This paper develops a microeconomic model for agricultural colonists' choices among resource development options. The model is used to demonstrate, that under tenurial conditions typically found along a typical third world agricultural frontier, a cycle of exessive deforestation and exhaustive management of existing farmland is bound to emerge. It is also shown that changing economic incentives or introducing new farming or resource management techniques...
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1988/10/31
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Рабочий документ по вопросам охраны окружающей среды
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ENV9
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2020/07/01
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Disclosed
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Agricultural colonization and environmental degradation in frontier developing economies
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deforestation