Kerr, Suzi; Pfaff, Alexander; Cavatassi, Romina; Davis, … - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2004
We summarize existing theoretical claims linking poverty to rates of deforestation and then examine this linkage empirically for Costa Rica during the 20th century using an econometric approach that addresses the irreversibilities in deforestation. Our data facilitate an empirical analysis of...