Agricultural expansion and deforestation: Modelling the impact of population, market forces and property rights

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 185-218

  Angelsen, Arild ^a,b  

^a CHR MICHELSEN INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Deforestation; Open access; Population; Property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEFORESTATION; POPULATION PRESSURE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

EID: 0033498586     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3878(98)00108-4     Document Type: Article

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