Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2024). Alpizar, F. F. Carlsson and G. Lanza (2024) Abstract Environmentally friendly alternatives (EFA) are touted as a key component of a transition towards lowering the impact of human activity on the environment. Still, the environmental costs of these technologies are seldom null; they are simply less environmentally damaging thanContinueContinue reading “On the perils of environmentally friendly alternatives”
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Leadership accountability in community-based forest management: experimental evidence in support of governmental oversight
Ecology and Society. (2023). Kahsay, G. A., E. Bulte, F. Alpizar, L. G. Hansen, and H. Medhin. Abstract Evidence of the impact of community-based forest management (CBFM) on conservation outcomes is mixed. Local governance is a key moderating factor, but what constitutes good governance is still up for debate. Desirable institutional features typically arise endogenously,ContinueContinue reading “Leadership accountability in community-based forest management: experimental evidence in support of governmental oversight”
Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities and Resource Scarcity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Journal of the Association on Environmental and Resource Economist. (forthcoming 2024). Alpizar, F.. M. Bernedo and P. Ferraro. Abstract Resource-conserving technologies are widely reported to benefit both the people who adopt them and the environment. Evidence for these “win-win” claims comes largely from modeling or nonexperimental designs and mostly from the energy sector. In aContinueContinue reading “Input Efficiency as a Solution to Externalities and Resource Scarcity: A Randomized Controlled Trial”
Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2022). Thong, H., Z. Nie, F. Alpizar, F. Carlsson and P.K. Nam. Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior. . Vol. 198, pp. 68-86. Abstract This study uses a large field experiment linked to actual behavior to evaluate the effects of an information campaign with and without celebrity endorsementContinueContinue reading “Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro Environmental Behavior”
Community-based monitoring to facilitate water management by local institutions in Costa Rica
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) (2021) Bernedo del Carpio, M.; F. Alpizar and P. J. Ferraro. Abstract Water scarcity is a global problem that can be compounded by inefficient water management, including underinvestment in infrastructure, underpricing of water use, and underenforcement of user rules. Here, we explore whether these inefficiencies can beContinueContinue reading “Community-based monitoring to facilitate water management by local institutions in Costa Rica”
A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries
Environmental Science and Policy (2020) F. Alpizar, F. Carlsson, G. Lanza, B. Carney, R.C. Daniels, M. Jaime, T. Ho, Z. Nie, C. Salazar, B. Tibesigwa, S. Wahdera. Abstract The polluting of marine ecosystems with plastics is both a global and a local problem with potentially severe consequences for wildlife, economic activity, and human health. ItContinueContinue reading “A framework for selecting and designing policies to reduce marine plastic pollution in developing countries”
Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events
Regional Environmental Change (2020) Francisco Alpízar, Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez, Bárbara Viguera, Raffaele Vignola, Tabaré Capitán & Celia A. Harvey. Abstract To ensure food security among rural communities under a changing climate, policymakers need information on the prevalence and determinants of food insecurity, the role of extreme weather events in exacerbating food insecurity, and the strategies that farmers use to copeContinueContinue reading “Determinants of food insecurity among smallholder farmer households in Central America: recurrent versus extreme weather-driven events”
The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project
Nature Climate Change (2019) Francisco Alpízar, María Bernedo Del Carpio, Paul J. Ferraro & Ben S. Meiselman. Abstract Encouraging adaptation to climate change is fundamentally about encouraging changes in human behaviour. To promote these changes, governments, non-profits and multilateral institutions have invested in a range of adaptation projects. Yet there is little empirical evidence about which project components areContinueContinue reading “The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project”
Policy design for the Anthropocene
Nature Sustainability (2019) Thomas Sterner, Edward B. Barbier, Ian Bateman, Inge van den Bijgaart, Anne-Sophie Crépin, Ottmar Edenhofer, Carolyn Fischer, Wolfgang Habla, John Hassler, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Andreas Lange, Stephen Polasky, Johan Rockström, Henrik G. Smith, Will Steffen, Gernot Wagner, James E. Wilen, Francisco Alpízar, Christian Azar, Donna Carless, Carlos Chávez, Jessica Coria, Gustav Engström, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Åsa Löfgren, Håkan Pleijel & Amanda Robinson. Abstract Today, more than ever, ‘Spaceship Earth’ is an apt metaphor as we chart the boundaries forContinueContinue reading “Policy design for the Anthropocene”
A Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico’s Day Without Driving Program
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2018) Allen Blackman, Francisco Alpízar, Fredrik Carlsson, and Marisol Rivera Planter. Abstract 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 method to measure the costs of Mexico City’s DayContinueContinue reading “A Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico’s Day Without Driving Program”
Francisco Alpízar 