This paper demonstrates how satellite images and other geographic data can be used to predict land use. A cross-section model of land use is estimated with data for a region in central Mexico. Parameters from the model are used to examine the effects of reduced human activity. If variables that...

In the late 1980s Mexico, like other emerging economies, embarked upon an accelerated expansion of its toll highway system by offering concessions to the private sector for construction and operation. The government awarded Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) contracts where a private entity builds the...