Die Charta für Holz 2.0 (CfH 2.0) verfolgt das Ziel, den Klimaschutzbeitrag der Forst- und Holzwirtschaft zu steigern, Wertschöpfung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit des Clusters Forst & Holz zu festigen und zu stärken, und endliche Ressourcen durch eine nachhaltige und effiziente Nutzung von...

Die vorliegende Arbeit ist das Ergebnis eines Aufenthaltes in Zimbabwe zwischen Juli und Oktober 1997, ermöglicht durch ein Reisestipendium des Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Fund (SYLFF), vergeben an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Das Thema der Arbeit umfaßt drei zentrale Aspekte eines...

This paper presents quantitative evidence on the relationship between forest conversion and the productivity of agropastoral activities in the Legal Amazon. The extraction of timber products such as wood, fuelwood and charcoal is related to the process of agropastoral expansion in this region...

Consider a country possessing a specific production factor in fixed quantity, producing in combination with land a stream of services through time. Some of these services are consumed domestically. The bulk of it, however, is consumed world-wide. Despite the services the country provides to the...

We present results from a field experiment testing the gift-exchange hypothesis inside a tree-planting firm paying its workforce incentive contracts. Firm managers told a crew of tree planters they would receive a pay raise for one day as a result of a surplus not attributable to past planting...

We investigate the economic relevance and the composition of gifts within a firm where output is contractible. We develop a structural econometric model that identifies workers' optimal reaction to monetary gifts received from their employer. We estimate the model using data from two separate...