Browsing by Author "Pfaff, A"

Can information alone change behavior? Response to arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh

Madajewicz, M; Pfaff, A; van Geen, A; Graziano, J; Hussein, I; Momotaj, H; Sylvi, R; ... (8 authors) (Journal of Development Economics, 2007-11-01)

We study how effectively information induces Bangladeshi households to avoid a health risk. The response to information is large and rapid; knowing that the household's well water has an unsafe concentration of arsenic raises ...

Collective Local Payments for ecosystem services: New local PES between groups, sanctions, and prior watershed trust in Mexico

Pfaff, A; Rodriguez, LA; Shapiro-Garza, E (Water Resources and Economics, 2019-01-01)

© 2019 Elsevier B.V. Payments for ecosystem services (PES) programs are now high in number, if not always in impact. When groups of users pay groups of service providers, establishing PES involves collective action. We study ...