PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Linde-Rahr, Martin
TI  - Property Rights and Deforestation: The Choice of Fuelwood Source in Rural Viet Nam
AID  - 10.2307/3146868
DP  - 2003 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 217--234
VI  - 79
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/2/217.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/79/2/217.full
SO  - Land Econ2003 May 01; 79
AB  - This paper analyses the choice of fuelwood supply sources in rural Viet Nam, of which one, the open-access area, is subjected to deforestation. A random parameter logit estimation allows us to calculate cross elasticities between the various sources, using derived shadow prices for fuelwood from each source. We find a relatively stronger substitution effect emerging between user-right plantation and open-access areas. This implies that a policy intervention of fuel from plantations might be an efficient option to halt deforestation. Analysis of producer surplus measures explains the reluctance by households to accept managerial responsibilities of open-access areas. (JEL D23, Q23)