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Homepage:http://www.pdx.edu/econ/randall-bluffstone
Workplace:Department of Economics, Portland State University, (more information at EDIRC)
Department of Economics, University of Redlands, (more information at EDIRC)
Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID), Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, (more information at EDIRC)
Environment for Development, Handelshögskolan (School of Business, Economics and Law), Göteborgs Universitet (University of Gothenburg), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2022

  1. Does Participatory Forest Management Increase Forest Resource Use to Cope with Shocks? Empirical Evidence from Ethiopia
    EfD Discussion Paper, Environment for Development, University of Gothenburg Downloads

2020

  1. Improved Biomass Cookstove Use in the Longer Run: Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (2)

2019

  1. Do Improved Biomass Cookstoves Reduce PM2.5 Concentrations ? If So, for Whom ? Empirical Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  2. Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  3. Stability and Evolution of Preferences for Improved Cookstoves -- A Difference-in-Difference Analysis of a Choice Experiment from Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2018

  1. Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal: Evidence from a Choice Experiment
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads
  2. Improved cook stoves for climate change mitigation ? evidence of values, preferences and carbon savings from a choice experiment in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads

2017

  1. Challenges in assessing the costs of household cooking energy in lower-income countries
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
  2. Estimated Values of Carbon Sequestration Resulting from Forest Management Scenarios
    C-FARE Reports, Council on Food, Agricultural, and Resource Economics (C-FARE) Downloads View citations (2)

2015

  1. Biogas: clean energy access with low-cost mitigation of climate change
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2015) Downloads View citations (12) (2015)
  2. Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in low-income countries ? evidence from a controlled cooking test trial with randomized behavioral treatments
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (9)
  3. Community managed forest groups and preferences for REDD contract attributes: a choice experiment survey of communities in Nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (4)
  4. Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (4)
    See also Journal Article Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: Experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal, World Development, Elsevier (2020) Downloads View citations (11) (2020)
  5. Do improved biomass cookstoves reduce fuelwood consumption and carbon emissions ? evidence from rural Ethiopia using a randomized treatment trial with electronic monitoring
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (5)
  6. Does collective action sequester carbon ? the case of the Nepal community forestry program
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (3)
  7. Preferences for REDD+ contract attributes in low-income countries: a choice experiment in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (2)
  8. The improved biomass stove saves wood, but how often do people use it ? evidence from a randomized treatment trial in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank Downloads View citations (2)

2014

  1. Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads
  2. Measuring risk preferences in rural Ethiopia: Risk tolerance and exogenous income proxies
    Discussion Papers, WZB Junior Research Group Risk and Development, WZB Berlin Social Science Center Downloads View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) Downloads View citations (2)

2013

  1. Community Controlled Forests, Carbon Sequestration and REDD+: Some Evidence from Ethiopia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads View citations (2)

2012

  1. Deforestation and forest degradation are estimated to account for between 12 percent and 20 percent of annual greenhouse gas emissions. These activities, largely in the developing world, released about 5.8 Gt per year in the 1990s, which was more than all forms of transport combined. The idea behind REDD+ is that payments for sequestering carbon can tip the economic balance away from loss of forests and in the process yield climate benefits. Recent analysis has suggested that developing country carbon sequestration can effectively compete with other climate investments as part of a cost-effective climate policy. This paper focuses on opportunities and complications associated with bringing community-controlled forests into REDD+. About 25 percent of developing country forests are community controlled; therefore, it is difficult to envision a successful REDD+ program without coming to terms with community controlled forests. It is widely agreed that REDD+ offers opportunities to bring value to developing country forests, but there are also concerns related to insecure and poorly defined community forest tenure, informed by often long histories of government unwillingness to meaningfully devolve ownership rights to communities. Further, because communities are complicated systems, there is also concern that REDD+ could destabilize existing well-functioning community forestry systems
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads

2009

  1. Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (6)
    See also Journal Article Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe, Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences (2009) Downloads View citations (5) (2009)
  2. Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics Downloads View citations (3)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008) Downloads View citations (5)

2008

  1. Is There a Link between Common Property Forest Management and Private Tree Growing? Evidence of Behavioral Effects from Highland Ethiopia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads View citations (8)
  2. Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]
    Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (1)
  3. Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads View citations (3)
  4. Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future Downloads View citations (18)

2007

  1. Impact of soil conservation on crop production in the Northern Ethiopian Highlands
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (4)
  2. Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Downloads View citations (26)

1997

  1. OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY POLICY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Downloads View citations (1)
  2. REDUCING DEGRADATION OF FORESTS IN POOR COUNTRIES WHEN PERMANENT SOLUTIONS ELUDE US: WHAT INSTRUMENTS DO WE REALLY HAVE?
    Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government Downloads
    Also in Working Papers, Harvard - Institute for International Development (1997) View citations (2)

    See also Journal Article Reducing degradation of forests in poor countries when permanent solutions elude us: what instruments do we really have?, Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press (1998) Downloads View citations (9) (1998)

Journal Articles

2020

  1. Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: Experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal
    World Development, 2020, 129, (C) Downloads View citations (11)
    See also Working Paper Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) Downloads View citations (4) (2015)
  2. Estimating the Present Value of Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Forests, 2015–2050, for Evaluating Federal Climate Change Mitigation Policies
    Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2020, 49, (1), 150-177 Downloads View citations (3)

