Governance, economic policy, and the environmental Kuznets curve for natural tropical forests
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This paper reports the results of an empirical analysis of the relationship between income and the rate of deforestation of tropical natural forests. The inverted U-shaped relationship known as the environmental Kuznets curve is confirmed. The study focuses on the role of institutions and macroeconomic policy in the deforestation process. Results indicate that the quality of governance is an important determinant of forest resource preservation, and that rural population pressure is not as important as suggested by other studies. Agricultural technology improvement and enhanced educational attainment also lead to reductions of deforestation rates.
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Institutional factors and macroeconomic policies can reduce the amplitude of the EKC and consequently the environmental price of economic growth.
“In fact, institutional factors and macroeconomic policies can reduce the amplitude of the EKC and consequently the environmental price of economic growth (Culas, 2007, Bhattarai and Hammig, 2001and Bhattarai and Hammig, 2004).”
From Transition in environmental governance in the Brazilian Amazon: emergence of a new pattern of socio-economic development and deforestation (2016) · cites this paper as Bhattarai and Hammig, 2004
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- Authors
- BHATTARAI, M., & HAMMIG, M.
- Affiliations
- International Water Management Institute (IWMI) (LK)
- Clemson University (US)
- Venue
- Environment and Development Economics
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2004-05-19
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 367-382
- ISSN
- 1355-770X (ISSN-L)
- 1469-4395
- OpenAlex
- W2080578239
- Cited by
- 182
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 9.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Environment and Development Economics (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- CGSPace A Repository of Agricultural Research Outputs (Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) (submittedVersion)
- Digital Library Of The Commons Repository (Indiana University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Social Sciences › Economics, Econometrics and Finance › Economics and Econometrics › Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Forest Management and Policy
- Keywords
- environmental Kuznets curve, deforestation, tropical natural forests, governance quality, institutions, economic policy, agricultural technology, educational attainment
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