On the gains of committing to inefficiency: Corruption, deforestation and low land productivity in Latin America

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-295

  Bulte, Erwin H ^a,b   Damania, Richard ^c   López, Ramón ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle ranching; Corruption; Inefficiency; Low agricultural productivity; Subsidies; Tropical deforestation

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

CATTLE RANCHING; INEFFICIENCY; LOW AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; SUBSIDIES; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION;

DEFORESTATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CATTLE; CORRUPTION; DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMETRICS; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY MAKING; RURAL AREA; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ARCHIVAL PAPERS; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS;

LATIN AMERICA;

BOS;

EID: 35549011056     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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