The Economics of Tropical Deforestation
综述了热带森林砍伐和土地利用的早期经济学研究，并通过跨国分析发现农业扩张是主因，制度因素也有重要影响，收入效应因地区而异。
This paper provides a survey of ‘first wave’ economic studies of tropical deforestation and land use. These studies of tropical forest land conversion are generally at the cross‐country level. We also conduct a synthesis cross‐country analysis of tropical agricultural land expansion. The results show that agricultural development is the main factor determining land expansion, but institutional factors have an important influence. Income effects tend to vary from region to region, and do not always display an ‘Environmental Kuznets Curve’ relationship