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Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica

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Arriagada, RA; Ferraro, PJ; Sills, EO; Pattanayak, SK; Cordero-Sancho, S
Published in: Land Economics
May 1, 2012

Payments for environmental services (PES) are popular despite little empirical evidence of their effectiveness. We estimate the impact of PES on forest cover in a region known for exemplary implementation of one of the best-known and longest-lived PES programs. Our evaluation design combines sampling that incorporates prematching, data from remote sensing and household surveys, and empirical methods that include partial identification with weak assumptions, difference-in-differences matching estimators, and tests of sensitivity to unobservable heterogeneity. PES in our study site increased participating farm forest cover by about 11% to 17% of the mean area under PES contract over eight years. (JEL Q57, Q58) © 2012 by the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System.

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Land Economics

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0023-7639

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Volume

88

Issue

2

Start / End Page

382 / 399

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics
 

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Arriagada, R. A., Ferraro, P. J., Sills, E. O., Pattanayak, S. K., & Cordero-Sancho, S. (2012). Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica. Land Economics, 88(2), 382–399. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.88.2.382
Arriagada, R. A., P. J. Ferraro, E. O. Sills, S. K. Pattanayak, and S. Cordero-Sancho. “Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica.” Land Economics 88, no. 2 (May 1, 2012): 382–99. https://doi.org/10.3368/le.88.2.382.
Arriagada RA, Ferraro PJ, Sills EO, Pattanayak SK, Cordero-Sancho S. Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica. Land Economics. 2012 May 1;88(2):382–99.
Arriagada, R. A., et al. “Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica.” Land Economics, vol. 88, no. 2, May 2012, pp. 382–99. Scopus, doi:10.3368/le.88.2.382.
Arriagada RA, Ferraro PJ, Sills EO, Pattanayak SK, Cordero-Sancho S. Do payments for environmental services affect forest cover? A farm-level evaluation from Costa Rica. Land Economics. 2012 May 1;88(2):382–399.
Journal cover image

Published In

Land Economics

DOI

ISSN

0023-7639

Publication Date

May 1, 2012

Volume

88

Issue

2

Start / End Page

382 / 399

Related Subject Headings

  • Agricultural Economics & Policy
  • 3801 Applied economics
  • 1402 Applied Economics