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Alexander Pfaff, Professor  

Duke Box: 90312
Email Address: alex.pfaff@duke.edu
Web Page: http://alexpfaff.com/

Areas of Expertise

    Education:
    Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995
    B.A., Yale University, 1988

    Teaching (Fall 2024):

    • Pubpol 303d.001, Microeconomic policy tools Synopsis
      Sanford 04, TuTh 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
    • Pubpol 574.01, Econ eval of sustainable devel Synopsis
      Sanford 03, MW 01:25 PM-02:40 PM
    • Pubpol 579s.01, Collective action Synopsis
      Sanford 102, W 03:20 PM-05:50 PM

    Recent Publications   (More Publications)

    1. Losos, EC; Pfaff, A; Pimm, SL. "Tackling debt, biodiversity loss, and climate change.." Science (New York, N.Y.) 384.6696 (May, 2024): 618-621. [doi]  [abs]
    2. Gill, DA; Lester, SE; Free, CM; Pfaff, A; Iversen, E; Reich, BJ; Yang, S; Ahmadia, G; Andradi-Brown, DA; Darling, ES; Edgar, GJ; Fox, HE; Geldmann, J; Trung Le, D; Mascia, MB; Mesa-Gutiérrez, R; Mumby, PJ; Veverka, L; Warmuth, LM. "A diverse portfolio of marine protected areas can better advance global conservation and equity.." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121.10 (March, 2024): e2313205121. [doi]  [abs]
    3. Blanco, E; Moros, L; Pfaff, A; Steimanis, I; Velez, MA; Vollan, B. "No crowding out among those terminated from an ongoing PES program in Colombia." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 120 (July, 2023). [doi]  [abs]
    4. Keles, D; Pfaff, A; Mascia, MB. "Does the Selective Erasure of Protected Areas Raise Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?." Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists 10.4 (July, 2023): 1121-1147. [doi]  [abs]
    5. Rico-Straffon, J; Wang, Z; Panlasigui, S; Loucks, CJ; Swenson, J; Pfaff, A. "Forest concessions and eco-certifications in the Peruvian Amazon: Deforestation impacts of logging rights and logging restrictions." Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 118 (March, 2023). [doi]  [abs]

    Highlight:
    Alex Pfaff is a Professor of Public Policy, Economics and Environment at Duke University. He studies how economic development affects and is affected by natural resources and the environment. His focus is on the impacts of conservation policies (such as protected areas, ecoservices payments, and certifications) and development policies (such as roads and rights). Those impacts are functions of choices by individuals and communities that affect land use, water quantity and quality, human exposures (to arsenic, mercury, mining, and particulates), and both the provision and use of information.

    Research accessible at AlexPfaff.com


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