Changing Political Regimes and Tropical Deforestation

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 445-463

  Kuusela, Olli Pekka ^a   Amacher, Gregory S ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

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

Author keywords

Agricultural expansion; Autocracy; Democracy; Land reform; Political economy; Tenure risk

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; ECONOMICS; EXPANSION; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TROPICS;

AGRICULTURAL EXPANSION; AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDY POLICIES; AUTOCRACY; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TROPICAL COUNTRIES; TROPICAL DEFORESTATION; YIELDING SUPPORTS;

AGRICULTURE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DEFORESTATION; ECONOMIC POLICY; LANDOWNER; OWNERSHIP; PANEL DATA; PERSISTENCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; SOCIAL POLICY; TROPICAL REGION;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 84923375464     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: 15731502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-015-9880-6     Document Type: Article

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