the economics of deforestation in the tropics. This combination of theory and empirics provides insights not only into the …Two factors have elevated recent academic and policy interest in tropical deforestation: first, the realization that it … forest loss at a fine spatial resolution across the globe. We then develop a simple benchmark model of deforestation based on …

system (GIS) mapping, the paper presents evidence that production technology in the tropics has lagged behind temperate zone … and weak agricultural technology in the tropics have combined to slow the demographic transition from high fertility and …

deforestation. We focus on the Amazon, the world's most extensive rainforest, where Brazil's federal government issued a 'Priority …, we first estimate the causal impact of the Priority List on deforestation using 'changes-in-changes' (Athey and Imbens …, 2006), a flexible treatment effects estimation method, finding that it reduced deforestation by 40 percent and cut …

drastic switches at tipping points, in response to changes in rainfall patterns and other drivers. Deforestation cost studies … the true social cost of deforestation. We explore the implications of a forest-savanna critical transition and propose an … for ecosystem services. We apply this framework to the calculation of the social cost of deforestation of the Amazon …

which received the program for two years. The PES program reduced deforestation and forest degradation: Tree cover, measured …