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Working Papers

2020

1. Celebrity Endorsement in Promoting Pro-Environmental Behavior
   Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
2. Time-Varying Pricing May Increase Total Electricity Consumption: Evidence from Costa Rica
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science

2018

3. Environmental Goods and Services: Non-Traditional Markets, Financing Mechanisms and Good Practices in Latin America and the Caribbean: Summary of Activity 1: Profile of Markets for Certified Green Products, Derived Environmental Services, and Financing Mechanisms
   IDB Publications (Working Papers), Inter-American Development Bank

2017

4. 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
   Documentos de Proyectos, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL)

2015

5. A Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico’s Day Without Driving Program
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   See also Journal Article in Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2018)

2014

6. Do Entrance Fees Crowd Out Donations for Public Goods? Evidence from a Protected Area in Costa Rica
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
   See also Journal Article in Environment and Development Economics (2015)

2013

7. Reputation and Household Recycling Practices: Field Experiments in Costa Rica Abstract: Pro-environmental behavior is the willingness to cooperate and contribute to environmental public goods. A good understanding of why individuals undertake pro-environmental actions is important in order to construct policies that are aligned with preferences and actual behavioral patterns, such as concern for social esteem and reputation. In this paper, we present the results of a framed field experiment that explores reputation formation as a driver in support of household recycling practices. We use a “shame†and a “pride†treatment to test which is more effective, if at all, in increasing recycling effort. We find that reputational concerns indeed play a role in shaping individual pro-environmental behavior. Surprisingly, subjects cooperate more if the situation is framed as avoiding shame (bad reputation) rather than as acquiring pride and gratitude (good reputation). The actual experiment is based on a real recycling program, with participants who are heads of urban households in Costa Rica
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future

2012

8. Does Tourism Eco-Certification Pay? Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Program
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article in World Development (2014)

2011

9. Choice Experiments in Enviromental Impact Assessment: The Toro 3 Hydroelectric Project and the Recreo Verde Tourist Center in Costa Rica
   RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
10. Conditional Cash Transfers and Payments for Environmental Services: A Conceptual Framework for Explaining and Judging Differences in Outcomes
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in World Development (2013)
11. Individual Perceptions and the Performance of Community-Based Drinking Water Organizations
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (2)

2010

12. Are They Watching You and Does It Matter? - Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
13. Determinants of Performance of Drinking-Water Community Organizations: A Comparative Analysis of Case Studies in Rural Costa Rica
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
14. Don't Tell Me What to Do, Tell Me Who to Follow! Field Experiment Evidence on Voluntary Donations
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (1)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2010) View citations (2)
15. Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change: A Framed Field Experiment
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
16. Paying the Price of Sweetening Your Donation - Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2010)
    See also Journal Article in Economics Letters (2012)
17. The Effect of Risk, Ambiguity and Coordination on Farmers’ Adaptation to Climate Change: A Framed Field Experiment
    Working Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
    Also in Sustainable Development Papers, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) (2010) View citations (1)
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2009) View citations (2)

2009

18. Fuel Tax Incidence in Developing Countries: The Case of Costa Rica
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (2)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2009) View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Energy Policy (2010)

2008

19. Anonymity, Reciprocity, and Conformity: Evidence from Voluntary Contributions to a National Park in Costa Rica
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (238)
    Also in Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics (2007) View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Public Economics (2008)
20. Deforestation Impacts of Environmental Services Payments: Costa Rica’s PSA Program 2000–2005
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (10)
21. Full title Does Context Matter More for Hypothetical Than for Actual Contributions? Evidence from a Natural Field Experiment
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (34)

2007

22. Does context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? Evidence from a natural field experiment
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article in Experimental Economics (2008)

2001

23. How Much Do We Care About Absolute Versus Relative Income and Consumption?
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (2005)
24. Policy Implications and Analysis of the Determinants of Travel Mode Choice: An Application of Choice Experiments to Metropolitan Costa Rica
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (5)
    See also Journal Article in Environment and Development Economics (2003)
25. Using Choice Experiments for Non-Market Valuation
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (93)
    See also Journal Article in Economic Issues Journal Articles (2003)

Undated

26. Local Effects of Payments for Environmental Services on Poverty
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (5)

