An empirical analysis of forest transition and land-use change in developing countries

Ecological Economics

Volumn 119, Issue , 2015, Pages 241-251

  Wolfersberger, Julien ^a,b   Delacote, Philippe ^a,b   Garcia, Serge ^a  

^a AGROPARISTECH   (France)

^b Climate Economics Chair (CEC)   (France)

Author keywords

Cumulative deforestation; Dynamic panel SUR; Forest transition

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DEFORESTATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LAND USE CHANGE; MACROECONOMICS; PANEL DATA; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY;

EID: 84942602569     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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