What Drives Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon?: Evidence from Satellite and Socioeconomic Data
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- Pfaff, Alexander S.P., 1997. "What drives deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon? Evidence from satellite and socioeconomic data," Policy Research Working Paper Series 1772, The World Bank.
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