Estimating the loss of agricultural productivity in the Amazon

Ecological Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-76

  Weinhold, Diana ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural productivity; Amazon; Heterogeneity; Panel data

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PERFORMANCE; LAND DEGRADATION; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; PRODUCTIVITY;

BRAZIL;

EID: 0033213569     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8009(99)00055-5     Document Type: Article

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