We examine the consequences of land tenure insecurity on economic growth in Brazil. We use an overlapping generations … and a positive one on economic growth. Land tenure insecurity is proxied by the number of squatters. These two …

We examine the consequences of land tenure insecurity on economic growth in Brazil. We use an overlapping generations … number of squatters. These two restrictions are not rejected. JEL Classification: O41, Q15, O54 …

and the strategic interactions between landowners and squatters lead to an over deforestation. The main theoretical … restriction is a positive impact of squatters on deforestation. It is successfully tested on a panel data set covering the … municipalities of the Legal Amazonia controlling for the endogeneity of squatters in a deforestation equation. The result questions …

resource and the strategic interactions between landowners and squatters lead to an over deforestation. The main theoretical … implication is a positive impact of squatters on deforestation. It is successfully tested on a panel data set covering the … municipalities of the Legal Amazonia controlling for the endogeneity of squatters in a deforestation equation. The result questions …

financing, namely seigniorage and deforestation revenues. First, we develop a theoretical model emphasizing a substitution … effect between seigniorage and deforestation revenues. Second, a panel-data econometric analysis over the 1990-2010 period … confirms our findings. Consequently, a tighter monetary policy hastens deforestation. Third, we extend the theoretical model …

deforestation rates. Consequently, there exists a substitution effect between deforestation rates and seigniorage. Empirical …

seigniorage. Building on a simple theoretical model where governments target inflation and aim at reducing deforestation while … minimising a welfare loss function, we exhibit the potential substitution effect between seigniorage and deforestation revenues … and deforestation revenues, which is, as suggested by the theoretical model, even stronger if the endogenous character of …

Cattle Ranching is the main causes of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region. This paper analyses the proximate … causes of deforestation using linear regressions with panel data. The model evaluates the contribution of the main land uses … for deforestation from 2000 to 2006. Deforestation data from INPE-PRODES, number of heads of cattle, and area of temporary …

financing, namely seigniorage and deforestation revenues. First, we develop a theoretical model emphasizing a substitution … effect between seigniorage and deforestation revenues. Second, a panel-data econometric analysis over the 1990-2010 period … confirms our findings. Consequently, a tighter monetary policy hastens deforestation. Third, we extend the theoretical model …