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Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing Behavior from Location

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Other literature type 01 Jan 2004 English Publisher:UnknownFunded by:NSF | Collaborative Research: S...

Authors: Kerr, Suzi; Pfaff, Alexander; Cavatassi, Romina; Davis, Benjamin; Lipper, Leslie; Sanchez, Arturo; Timmins, Jason; +7 Authors

doi: 10.22004/ag.econ.292997 , 10.22004/ag.econ.23792

Effects of Poverty on Deforestation: Distinguishing Behavior from Location

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Abstract

We summarize existing theoretical claims linking poverty to rates of deforestation and then examine this linkage empirically for Costa Rica during the 20th century using an econometric approach that addresses the irreversibilities in deforestation. Our da

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King’s University
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Keywords

Costa Rica, poverty, Climate Change, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy, land use, Development, Food Security and Poverty, forest, Land Use, Deforestation, Poverty, development, Costa Rica.

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NSF| Collaborative Research: Supply Functions and Clean-Development Mechanism Rules for Tropical Forest Carbon Sinks