Recent Research*

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Perceptions of the seriousness of major public health problems during the COVID-19 pandemic in seven middle-income countries

Communications Medicine (2023) Carson, R.T., Hanemann, M., Köhlin, G. W. Adamowicz, T.Sterner, F. Amuakwa-Mensah, F. Alpizar, E. Khossravi, M. Jeuland, J.Bonilla, J.S. Sheng Tan-Soo, P. Khanh Nam, S. Wagura Ndiritu, S. Wadehra, M. Julius Chegere, M Visser, N. Andegbe…

Can school environmental education programs make children and parents more pro-environmental?

Journal of Development Economics (2023) Jaime, M., C. Salazar, F. Alpizar and F. Carlsson. Abstract We evaluate the direct and indirect effects of an environmental educational…

High discount rates by private actors undermine climate change adaptation policies

Climate Risk Management. (2023) Alpizar, F., M. Bernedo, R. Cremades and P. Ferraro. Abstract Adaptation requires investing now to avoid future damages, and thus adaptation is…

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. .…

Ecosystem-Based Practices for Smallholders’ Adaptation to Climate Extremes: Evidence of Benefits and Knowledge Gaps in Latin America

Agronomy (2022) Vignola, R.; Esquivel, M.J.; Harvey, C.; Rapidel, B.; Bautista-Solis, P.; Alpizar, F.; Donatti, C.; Avelino, J. Abstract Agricultural practices of smallholder farming systems of…

Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty

Environmetal and Resource Economics (2022) Villalobos, L., Robalino, J., Sandoval, C. and F. Alpizar Abstract This paper estimates the local effects of a Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES)…

Exposure-enhanced goods and technology disadoption∗

*Working paper (2018-2021). Francisco Alpízar, Maria Bernedo Del Carpio,Paul J. Ferraro, Ben S. Meiselman. Abstract Policymakers often subsidize goods that generate positive externalities, only to see…

Time-Varying Pricing May Increase Total Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Costa Rica

Resource and Energy Economics (2021) Tabaré Capitán, Francisco Alpízar, Róger Madrigal-Ballestero, Subhrendu K.Pattanayak. Abstract We study the implementation of a time-varying pricing (TVP) program by a…

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 & P.J. Ferraro. Abstract Water scarcity is a global problem that can…

Adoption of community monitoring improves common pool resource management across contexts

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2021) Tara Slough, Daniel Rubenson, Ro’ee Levy, Francisco Alpizar Rodriguez, María Bernedo del Carpio, Mark T. Buntaine, Darin Christensen, Alicia Cooperman, Sabrina Eisenbarth, Paul J. Ferraro, Louis Graham, Alexandra…

Large-scale collective action to avoid an Amazon tipping point – key actors and interventions

Current Research in Environmental Sustainability (2021) Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Åsa Löfgren, U. Martin Persson, Martin Sjöstedt, Bengt Brülde, David Langlet,…

Perceptions of Extreme Weather Events and Adaptation Decisions

A Case Study of Maize and Bean Farmers in Guatemala and Honduras Extreme Events and Climate Change: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2021) Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez, Francisco Alpízar, Leyla…

Mainstreaming of Natural Capital and Biodiversity into Planning and Decision-Making: Cases from Latin America and the Caribbean

IDB (2020) Alpízar, Francisco; Madrigal, Róger; Alvarado, Irene; Brenes Vega, Esteban; Camhi, Ashley;Maldonado, Jorge Higinio; Marco, Jorge; Martínez, Alejandra; Pacay, Eduardo; Watson, Gregory. Abstract The Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) region enjoys an…

Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas Pricing

ifo Institut (2020) Thomas Sterner, Richard T. Carson, Marc Hafstead, Peter Howard, Sverker Carlsson Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanatan, Jan Christoph Steckel,…

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…

Mining conflict in the Dominican Republic: the case of Loma Miranda

Resources Policy (2020) Víctor Gómez- Valenzuela, Francisco Alpízar, Solhanlle Bonilla, Carol Franco-Billini Abstract This paper assesses the willingness to pay (WTP) of the Dominican Republican society…

Results of the contingent valuation to estimate the environmental impacts caused by rock-ash discharge

Ciencia, Economía y Negocios (2020) Víctor Gómez-Valenzuela, Francisco Alpízar. Abstract This paper shows the results of a contingent valuation exercise carried out to assess the environmental…

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,…

The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects ofenvironmental programs

World Development (2019) Francisco Alpizar, Paul J. Ferraro. Abstract For decades, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations have invested in programs aimed at alleviating poverty and those aimed at…

Credit insurance and farmer’s liability: evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2019) María A. Naranjo, Janneke Pieters & Francisco Alpízar Abstract This paper examines the effect of farmers’ liability on demand…

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…

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…

Market-Based Instruments for Managing Hazardous Chemicals: A Review of the Literature and Future Research Agenda

Sustainability (2019) Daniel Slunge & Francisco Alpizar. Abstract We take stock of the lessons learned from using market-based instruments in chemicals management and discuss the potential…

Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale coffee farmers in Costa Rica

Mesoamerican Agronomy (2019) Barbara Viguera , Francisco Alpizar , Celia A. Harvey , M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez , Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez. Abstract Introducción. El cambio climático afectará la distribución, productividad y rentabilidad del cultivo de café en…

Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale farmers in two Guatemalan landscape

Mesoamerican Agronomy (2019) Bárbara Viguera , Francisco Alpízar , Celia A. Harvey , M. Ruth Martínez-Rodríguez , Milagro Saborío-Rodríguez , Lucía Contreras Abstract Introducción. Se espera que, a consecuencia del cambio climático, cultivos como el café (Coffea…