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Spatial Interactions in Tropical Deforestation: An application to the Brazilian Amazon

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  • Saraly Andrade de Sa

    (ETH Zürich - Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule - Swiss Federal Institute of Technology [Zürich])

  • Philippe Delacote

    (INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique)

  • Eric Nazindigouba Kere

    (CERDI - Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - UdA - Université d'Auvergne - Clermont-Ferrand I - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

Abstract

This paper investigates the mechanisms determining spatial interactions in deforestation, and its transmission channels, using data from Brazil. Our preliminary results confirm the hypothesis that deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon is characterized by complementarity, meaning that deforestation in a particular municipality tends to increase deforestation in its neighbors. We further show that cattle density, tend to be the most important factors determining the nature of spatial interactions between neighboring areas.

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  • Saraly Andrade de Sa & Philippe Delacote & Eric Nazindigouba Kere, 2015. "Spatial Interactions in Tropical Deforestation: An application to the Brazilian Amazon," Working Papers halshs-01112854, HAL.
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    Keywords

    deforestation; Brazilian Amazon; Spatial and Dynamic interactions;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q33 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation - - - Resource Booms (Dutch Disease)
    • O13 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Agriculture; Natural Resources; Environment; Other Primary Products
    • C21 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models

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