Published and Forthcoming Peer-Reviewed Articles (since 2017)
Randall A. Bluffstone, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Abebe Beyene, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. “Learning, Experience, Fuelwood and Time Savings from Improved Biomass Cookstoves: Evidence from Randomized Controlled Cooking Tests in Ethiopia.” Forthcoming Environmental and Resource Economics.
Randall A. Bluffstone, Abebe D. Beyene, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Ferdinand Vieider. 2021. Does Providing Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves Free-of-Charge Reduce Regular Usage? Do Use Incentives Promote Habits?” Land Economics 97: 180-195.
Allen Blackman and Randall A. Bluffstone. Decentralized Forest Management: Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Evidence. 2021. World Development 145: 105509 (Introduction to World Development Special Issue on Forest Governance Decentralization and Devolution)
Daniel LaFave, Abebe Beyene, Randall A. Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Alemu Mekonnen, Michael Toman. 2021. “Impacts of Improved Biomass Cookstoves on Child and Adult Health: Experimental Evidence from Rural Ethiopia” World Development 140: 105332.
Marc Jeuland, T. Robert Fetter, Yating Li, Subhrendu K Pattanayak, Faraz Usmani, Randall A. Bluffstone, Carlos Chávez, et al. 2021. "Is Energy the Golden Thread? A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Modern and Traditional Energy Use in Low and Middle-Income Countries." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 135 110406.
Randall Bluffstone, Abebe D. Beyene, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson, Alemu Mekonnen, Ferdinand Vieider. 2021. Does Providing Improved Biomass Cooking Stoves Free-of-Charge Reduce Regular Usage? Do Use Incentives Promote Habits?” Land Economics Forthcoming
Randall Bluffstone, Astrid Danneberg, Peter Martinsson, Prakash Jha, Rajesh Bista. 2020. “Cooperative Behavior and Common Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence from Community Forest User Groups in Nepal.” World Development 129: 104889. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104889
Christina Barstow, Randall Bluffstone, Kyle Silon, Karla Linden, Evan Thomas. 2019. “A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Livelihood, Environmental and Health Benefits of a Large-Scale Water Filter and Cookstove Distribution in Rwanda.” Development Engineering 4 100043.
Robert Haight, Randall Bluffstone, John Couston, Jeffrey Kline, David Wear, Katherine Zook. 2019. “Estimating the Present Value of Carbon Sequestration in U.S. Forests, 2015-2050, or Evaluating Climate Change Mitigation Federal Policies.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 2019: 1-28. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2019.20
Abebe Beyene, Alemu Mekonnen, Randall Bluffstone and Rahel Deribe. 2019. Household Level Determinants of Agroforestry Practices Adoption in rural Ethiopia.” Forests, Trees and Livelihoods https://doi.org/10.1080/14728028.2019.1620137
John Anasis, Christopher Butenoff, Aslam Kalil, Randall Bluffstone and George Lendaris. 2019. “Optimal Energy Resource Mix for the US and China to Meet Emissions Pledges.” Applied Energy 238: 92-100.
Mahmud Yesuf and Randall A. Bluffstone. 2019. “Consumption Discount Rates, Risk Aversion and Wealth in Low-Income Countries: Evidence from a Field Experiment in Rural Ethiopia.” Journal of African Economies 28: 18-38.
John Anasis, Mohammad Aslam Khan Khalil, Christopher Butenhoff, Randall Bluffstone, George Lendaris. 2018. “A Combined Energy and Geoengineering Optimization Model (CEAGOM) for Climate and Energy Policy Analysis.” Applied Energy 218: 246-255.
Harisharan Luintel, Robert Scheller and Randall Bluffstone. 2018. “Assessments of Biodiversity, Carbon, and their Relationships in Nepalese Forest Commons: Implications for global Climate Initiatives,” Forest Science 64: 418-428.
Harisharan Luintel, Randall Bluffstone and Robert Scheller. 2018. “Do Nepal Community Forestry Program Forests have more Carbon and Biodiversity than Government Forests?” PLOSOne. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199526
Gebreegziabher, Z. A. Beyene, R. Bluffstone, P. Martinsson, A. Mekonnen, M. Toman. 2018. “Fuel Savings, Cooking Time and User Satisfaction with Improved Biomass Cookstoves: Evidence from Controlled Cooking Tests in Ethiopia.” Resource and Energy Economics 52: 173-185.
Harisharan Luintel, Randall Bluffstone and Robert Scheller. 2018. “An Assessment of Collective Action Drivers of Carbon Storage in Nepalese Forest Commons,” Forest Policy and Economics 90; 39-47.
Randall Bluffstone, E. Somanathan, Prakash Jha, Harisharan Luintel, Rajesh Bista, Michael Toman, Naya Paudel, Bhim Adhikari. 2018. “Does Collective Action Sequester Carbon? Evidence from the Nepal Community Forestry Programme,” World Development 101: 133–141
Ferdinand Vieider, Abebe Beyene, Randall Bluffstone, Sahan Dissanayake, Zenebe Gebreegziabher, Peter Martinsson and Alemu Mekonnen. 2018. “Measuring Risk Preferences in Rural Ethiopia,” Economic Development and Cultural Change. 66 (3): 417- 446.
Randall A. Bluffstone. 2017. “Child Labor, the Wealth Paradox, and Common Forest Management in Bolivia, Journal of Poverty Alleviation and International Development. 8 (1): 49-92.
Books
Randall A. Bluffstone and Elizabeth J. Z. Robinson, Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration. 2015, Taylor & Francis/RFF Press. Edited volume. Three chapters co-authored. 24 international authors. Reviewed by Sarah Eissler in Agriculture and Human Values 35: 547-548.
Randall A. Bluffstone and Gunnar Köhlin, Agricultural Productivity in East Africa: Investment, Sustainability and Poverty Reduction. Earthscan/Resources for the Future Press, June 2011. Edited volume. Two chapters co-authored. Ten international authors.
Randall A. Bluffstone and Bruce A. Larson, Controlling Pollution in Transition Economies: Theories and Methods, Edward Elgar Publishing Company, London, November 1997, 279 pages. Edited volume. Three chapters co-authored. Reviewed by Ekko van Ierland in Environment and Development Economics 4 (4), 1999, pp. 598 – 602.