Oscar Garcia-Cervantes

Valuing Non-Marketed Goods and Services Using a List Field E Contingent valuation is a widely used method for estimating the value of nonmarket commodities. Yet, a persistent issue is whether responses to Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) questions accurately r

The pen is magical in that it can sometimes allow us to live life twice. That is exactly what happened when I revisited my very first field experiment that I conducted for scientific purposes. I have revised it (lightly) and just made it a formal working paper: ideas.repec.org/p/feb/framed...

Disease, Disparities, and Development: Evidence from Chagas Disease Control in Brazil Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Cool new paper by @eduardomontero.bsky.social and JD Denton-Schneider...

Eliminating Chagas disease in Brazil raised income by 11%! Larger gains for non-whites, reducing racial inequality. Public health interventions can address both development and inequality...

www.nber.org/papers/w3351...

Title Authors Abstract (Decision under Risk are Decisions Under Complexity: Comment)

A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN.

The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper.

The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

1/🚨New chapter in Handbook of Regional & Urban Economics: Spatial Environmental Economics

🌍 How do spatial forces affect the environment? How does enviro shape spatial outcomes?

Thread, chapter explore this nascent subfield via stylized acts, models, building blocks for rsrch. w Clare Balboni.

Climate psychologists are often the first to say: ‘information alone doesn't change green behavior’ ❌

Particularly where big cost/convenience barriers exist

But 85% of us report knowing little about how to be green 📉

🔁 Follow this 🧵 for 11 climate comms hacks ⬇️

My blog on this ➡️ bit.ly/3VdcFlO

How Are Insurance Markets Adapting to Climate Change? New Study Explores the Impact of Wildfires on Home Insurance Research by environmental economists delves into how insurance companies are responding to increased climate risks, particularly wildfires, which have become the fastest-growing source of catastrophe-...

If you want to read one paper to understand wildfire insurance markets in CA, it’s this one.

It is an absolute fantastic read and shows exactly why some insurers pulled out of the market.

today.ucsd.edu/story/impact...

Don't forget: Climate change is a working class issue.

Why? ⬇️

Climate issues fuel the cost-of-living crisis

🛢️ Volatile oil prices fuel inflation
📈 Hotter temps spike utility bills
💸 Extreme weather inflates home insurance bills
🛒 Climate breakdown increases food costs

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Climbing the Ivory Tower: How Socio-Economic Background Shapes Academia Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

Some hope for first gens after all! Fabulous new study notes: "academics from poorer backgrounds introduce more novel scientific concepts but are less likely to receive recognition." This is good, not bad, news. Our different view on life is our super power to make change! www.nber.org/papers/w33289

Buen inicio de fin de semestre.

Amanecimos con la primera nevada del año ☺️