Journal Articles

2020

1. Mining conflict in the Dominican Republic: The case of Loma Miranda
   Resources Policy, 2020, 66, (C) View citations (1)
2. The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects of environmental programs: The missing RCTs
   World Development, 2020, 127, (C) View citations (4)

2019

3. Credit, insurance and farmers’ liability: Evidence from a lab in the field experiment with coffee farmers in Costa Rica
   Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2019, 166, (C), 12-27 View citations (1)
4. Market-Based Instruments for Managing Hazardous Chemicals: A Review of the Literature and Future Research Agenda
   Sustainability, 2019, 11, (16), 1-20

2018

5. A Contingent Valuation Approach to Estimating Regulatory Costs: Mexico’s Day without Driving Program
   Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2018, 5, (3), 607 - 641 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper (2015)
6. Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES
   Ecological Economics, 2018, 146, (C), 347-358 View citations (16)

2017

7. Spillovers from targeting of incentives: Exploring responses to being excluded
   Journal of Economic Psychology, 2017, 59, (C), 87-98 View citations (7)
8. Unintended Effects of Targeting an Environmental Rebate
   Environmental & Resource Economics, 2017, 67, (1), 181-202 View citations (8)

2015

9. Do entrance fees crowd out donations for public goods? Evidence from a protected area in Costa Rica
   Environment and Development Economics, 2015, 20, (3), 311-326
   See also Working Paper (2014)
10. Reputation and household recycling practices: Field experiments in Costa Rica
    Ecological Economics, 2015, 120, (C), 366-375 View citations (12)

2014

11. Does Tourism Eco-Certification Pay? Costa Rica’s Blue Flag Program
    World Development, 2014, 58, (C), 41-52 View citations (15)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
12. It took thousands of turtles
    Environment and Development Economics, 2014, 19, (3), 322-324
13. The Environment for Development Initiative: lessons learned in research, academic capacity building and policy intervention to manage resources for sustainable growth
    Environment and Development Economics, 2014, 19, (3), 367-391

2013

14. Conditional Cash Transfers and Payments for Environmental Services—A Conceptual Framework for Explaining and Judging Differences in Outcomes
    World Development, 2013, 43, (C), 124-137 View citations (29)
    See also Working Paper (2011)

2012

15. Paying the price of sweetening your donation: Evidence from a natural field experiment
    Economics Letters, 2012, 114, (2), 182-185 View citations (8)
    See also Working Paper (2010)

2011

16. Determinants of Performance of Community-Based Drinking Water Organizations
    World Development, 2011, 39, (9), 1663-1675 View citations (12)
17. Environmental and development issues in Latin America: moving forward
    Environment and Development Economics, 2011, 16, (3), 243-245
18. The effect of ambiguous risk, and coordination on farmers' adaptation to climate change — A framed field experiment
    Ecological Economics, 2011, 70, (12), 2317-2326 View citations (30)

2010

19. Fuel tax incidence in developing countries: The case of Costa Rica
    Energy Policy, 2010, 38, (5), 2208-2215 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper (2009)

2008

20. Anonymity, reciprocity, and conformity: Evidence from voluntary contributions to a national park in Costa Rica
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008, 92, (5-6), 1047-1060 View citations (235)
    See also Working Paper (2008)
21. Does context matter more for hypothetical than for actual contributions? Evidence from a natural field experiment
    Experimental Economics, 2008, 11, (3), 299-314 View citations (35)
    See also Working Paper (2007)

2006

22. The pricing of protected areas in nature-based tourism: A local perspective
    Ecological Economics, 2006, 56, (2), 294-307 View citations (12)

2005

23. How much do we care about absolute versus relative income and consumption?
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 2005, 56, (3), 405-421 View citations (374)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

2004

24. Collective versus Random Fining: An Experimental Study on Controlling Ambient Pollution
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2004, 29, (2), 231-252 View citations (30)

2003

25. Policy implications and analysis of the determinants of travel mode choice: an application of choice experiments to metropolitan Costa Rica
    Environment and Development Economics, 2003, 8, (4), 603-619 View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper (2001)
26. Using Choice Experiments for Non-Market Valuation
    Economic Issues Journal Articles, 2003, 8, (1), 83-110 View citations (79)
    See also Working Paper (2001)

Books

2005

1. Forests in the global balance - changing paradigms, vol 17
   Selected Books, CIRAD, Forest department, UPR40 View citations (2)