Charles Palmer

The authors of this paper evaluate the effectiveness of Indonesia’s moratorium on forest concessions (between 2011 and 2018) by applying a matched triple difference strategy to a unique panel dataset. Read more

This article examines the impact of Colombia’s lockdown on forest fires, motivated by satellite data showing a particularly large upsurge of fires at around the time of lockdown implementation. Read more

Drought events have critical impacts on agricultural production yet there is little consensus on how these should be measured and... Read more

This research investigates the impact of historical preservation policies in England (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) on domestic energy consumption, finding that the policies limit energy consumption savings. Read more

This research suggests that by using a more flexible measure of droughts policy-makers could more effectively shape policy responses relating to climate adaptation and more accurately identify agricultural locations more vulnerable to climate change. Read more

This paper examines whether patterns of cattle intensification, deforestation and pasture expansion in the Brazilian state of Rondonia are consistent with the land rent framework, in which location and distance to markets are key determinants of rents. Read more

Acre State in Brazil is at the forefront of efforts to institutionalize jurisdictional-scale policies that aim to reduce emissions from... Read more

Laing, Timothy, Taschini, Luca and Palmer, Charles (2016). In: Environmental Conservation Read more

REDD (Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), broadened to REDD+, has recently emerged as a potentially important component of... Read more

The decision of whether to retain forest or convert to another land use is affected by uncertainty over future land use returns. This paper examines the design of conservation payments to landowners under uncertainty. Payments are either indexed to the returns from deforestation (agriculture), or to a market value associated with forest nonuse benefits. Payment size depends on the degree of correlation between payments and agricultural returns, and their relative volatility. Market-based payments for reducing emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD) are simulated for Brazilian soybean growers. Payments indexed to carbon prices are larger than those indexed to international soybean prices. (JEL Q23, Q24) Read more

Study examines air pollution concentration in 75 urban areas between 2005 and 2011. Focuses specifically on the impacts of changes... Read more

Policy interventions designed to simultaneously stem deforestation and reduce poverty in tropical countries entail complex socio-environmental trade-offs. A hybrid model,... Read more

Working Paper 110 Abstract National-level strategies for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation(REDD), financed by international transfers, have begun to... Read more

Abstract Opportunistic behaviour due to imperfect contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions. In this paper, an enforcement-proof... Read more

Working Paper 74 Abstract The expansion of a given land use may affect deforestation directly if forests are cleared to... Read more

Working Paper 72 Abstract The paper analyses the implications of landowners’ option values in land allocation and derives policy recommendations... Read more

Abstract Opportunistic behaviour due to imperfect contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions. In this paper, an enforcement-proof... Read more

Working Paper 27 Abstract Opportunistic behaviour due to incomplete contract enforcement is a risk in many economic transactions, such as... Read more

Ben Groom, Charles Palmer and Lorenzo Sileci demonstrate that Indonesia’s moratorium on forest concessions delivered cheap but modest reductions in carbon emissions – and call for new policies as well as sources of finance to drive further cuts to emissions from deforestation globally. Read more