2019

  1. Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia
    Journal of African Economies, 2019, 28, (1), 18-38 Downloads View citations (3)
  2. Optimal energy resource mix for the US and China to meet emissions pledges
    Applied Energy, 2019, 238, (C), 92-100 Downloads View citations (9)

2018

  1. A Combined Energy and Geoengineering Optimization Model (CEAGOM) for climate and energy policy analysis
    Applied Energy, 2018, 218, (C), 246-255 Downloads View citations (5)
  2. An assessment of collective action drivers of carbon storage in Nepalese forest commons
    Forest Policy and Economics, 2018, 90, (C), 39-47 Downloads View citations (4)
  3. Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program
    World Development, 2018, 101, (C), 133-141 Downloads View citations (11)
  4. Fuel savings, cooking time and user satisfaction with improved biomass cookstoves: Evidence from controlled cooking tests in Ethiopia
    Resource and Energy Economics, 2018, 52, (C), 173-185 Downloads View citations (21)
  5. Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia
    Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (3), 417 - 446 Downloads View citations (21)

2017

  1. Does Community Forest Collective Action Promote Private Tree Planting? Evidence from Ethiopia
    International Business Research, 2017, 10, (5), 86-106 Downloads View citations (3)

2016

  1. Community forests, carbon sequestration and REDD+: evidence from Ethiopia
    Environment and Development Economics, 2016, 21, (2), 249-272 Downloads View citations (7)

2015

  1. Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2015, 62, (2), 265-277 Downloads View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Biogas: clean energy access with low-cost mitigation of climate change, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) Downloads View citations (11) (2015)
  2. Livestock and Private Tree Holdings in Rural Ethiopia: The Effects of Collective Action Institutions, Tenure Security and Market Access
    Journal of Development Studies, 2015, 51, (9), 1193-1209 Downloads View citations (3)
  3. The Economics of Household Air Pollution
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 81-108 Downloads View citations (39)

2013

  1. REDD+and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: Any hope for a linkage?
    Ecological Economics, 2013, 87, (C), 43-52 Downloads View citations (18)

2011

  1. Are soil conservation technologies “win‐win?” A case study of Anjeni in the north‐western Ethiopian highlands
    Natural Resources Forum, 2011, 35, (2), 89-99 Downloads

2009

  1. Corporate Environmental Management in Transition Economies: The Case of Central and Eastern Europe
    Czech Journal of Economics and Finance (Finance a uver), 2009, 59, (5), 410-425 Downloads View citations (5)
    See also Working Paper Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe, Working Papers in Economics (2009) Downloads View citations (6) (2009)
  2. Poverty, Risk Aversion, and Path Dependence in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (4), 1022-1037 Downloads View citations (191)

2008

  1. Does better common property forest management promote behavioral change? On-farm tree planting in the Bolivian Andes1
    Environment and Development Economics, 2008, 13, (2), 137-170 Downloads View citations (24)
  2. HOUSING, SPRAWL, AND THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES: THE CASE OF THE INLAND EMPIRE
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2008, 26, (3), 433-447 Downloads View citations (1)

2007

  1. Privatization and contaminated site remediation in Central and Eastern Europe: Do environmental liability policies matter?
    Ecological Economics, 2007, 63, (1), 31-41 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. WAREHOUSES, TRUCKS, AND PM2.5: HUMAN HEALTH AND LOGISTICS INDUSTRY GROWTH IN THE EASTERN INLAND EMPIRE
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2007, 25, (1), 79-91 Downloads View citations (3)

2006

  1. Explaining Environmental Management in Central and Eastern Europe
    Comparative Economic Studies, 2006, 48, (4), 619-640 Downloads View citations (2)
  2. Mixing economic and administrative instruments: the case of shrimp aquaculture in Thailand
    Environment and Development Economics, 2006, 11, (5), 651-667 Downloads View citations (2)

2003

  1. How Much Will It Cost to Join the Club? The Extra Costs of Approximating Lithuanian Environmental Laws with Those of the European Union
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2003, 26, (2), 279-303 Downloads View citations (1)
  2. Upgrading municipal environmental services to European Union levels: a case study of household willingness to pay in Lithuania
    Environment and Development Economics, 2003, 8, (4), 637-654 Downloads View citations (7)

2000

  1. Environmental Liability and Privatization in Central and Eastern Europe: Toward an Optimal Policy
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2000, 17, (4), 335-352 Downloads View citations (11)

1999

  1. Are the costs of pollution abatement lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania
    Environment and Development Economics, 1999, 4, (4), 449-470 Downloads View citations (9)
  2. Randall Bluffstone and Bruce A. Larson (eds), Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, Cheltenham, 1997. ISBN 1 85898 452 1
    Environment and Development Economics, 1999, 4, (4), 599-602 Downloads

1998

  1. Reducing degradation of forests in poor countries when permanent solutions elude us: what instruments do we really have?
    Environment and Development Economics, 1998, 3, (3), 295-317 Downloads View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper REDUCING DEGRADATION OF FORESTS IN POOR COUNTRIES WHEN PERMANENT SOLUTIONS ELUDE US: WHAT INSTRUMENTS DO WE REALLY HAVE?, Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers (1997) Downloads (1997)

1995

  1. The Effect of Labor Market Performance on Deforestation in Developing Countries under Open Access: An Example from Rural Nepal
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 1995, 29, (1), 42-63 Downloads View citations (93)

Edited books

1997

  1. Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies
    Books, Edward Elgar Publishing Downloads View citations (28)
 
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