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 …

In this article we study the long-run average rate of forest conversion in Brazil. Deforestation results from the … be used in our model. The object of our simulation is Brazil and 27 states. Our aim is to compute under several scenarios … benefits plays a relevant role in deterring deforestation. We find that these benefits, if growing at a sufficiently high rate …

impact of in-utero exposure to local violence - measured by homicide rates - on birth outcomes. The estimates show that … exposure to violence during the first trimester of pregnancy leads to a small but precisely estimated increase in the risk of …, where violence is endemic and are particularly pronounced among children of poorly educated mothers, implying that violence …

The forest conservation policy instrument REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) is … that it is possible to combine export tariffs with public investments such that deforestation decreases, while agricultural …