The Dynamics of Deforestation and Economic Growth in the Brazilian Amazon

by Clive W.J. Granger, Sven Wunder, Diana Weinhold, et al.

A multi-disciplinary team of authors analyze the economics of Brazilian deforestation using a large data set of ecological and economic variables. They survey the most up to date work in this field and present their own dynamic and spatial econometric analysis based on municipality level panel data spanning the entire Brazilian Amazon from 1970 to 1996. By observing the dynamics of land use change over such a long period the team is able to provide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052181197X
• ISBN13: 9780521811972
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"