Motivated by tropical deforestation, we analyze (i) a novel theory of resource extraction, (ii) the optimal … conservation contract, (iii) when the donor prefers contracting with central rather than local governments, and (iv) how the donor …'s presence may induce institutional change. Deforestation can be legal or illegal in the model: each district decides how much to …

In this paper, we investigate the relationship between deforestation and violence using annual municipal level data for … attempts) and deforestation are significant predictors of each other in the same municipality and year. Our results are robust …

Nature conservation scientists and practitioners have voiced the concern that a conservation discourse based on … economic arguments and monetary valuation may undermine conservation efforts by eroding ("crowding out") the influence of other … arguments for nature conservation. This paper presents the results of a decision experiment in which nature conservation is …

This paper describes global biodiversity conservation as a co-operative bargaining problem. We model an interdependent … biodiversity conservation in Latin America (World Bank 2003), destruction of biological resources represents a real source of …

the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … decentralization. …

the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … decentralization. -- natural resources ; risk of conflict ; decentralization …

the risk of internal conflict. Fiscal and political decentralization as an institutional arrangement for rent-sharing and … decentralization …