deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We estimate panel data models for the years between 2002 and 2007 for 368 municipalities in … the region using municipality fixed effects and GMM. The results show that recent deforestation is driven by fluctuations …) was effective in reducing deforestation rates. …

deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. We estimate panel data models for the years between 2002 and 2007 for 368 municipalities in … the region using municipality fixed effects and GMM. The results show that recent deforestation is driven by fluctuations …) was effective in reducing deforestation rates. …

roads' impacts on Brazilian Amazon forests varied significantly across frontiers. Impacts varied predictably with prior … development - prior roads and prior deforestation - and, further, in a pattern that suggests a potential synergy for roads between … low prior roads and deforestation. For each setting, census-tract observations are numerous. Results confirm predictions …

roads’ impacts on Brazilian Amazon forests varied significantly across frontiers. Impacts varied predictably with prior … development – prior roads and prior deforestation – and, further, in a pattern that suggests a potential synergy for roads between … low prior roads and deforestation. For each setting, census-tract observations are numerous. Results confirm predictions …

political discourses affect deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon region. Relying on novel data from Twitter, we present … the first causal evidence of political discourse on deforestation. Our analysis relies on municipal level monthly panel … periods from the analysis does not change the main result. Land use in the Brazilian Amazon is highly sensitive to whether …

Protected areas are increasingly used as a tool to fight against deforestation. This paper presents new evidence on the … Brazilian Legal Amazon over the 2001-2011 period. We also highlight the interdependence between these two decisions. We proceed … in two steps. First, we assumed that protected areas are created to stop the negative effects of deforestation on …

The deforestation of the Amazon forest is one of the most important environmental problems faced by the Brazilian … government. The economic literature points to numerous factors responsible for deforestation, and many of these are, directly or … can influence, or mitigate, Amazonian deforestation. The state of Pará is used as a case study, as it presents the highest …

political discourses affect deforestation rates in the Brazilian Amazon region. Relying on novel data from Twitter, we present … the first causal evidence of political discourse on deforestation. Our analysis relies on municipal level monthly panel … periods from the analysis does not change the main result. Land use in the Brazilian Amazon is highly sensitive to whether …

Brazil has long ago removed most of the perverse government incentives that stimulated massive deforestation in the … Amazon in the 70s and 80s, but one highly controversial policy remains: Road building. While data is now abundantly available … due to the constant satellite surveillance of the Amazon, the analytical methods typically used to analyze the impact of …

Brazil has long ago removed most of the perverse government incentives that stimulated massive deforestation in the … Amazon in the 70s and 80s, but one highly controversial policy remains: Road building. While data is now abundantly available … due to the constant satellite surveillance of the Amazon, the analytical methods typically used to analyze the impact of …