluating Interactions of Forest Conservation Policies on Avoided Deforestation
  PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2015)
  by Juan Robalino & Catalina Sandoval & David N Barton & Adriana Chacon & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-article, plo:pone00:0124910)
• Estimating the Impacts of Local Policy Innovation: The Synthetic Control Method Applied to Tropical Deforestation
  PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (2015)
  by Erin O Sills & Diego Herrera & A Justin Kirkpatrick & Amintas Brandão Jr. & Rebecca Dickson & Simon Hall & Subhrendu Pattanayak & David Shoch & Mariana Vedoveto & Luisa Young & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-article, plo:pone00:0132590)
• Deforestation Impacts of Environmental Services Payments: Costa Rica’s PSA Program 2000–2005
  RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008)
  by Robalino, Juan & Pfaff, Alexander & Sanchez-Azofefia, G. Arturo & Alpizar, Francisco & Leon, Carlos & Rodriguez, Carlos Manuel
  (ReDIF-paper, rff:dpaper:dp-08-24-efd)
• Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
  Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, University of Chicago Press (2017)
  by Juan Robalino & Alexander Pfaff & Laura Villalobos
  (ReDIF-article, ucp:jaerec:doi:10.1086/692089)
• What drives the withdrawal of protected areas? Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon
  Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg (2018)
  by Derya Keles & Philippe Delacote & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-paper, ulp:sbbeta:2018-35)
• What Drives Size Reductions for Protected Areas? Evidence about PADDD from across the Brazilian Amazon
  Working Papers of BETA, Bureau d'Economie Théorique et Appliquée, UDS, Strasbourg (2019)
  by Derya Keles & Philippe Delacote & Alexander Pfaff & Siyu Qin & Michael B. Mascia
  (ReDIF-paper, ulp:sbbeta:2019-12)
• On the Endogeneity of Resource Co-management: Theory and Evidence from Indonesia
  Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2013)
  by Stefanie Engel & Charles Palmer & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:landec:v:89:y:2013:ii:1:p:308-329)
• Ecopayments and Deforestation in Costa Rica: A Nationwide Analysis of PSA’s Initial Years
  Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press (2013)
  by Juan Robalino & Alexander Pfaff
  (ReDIF-article, uwp:landec:v:89:y:2013:iii:1:p:432-448)
• What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (1997)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S.P.
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:1772)
• Reducing Environmental Risks from Belt and Road Initiative Investments in Transportation Infrastructure
  Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2019)
  by Losos,Elizabeth Claire & Pfaff,Alexander & Olander,Lydia Pauline & Mason,Sara & Morgan,Seth
  (ReDIF-paper, wbk:wbrwps:8718)
• Big field, small potatoes: An empirical assessment of EPA's self-audit policy
  Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. (2004)
  by Alexander Pfaff & Chris William Sanchirico
  (ReDIF-article, wly:jpamgt:v:23:y:2004:i:3:p:415-432)
• Can Environmental Insurance Succeed Where Other Strategies Fail? The Case of Underground Storage Tanks
  Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons (2011)
  by Haitao Yin & Alex Pfaff & Howard Kunreuther
  (ReDIF-article, wly:riskan:v:31:y:2011:i:1:p:12-24)
• Carbon Dynamics and Land-use Choices: Building a Regional-scale Multidisciplinary Model
  Others, University Library of Munich, Germany (2003)
  by Suzi Kerr & Shuguang Liu & Alexander Pfaff & Flint Hughes
  (ReDIF-paper, wpa:wuwpot:0309005)
• Tropical Forest Protection, Uncertainty, and the Environmental Integrity of Carbon Mitigation Policies
  Others, University Library of Munich, Germany (2004)
  by Suzi Kerr & Joanna Hendy & Shuguang Liu & Alexander S.P. Pfaff
  (ReDIF-paper, wpa:wuwpot:0411001)
• Welfare costs and rent premia when quotas are not transferable
  World Scientific Book Chapters, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. (2017)
  by Jaime de Melo & Alex Pfaff & David Tarr
  (ReDIF-chapter, wsi:wschap:9789813108448_0021)
• Paper Tigers, Fences-&-Fines or Co-Management? Community conservation agreements in Indonesia's Lore Lindu National Park
  Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Hannover 2010, Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics (2010)
  by Engel, Stefanie & Palmer, Charles & Pfaff, Alex
  (ReDIF-paper, zbw:gdec10:12)
• Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies: learning from Brazil's Amazon in distinguishing frontiers
  Economics Discussion Papers, Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) (2017)
  by Pfaff, Alexander & Robalino, Juan & Reis, Eustáquio J. & Walker, Robert & Perz, Stephen & Laurance, William & Bohrer, Claudio & Aldrich, Steven & Arima, Eugenio & Caldas, Marcellus & Kirby, Kathryn R.
  (ReDIF-paper, zbw:ifwedp:201783)
• Roads & SDGs, tradeoffs and synergies: Learning from Brazil's Amazon in distinguishing frontiers
  Economics - The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal (2007-2020), Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel) (2018)
  by Pfaff, Alexander S. P. & Robalino, Juan & Reis, Eustaquio J. & Walker, Robert & Perz, Stephen & Laurance, William & Bohrer, Claudio & Aldrich, Steven & Arima, Eugenio & Caldas, Marcellus & Kirby, Kath
  (ReDIF-article, zbw:ifweej:201811)