Agricultural Policy, Market Barriers, and Deforestation: The Case of Mexico's Southern Yucatán

World Development

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1015-1025

  Schmook, Birgit ^a   Vance, Colin ^b  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b RWI LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

cash transfers; deforestation; farm households; Latin America; market barriers; Mexico

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMETRICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; YUCATAN;

EID: 63349089775     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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