PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Wendland, Kelly J.
AU  - Baumann, Matthias
AU  - Lewis, David J.
AU  - Sieber, Anika
AU  - Radeloff, Volker C.
TI  - Protected Area Effectiveness in European Russia: A Postmatching Panel Data Analysis
AID  - 10.3368/le.91.1.149
DP  - 2015 Feb 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 149--168
VI  - 91
IP  - 1
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/91/1/149.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/91/1/149.full
SO  - Land Econ2015 Feb 01; 91
AB  - We estimate the impact of strict and multiple-use protected areas on forest disturbance in European Russia between 1985 and 2010. We construct a spatial panel dataset that includes five periods of change. We match protected areas to control observations and compare coefficients from fixed-versus random-effects models. We find that protected areas have few statistically significant impacts on disturbance, with little difference across parks closer to or farther from major cities or roads. Random-effects estimates differ qualitatively and quantitatively from those of fixed effects in our study, serving as a cautionary note for evaluations where time-invariant unobservables are important. (JEL C14, Q23)