Costa Rica – Francisco Alpízar

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) program on income-based poverty rates in rural areas of Costa Rica between 2007–2009. Using household surveys and spatial geographic data, we are able to control for socioeconomic and geographicContinueContinue reading “Local Effects of Payments for Ecosystem Services on Rural Poverty”

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”

Valoración económica de los beneficios en la salud asociados a la reducción de la contaminación del aire: el caso de la Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica

CEPAL (2017) Francisco Alpízar, Matías Piaggio & Eduardo Pacay. Abstract Debido a la dinámica de alta densidad poblacional y los elevados niveles de contaminación, la relación entre la calidad del aire y la salud es un problema casi exclusivo de las ciudades. Existe un creciente interés por parte del sector científico y por diversas agenciasContinueContinue reading “Valoración económica de los beneficios en la salud asociados a la reducción de la contaminación del aire: el caso de la Gran Área Metropolitana de Costa Rica”

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 major electricity utility in Costa Rica. Because of particular features of the data, we use recently developed understanding of the two-way fixed effects differences-in-differences estimator along with event-study specificationsContinueContinue reading “Time-Varying Pricing May Increase Total Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Costa Rica”

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 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 be reduced inContinueContinue reading “Community-based monitoring to facilitate water management by local institutions in Costa Rica”

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 América Central, perjudicando las economías nacionales y los medios de vida de los pequeños productores. Es necesario entender cómo el cambio climático está afectando a los pequeños caficultores enContinueContinue reading “Climate change perceptions and adaptive responses of small-scale coffee farmers in Costa Rica”