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PROFILE |
An expert on environmental and natural resource policy in developing countries, Allen Blackman focuses principally on industrial pollution control and tropical deforestation in Latin America and Asia. Much of his research evaluates environmental management strategies that aim to overcome barriers to conventional regulation in developing countries, including weak institutions and missing infrastructure. He coordinates RFF's participation in the Environment for Development (EfD) initiative and is a research fellow at the EfD Center for Central America.
Blackman's work on industrial pollution control analyzes public disclosure programs, economic incentive instruments, and voluntary regulation. He has also studied the adoption and diffusion of clean and climate-friendly technologies. His research on tropical deforestation assesses agroforestry systems and conservation policies such as protected areas and payments for environmental services initiatives. He also has worked extensively on U.S. environmental regulatory reform, including voluntary programs and mortgage innovations designed to affect land use.
Past work has examined conservation policies in Mexico and Costa Rica, air pollution issues along the U.S.–Mexico border, voluntary regulation in Mexico and Colombia, and voluntary efforts to clean up brownfield properties in the United States.
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| Featured Publications | | Does Ecocertification Have Environmental Benefits? Organic Coffee in Costa Rica | | A. Blackman and M. Naranjo | | Ecological Economics | forthcoming | | | | Resources Magazine: 180 | | Edward B. Barbier, Allen Blackman, Maureen L. Cropper, Róger Madrigal, David Popp, Drew Shindell, Juha V. Siikamäki, Thomas Sterner, Jintao Xu, Phil Sharp | | Resources | 2012 (180) | | | | Does Ecocertification in Developing Countries Boost Compliance? ISO 14001 Certification in Mexico. | | Allen Blackman | | Journal of Regulatory Economics | Related Discussion Paper 11-39 | | | | Ex Post Evaluation of Forest Conservation Policies Using Remote Sensing Data: An Introduction and Practical Guide | | Allen Blackman | | RFF Discussion Paper 12-13 | March 2012 | | | | Land Cover Change in Agroforestry: Shade Coffee in El Salvador | | A. Blackman, B. Ávalos-Sartorio, and J. Chow | | Land Economics | February 2012 | 88(1) | pp. 75-101 | | | | Producer-level Benefits of Sustainability Certification | | A. Blackman and J. Rivera | | Conservation Biology | December 2011 | Vol. 25, No. 6 | pp. 1176-1185 | | | | Does Public Disclosure Reduce Pollution? Evidence from India’s Pulp and Paper Industry | | N. Powers, A. Blackman, U. Narain, and T. Lyon | | Environmental and Resource Economics | September 2011 | Vol. 50, No. 1 | pp. 131-155 | | | | User-Financing in a National Payments for Environmental Services Program: Costa Rican Hydropower. | | A. Blackman and R. Woodward | | Ecological Economics | 1626-1638 | forthcoming | 69(8) | Related Discussion Paper 09-04-REV | | | | Alternative Pollution Control Policies in Developing Countries. | | Allen Blackman | | Review of Environmental Economics and Policy. | 4(2) | 234-253 | Related Discussion Paper EfD 09-14 | | | | Voluntary Regulation in Developing Countries: Mexico’s Clean Industry Program. | | A. Blackman, B. Lahiri, B. Pizer, M. Rivera Planter, and C. Muñoz Piña. | | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management | 60(3) | 182-192 | Related Discussion Paper 07-36-REV | | | | View All Related Publications |
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS | | Inside RFF | | Jintao Xu, Karen L. Palmer, Sheila M. Olmstead, Richard D. Morgenstern, Allen Blackman, Juha V. Siikamäki, Timothy J. Brennan, P. Lynn Scarlett, James N. Sanchirico, Yusuke Kuwayama , Antung Anthony Liu, C. Boyden Gray | | Resources | 2013 (182) | | | | | Resources Magazine: 180 | | Edward B. Barbier, Allen Blackman, Maureen L. Cropper, Róger Madrigal, David Popp, Drew Shindell, Juha V. Siikamäki, Thomas Sterner, Jintao Xu, Phil Sharp | | Resources | 2012 (180) | | | | | Environmental Management in Developing Countries | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | 2012 (180) | | | | | Eco-certification in Developing Countries: Truth in Advertising? | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | 2012 (180) | | | | | Will REDD Really Be Cheap? | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Winter 