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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

2020

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

2019

3. 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
4. Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
5. 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

2018

6. Forest Carbon Supply in Nepal: Evidence from a Choice Experiment
   Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank
7. 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

2017

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

2015

10. Biogas: clean energy access with low-cost mitigation of climate change
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (11)
    See also Journal Article Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change, Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer (2015) View citations (12) (2015)
11. 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 View citations (9)
12. 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 View citations (4)
13. Cooperative behavior and common pool resources: experimental evidence from community forest user groups in Nepal
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank 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) View citations (11) (2020)
14. 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 View citations (5)
15. Does collective action sequester carbon ? the case of the Nepal community forestry program
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (3)
16. Preferences for REDD+ contract attributes in low-income countries: a choice experiment in Ethiopia
    Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank View citations (2)
17. 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 View citations (2)

2014

18. Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future
19. 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 View citations (2)
    Also in Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank (2014) View citations (2)

2013

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

2012

21. 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

2009

22. Corporate environmental management in transition economies: The case of Central and Eastern Europe
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics 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) View citations (5) (2009)
23. Economics of Soil Conservation Adoption in High-Rainfall Areas of the Ethiopian Highlands
    Working Papers in Economics, University of Gothenburg, Department of Economics View citations (3)
    Also in RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future (2008) View citations (5)

2008

24. 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 View citations (8)
25. Risk aversion in low-income countries: Experimental evidence from Ethiopia [in Amharic]
    Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
26. Rural Livelihoods, Poverty, and the Millennium Development Goals: Evidence from Ethiopian Survey Data
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (3)
27. Wealth and Time Preference in Rural Ethiopia
    RFF Working Paper Series, Resources for the Future View citations (18)

2007

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

1997

30. OPTIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY POLICY FOR CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
    Harvard Institute for International Development (HIID) Papers, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government View citations (1)
31. 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
    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) 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) 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) 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 View citations (3)

2019

3. 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 View citations (3)
4. Optimal energy resource mix for the US and China to meet emissions pledges
   Applied Energy, 2019, 238, (C), 92-100 View citations (9)

2018

5. A Combined Energy and Geoengineering Optimization Model (CEAGOM) for climate and energy policy analysis
   Applied Energy, 2018, 218, (C), 246-255 View citations (5)
6. An assessment of collective action drivers of carbon storage in Nepalese forest commons
   Forest Policy and Economics, 2018, 90, (C), 39-47 View citations (4)
7. Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Program
   World Development, 2018, 101, (C), 133-141 View citations (11)
8. 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 View citations (21)
9. Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2018, 66, (3), 417 - 446 View citations (21)

2017

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

2016

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

2015

12. Biogas: Clean Energy Access with Low-Cost Mitigation of Climate Change
    Environmental & Resource Economics, 2015, 62, (2), 265-277 View citations (12)
    See also Working Paper Biogas: clean energy access with low-cost mitigation of climate change, Policy Research Working Paper Series (2015) View citations (11) (2015)
13. 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 View citations (3)
14. The Economics of Household Air Pollution
    Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2015, 7, (1), 81-108 View citations (39)

2013

15. REDD+and community-controlled forests in low-income countries: Any hope for a linkage?
    Ecological Economics, 2013, 87, (C), 43-52 View citations (19)

2011

16. 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

2009

17. 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 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) View citations (6) (2009)
18. Poverty, Risk Aversion, and Path Dependence in Low-Income Countries: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia
    American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2009, 91, (4), 1022-1037 View citations (193)

2008

19. 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 View citations (24)
20. HOUSING, SPRAWL, AND THE USE OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES: THE CASE OF THE INLAND EMPIRE
    Contemporary Economic Policy, 2008, 26, (3), 433-447 View citations (1)

2007

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

2006

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

2003

25. 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 View citations (1)
26. 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 View citations (7)

2000

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

1999

28. Are the costs of pollution abatement lower in Central and Eastern Europe? Evidence from Lithuania
    Environment and Development Economics, 1999, 4, (4), 449-470 View citations (9)
29. 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

1998

30. 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 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) (1997)

1995

31. 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 View citations (93)

Edited books

1997

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