This paper provides a survey of 'first wave'economic studies of tropical deforestation and
land use. These studies of tropical forest land conversion are generally at the cross‐country …

This article, which synthesizes the results of more than 140 economic models analyzing the
causes of tropical deforestation, raises significant doubts about many conventional …

Economic growth and trade liberalization decrease the degradation of natural resources if
and only if producers internalize their stock feedback effects on production. For …

“TRADE is BAD.” So wrote President Donald Trump on a draft speech he was editing on Air
Force One while returning from a G-20 summit meeting in 2017.1 This statement reflects the …

This book is organized around a presentation of historical and classic core models that
every serious student or researcher of forest economics must know. These models, along …

The idea for this book began in 1995 when the senior author spent a sabbatical leave at
Wageningen Agricultural University (later renamed Wageningen University). As a result of …

This paper uses panel analyses to estimate relationships for agricultural planted area and
beef cattle numbers at the state level in Mexico during the period 1970–85, in order to …

Integrated simulation models are commonly used to provide insight on the complex
functioning of social-ecological systems, often drawing on earlier tools with a narrower …

In theory, economic instruments should overcome the market failures that lead to excessive
deforestation. Secure property rights could be established and enforced to eliminate the …

This paper examines post-crisis export performance in Indonesia against the backdrop of
pre-crisis experience and the comparative export performance of other Southeast Asian …