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because of the potential for sequestering carbon by paying to prevent deforestation and degradation of forest lands. We … club goods like water and greatest for pure public goods like carbon reduction. Actual performance is difficult to measure …
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Existing models of open-access resources are applicable to non-storable resources, such as fish. Many open-access resources, however, are used to produce storable goods. Elephants, rhinos, and tigers are three prominent examples. Anticipated future scarcity of these resources will increase...
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We develop theory and present a suite of theoretically consistent empirical measures to explore the extent to which market intervention inadvertently alters resource allocation in a sequentialmove principal/agent game. We showcase our approach empirically by exploring the extent to which the...
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Crop biodiversity has the potential to enhance resistance to strains due to biotic and abiotic factors and to improve … crop production and farm revenues. To investigate the effect of crop biodiversity on crop productivity, we build a …
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rely on market forces to do this task. It reviews the policy interventions that could help in biodiversity conservation …This paper summarizes in non-technical terms the economic case for conserving biodiversity, and explains why we cannot …
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, altering incentives to conserve natural resources. Using longitudinal data from household surveys in western Kenya, we estimate … these households and health improvements lead to greater levels of conservation. In smaller families with less substitutable …
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We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find that higher academic achievement...
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The study of autocracies and weakly institutionalized countries is plagued by scarcity of information about the relative strength of different players within the political system. This paper presents novel data on the composition of government coalitions in a sample of fifteen post-colonial...
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This paper compares the relative impact of two road safety interventions in the Kenyan minibus or matatu sector: a top down set of regulatory requirements known as the Michuki Rules and a consumer empowerment intervention. We use very detailed insurance claims data on three classes of vehicles...
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focus on Kenya, which has made significant strides in financial inclusion and development in recent years. We find a …
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