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| Author: | Pfaff, A. |
| Title: | What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? |
| Journal: | Journal of Environmental Economics and Management
1999 : JAN, VOL. 37:1, p. 26-43 |
| Index terms: | BRAZIL ENVIRONMENT ECONOMICS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | While previous empirical analysis of deforestation focused on population, this paper builds from a model of land use which suggests many determinants of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The author derives a deforestation equation from this model and tests a number of those factors using county-level data for the period 1978-1988. The data include a satellite deforestation measure which allows improved within-country analysis. The major empirical finding is the significance of both land characteristics and factors affecting transport costs. |
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