The problems of how to evaluate and compare the quality of models formed from panel data are discussed. Using the lessons learnt from the valuation of time series models using post-sample forecasting a variety of tests are suggested using several out-of-sample parts of a panel data set, but...

This paper provides an estimate of the amount of carbon emissions that resulted from large scale deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during the aggressive development period 1970 - 1985. The estimate is derived by combining a dynamic carbon model with a municipality level data set describing...