2010 (174) | | | | | Environment for Development: RFF Joins Initiative to Strengthen Green Policies in Developing Countries | | Allen Blackman, Gunnar Kohlin | | Resources | Fall (170) | | | | | Payments for Ecosystem Services: Why Precision and Targeting Matter | | Francisco Alpízar, Allen Blackman, Alexander Pfaff | | Resources | Spring 2007 (165) | | | | | EconomicIncentives toControl WaterPollution inDevelopingCountriesHow WellHas Colombia'sWastewaterDischarge FeeProgram Workedand Why? | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Spring 2006 (161) | | | | | Sustainable Coffee Certification as a Forest Conservation Policy in Mexico: Prospects, Constraints, and Policy | | Beatriz Ávalos-Sartorio, Allen Blackman, Heidi J. Albers | | Issue Brief 06-01 | May 2006 | | | | | Made in the Shade: Can Shade Coffee Help Stem Deforestation in Latin America? | | Allen Blackman, Heidi J. Albers, Beatriz Ávalos Sartorio, Lisa Crooks | | Resources | Spring 2005 (157) | | | | | The Cutting Edge and the Nitty Gritty: Environmental Protection in Mexico | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Winter 2003 (149) | | | | | Microenterprise Pollution in Mexico: What Can Be Done? | | Allen Blackman | | Enfoque | Fall 2002 | Vol. 4 | p. 14 | | | | | The Economics of Technology Diffusion:Implications for Sustainable Development | | Allen Blackman | | Issue Brief 02-24 | August 2002 | | | | | Small is Not Necessarily Beautiful:Coping with Dirty Microenterprises in Developing Countries | | Allen Blackman | | Issue Brief 02-14 | August 2002 | | | | | Testing the Rhetoric: Location Efficient Mortgages May Have More Costs and Risks than Proponents Claim | | Allen Blackman | | Regulation Magazine | Spring 2002 | Vol. 25, No. 1 | pp. 34-38 | | | | | Small is Not Necessarily Beautiful: Coping with Dirty Microenterprises in Developing Countries | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Fall 2000 (141) | | | | | Controlling Pollution from Small-Scale Sources: Leather Tanneries in León, Mexico | | Allen Blackman | | Report to the Tinker Foundation | 2000 | | | | | Energy Efficiency and Climate Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in China's Power Sector | | Allen Blackman and X. Wu | | Sinosphere | 1999 | Vol. 2, No. 1 | p. 35 | | | | | New Investment Abroad: Can it Reduce China's Greenhouse Gas Emissions? | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Fall 1998 (133) | | | | | New Investment Abroad: Can It Reduce Chinese Greenhouse Gas Emissions? | | Allen Blackman | | Resources | Fall (133) | | | | | The Economics of Technology Diffusion: Implications for Greenhouse Gas Mitigation in Developing Countries | | Allen Blackman | | RFF Climate Issue Brief #5 | October 1997 | | | | | Los Ladrilleros de Ciudad Juárez: De Cómo Evitar una Mayor Contaminación Atmosferica | | Allen Blackman and G.J. Bannister | | La Journada Ecologia | July 18, 1996 | Año 4, Numero 48 | pp. 6-7 | | | | | Crossborder Environmental Management and the Informal Sector: The Ciudad Juárez Brickmakers Project | | Allen Blackman and G.J. Bannister | | Encuentros | 1996 | Vol. 3, No. 1 | pp. 8-10 | | | | | Intra-firm Principal-agent Problems and the Cost of Compliance with Environmental Regulations | | Allen Blackman, R. David Simpson, and Winston Harrington | | Report to National Science Foundation (NSF) | 1995 | | | | | International Differences In The Diffusion Of Technology: A Progress Report | | Allen Blackman, James Boyd, R. David Simpson, and Michael A. Toman | | U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) | 1994 | | | | | The Impact of Trade Liberalization on Texas Cotton | | M. Mohammadioun, J. Olsen and Allen Blackman | | 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conference | National Cotton Council (NCC) | Proceedings of the 1992 Beltwide Cotton Conference | Memphis, TN: NCC | 1992 | Vol. 1, pp. 460-463 | | | | | The Impact of the US-Mexico Free Trade Agreement on Texas Cotton | | M. Mohammadioun, J. Olsen, and Allen Blackman | | Texas Business Review | June 1992 | | | | |
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| RELATED SUBTOPICS | | Agricultural Land Use, Biodiversity, Central America, Coffee, Deforestation, Ecosystem Services, Forest Carbon, Forest Conservation, Incentives, Information Disclosure, Mexico, Satellites, South America, Sustainable Development, Voluntary Programs |
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