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| Publications [#215557] of Elizabeth Shapiro - Garza
Papers Published
- Alix-Garcia, J., E.N. Shapiro, K.R.E. Sims, Forest conservation and slippage: Evidence from Mexico’s national payments for ecosystem services program,
Land Economics, vol. 88 no. 4
(2012),
pp. 613-638 [PDF]
(last updated on 2013/12/26)
Abstract:
We investigate a Mexican federal program
that compensates landowners for forest protection.
We use matched controls from the program
applicant pool to establish counterfactual deforestation
rates. Deforestation was reduced by 50% in enrolled
parcels, but expected average clearing rates
without the program were low (0.8% per year), suggesting
modest total avoided deforestation benefits.
We test for two types of slippage: increased deforestation
on other property belonging to program recipients
and increased deforestation within markets
where there are high levels of program participation.
We find evidence of both, with substitution impacts
reducing program effectiveness in common properties
by about 4% on average.
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