Contagious development: Neighbor interactions in deforestation

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 427-436

  Robalino, Juan A ^a   Pfaff, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental policies; Instrumental variable; Land use patterns; Local interactions; Neighbors' interactions; Social interactions

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; DEFORESTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; ESTIMATION METHOD; LAND USE CHANGE; NATURE CONSERVATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 82455208944     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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