Incentivizing Self-Protection From Wildfires -- by Patrick Baylis, Judson Boomhower, Bob Horton, Chris Mulverhill

Our profound thanks to the staffs of both Jackson County Fire District 3—in particular Ian Kassab—and Eugene-Springfield Fire—in particular Althea Sullivan, as well as Jason Brooks, FireAside, Anne Razo, and the Western Fire Chiefs Association. We also thank the very supportive team members from the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (North America)—Mera Cronbaugh, Jessica Sashihara, and Claire McGrew. We gratefully acknowledge financial support from the J-PAL North America State and Local Innovation Initiative and the Oregon State Fire Marshal. This research was approved as minimal risk by the UBC Behavioural Ethics Research Board, #: H23-01069 and was preregistered in the AEA RCT Registry under RCT IDs AEARCTR-0011188 and AEARCTR-0014003. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.