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Envirodevonomics: A Research Agenda for an Emerging Field by Greenstone, Michael, Jack, B. Kelsey

“…Environmental quality in many developing countries is poor and generates substantial health and productivity costs. However, the few existing measures of…”
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Self-selection into payments for ecosystem services programs by Jack, B. Kelsey, Jayachandran, Seema

“…Designers and funders of payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs have long worried that payments flow to landholders who would have conserved forests…”
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Pay as You Go: Prepaid Metering and Electricity Expenditures in South Africa by Jack, B. Kelsey, Smith, Grant

“…High rates of customer default on utility bills present a barrier to the expansion of electricity access in the developing world. Pre-paid electricity metering…”
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Designing payments for ecosystem services: Lessons from previous experience with incentive-based mechanisms by Jack, B. Kelsey, Kousky, Carolyn, Sims, Katharine R.E

“…Payments for ecosystem services (PES) policies compensate individuals or communities for undertaking actions that increase the provision of ecosystem services…”
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Leadership and the voluntary provision of public goods: Field evidence from Bolivia by Jack, B. Kelsey, Recalde, María P.

“…We conduct a controlled field experiment in 52 communities in rural Bolivia to investigate the effect that local authorities have on voluntary public good…”
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Private Information and the Allocation of Land Use Subsidies in Malawi by Jack, B. Kelsey

“…Efficient targeting of public programs is difficult when the cost or benefit to potential recipients is private information. This study illustrates the…”
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Information and subsidies: Complements or substitutes? by Ashraf, Nava, Jack, B. Kelsey, Kamenica, Emir

“…► We test the interaction of information and subsidies for a health product in Zambia. ► Taken alone, information does not affect demand while the subsidy…”
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No margin, no mission? A field experiment on incentives for public service delivery by Ashraf, Nava, Bandiera, Oriana, Jack, B. Kelsey

“…We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effect of extrinsic rewards, both financial and non-financial, on the performance of agents recruited by a public…”
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Revealed Preference Approach to Estimating Supply Curves for Ecosystem Services: Use of Auctions to Set Payments for Soil Erosion Control in Indonesia by JACK, B. KELSEY, LEIMONA, BERIA, FERRARO, PAUL J

“…To supply ecosystem services, private landholders incur costs. Knowledge of these costs is critical for the design of conservation-payment programs. Estimating…”
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Upstream–downstream transactions and watershed externalities: Experimental evidence from Kenya by Jack, B. Kelsey

“…Where environmental policies or projects seek behavioral change, understanding underlying norms and preferences is essential to securing environmental…”
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Seasonal Liquidity, Rural Labor Markets, and Agricultural Production by Fink, Günther, Jack, B. Kelsey, Masiye, Felix

“…Rural economies in many developing countries are characterized by a lean season in the months preceding harvest, when farmers have depleted their cash and…”
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Environmental economics in developing countries: An introduction to the special issue by Jack, B. Kelsey

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Environmental externalities and free-riding in the household by Jack, B. Kelsey, Jayachandran, Seema, Malagutti, Flavio, Rao, Sarojini

“…In addition to generating a negative environmental externality, a household’s water consumption entails another “market failure”: household members free-ride…”
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Productivity in piece-rate labor markets: Evidence from rural Malawi by Guiteras, Raymond P., Jack, B. Kelsey

“…Piece-rate compensation is a common feature of developing country labor markets, but little is known about how piece-rate workers respond to incentives, or the…”
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The leakage and livelihood impacts of PES contracts: A targeting experiment in Malawi by Jack, B. Kelsey, Cardona Santos, Elsa

“…•We study the impacts of a payment for environmental services program in Malawi.•We find evidence of leakage within-farm through additional land clearing.•The…”
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Auction Design for the Private Provision of Public Goods in Developing Countries: Lessons from Payments for Environmental Services in Malawi and Indonesia by Ajayi, Oluyede C, Jack, B Kelsey, Leimona, Beria

“…Payments for environmental services programs use direct incentives to improve the environmental impacts of private land use decisions. An auction offers an…”
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Multiple price lists for willingness to pay elicitation by Jack, B. Kelsey, McDermott, Kathryn, Sautmann, Anja

“…Multiple price lists are a convenient tool to elicit willingness to pay (WTP) in surveys and experiments, but choice patterns such as “multiple switching” and…”
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Charging Ahead: Prepaid Metering, Electricity Use, and Utility Revenue by Jack, Kelsey, Smith, Grant

“…Monthly bills for services such as electricity often go unpaid in developing countries. Prepaid meters offer a potential technological solution. In Cape Town,…”
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Socioeconomic determinants of household stove use and stove stacking patterns in Ghana by Owusu-Amankwah, Georgette, Abubakari, Sulemana W., Apraku, Edward Anane, Iddrisu, Seidu, Kar, Abhishek, Malagutti, Flavio, Daouda, Misbath, Tawiah, Theresa, Awuni, Sule, Nuhu, Abdul Razak, Peprah, Peter Takyi, Jack, B. Kelsey, Asante, Kwaku P., Jack, Darby

“…Air pollution is the fourth-highest risk factor for premature deaths globally and the second-highest risk factor for premature deaths in Ghana. Understanding…”
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ANALYSIS: Upstream-downstream transactions and watershed externalities: Experimental evidence from Kenya by Jack, B Kelsey

“…Where environmental policies or projects seek behavioral change, understanding underlying norms and preferences is essential to securing environmental…”
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