Journal article
Deforestation and Forest-Induced Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Tropical Countries: How Do Governance and Trade Openness Affect the Forest-Income Relationship?
The journal of environment & development, Vol.14(1), pp.73-100
03/2005
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/114483
Abstract
The objective of this article is to study the implications of changes in land use induced by economic growth, economy-wide policies, and governance on deforestation and forest-induced atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions. Economic growth, democracy, and trade policy explain an important share of the variation in two key determinants of deforestation: agricultural expansion and road building. The resulting shape of the Environmental Kuznets Curve for forests is influenced by governance as well as trade openness. Trade shifts the forest-income curve up (down) for countries that have a comparative disadvantage (advantage) in the production of crops encroaching on forest areas, such as Brazil and the Philippines (Indonesia and Malaysia). Amore democratic country will have a farther turning point than a less democratic country, but whether the Environmental Kuznets Curve shifts up or down is country specific.
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- Title
- Deforestation and Forest-Induced Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Tropical Countries: How Do Governance and Trade Openness Affect the Forest-Income Relationship?
- Creators
- Ramón López - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of MarylandGregmar I Galinato - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland
- Publication Details
- The journal of environment & development, Vol.14(1), pp.73-100
- Academic Unit
- Economic Sciences, School of
- Publisher
- Sage Publications; Thousand Oaks, CA
- Identifiers
- 99900547700901842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article