The "hamburger connection" as ecologically unequal exchange: A cross-national investigation of beef exports and deforestation in less-developed countries

Rural Sociology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-299

  Kelly, Austin ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPORT; FOOD MARKET; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRADE PERFORMANCE; TRADE RELATIONS;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 77954680387     PISSN: 00360112     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2010.00017.     Document Type: Article

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