Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal …'s presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation can be legal or illegal in the model: each district decides how much to …

Free trade often leads to resource depletion, such as deforestation in the tropics. This paper first presents a dynamic …

Fuelwood collection is often cited as the most important cause of deforestation in developing countries. Use of …

reductions is to encourage reductions in deforestation. But any such strategy must confront a basic problem: agents that might be …

ecosystems. We summarize the state of knowledge about the impacts of protected area policies, with a focus on deforestation and …

management, and unsustainable forest exploitation in the form of illegal logging to explore deforestation and agricultural and … to increase deforestation by increasing both land conversion to agriculture and illegal logging. Contrary to current …, and thus deforestation. Confiscation risk decreases timber supply from unsustainable forestry practices while the affect …