Illicit exploitation of natural resources: The forest concessions in Brazil

Journal of Policy Modeling

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 488-504

  Banerjee, Onil ^a   Alavalapati, Janaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazilian forest sector; Computable general equilibrium; Forest concessions; Forestland; Illegal forestry operations; Legal forestry

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955058709     PISSN: 01618938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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