Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first,
the realization that it is a major contributor to climate change; and second, a revolution in …

Despite the important role that tropical forests play in human existence, their depletion,
especially in the developing world, continue relentlessly. Agriculture has been cited as the …

The relationship between deforestation and income across 66 countries of Latin America,
Africa and Asia is examined. Institutional characteristics as well as macroeconomic policies …

Differences in property rights create a motive for trade among otherwise identical regions.
Two regions with identical technologies, endowments, and preferences will trade if one, the …

Fokus kontemporer yang utama adalah integrasi antara masalah lingkungan dengan
perencanaan ekonomi dan pembuatan keputusan. Meskipun kerja sama internasional …

In the standard analysis of economic institutions--which include social conventions, the
working rules of an economy, and entitlement regimes (property relations)--economists …

Loss of rainforest occurs in part because of a global market failure problem. Markets
routinely transmit signals about international demands for forest products such as timber, but …

Water conservation represents important pro-environmental behavior for a sustainable
environment. We investigate the link between water conservation behavior and general …

A global inventory has been constructed for emissions of black carbon from fossil fuel
combustion and biomass burning. This inventory has been implemented in a three …

Originally published in 1994, Paradise Lost? is the outcome of a unique collaboration
between economists and ecologists initiated by the Beijer Institute of the Royal Swedish …