Technological change and tropical deforestation: A perspective at the household level

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 269-280

  Van Soest, Daan P ^d   Bulte, Erwin H ^a   Angelsen, Arild ^b   Van Kooten, G Cornelis ^c  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d NONE

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EID: 0347560476     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000177     Document Type: Article

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