.The contribution of this paper is to offer insight on the determinants of social capital in Greece, compared to the European Union (EU … the slow pace in reform and growth observed compared to the rest of the EU. Nevertheless, the findings on the determinants …

More cattle, less deforestation? Land use intensification in the Amazon is an unexpected phenomenon. Theories of hollow … rising land productivity of cattle increase deforestation? I use secondary data and spatial econometrics to look for evidence … of a positive relation between cattle intensification and deforestation (‘rebound effect’). The reduced-form model I …

deforestation and forest degradation. Deforestation emissions are partly offset by forest expansion and increases in growing stock … primarily in the extra-tropical north. Innovative financial mechanisms would be required to help reducing deforestation. Using a … schemes and payment modalities on deforestation. One payment modality is adding costs for carbon emission, the other is to pay …

of deforestation. Interestingly, we show that uncertainty, even if it induces conversion postponement in the short …-run, increases the average rate of deforestation and reduces expected time for total conversion in the long run. Finally, we …

In this paper we aim at theoretically grounding the Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation … incomplete information about reference levels of deforestation as well as exogenous implementation and transaction costs, we … compare two types of contracts: a deforestation performance-based contract and a conditional avoided deforestation …

conversion dynamics and discuss different policy scenarios on the basis of the relative long-run expected rate of deforestation …