PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Cattaneo, Andrea
ED  - Barbier, Edward B.
ED  - Burgess, Joanne C.
TI  - Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon: Comparing the Impacts of Macroeconomic Shocks, Land Tenure, and Technological Change
AID  - 10.2307/3147091
DP  - 2001 May 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 219--240
VI  - 77
IP  - 2
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/77/2/219.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/77/2/219.full
SO  - Land Econ2001 May 01; 77
AB  - The paper examines the current relevance of the set of variables reported in the literature as driving deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. The analysis uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE)model adapted to capture regional economic structures and the environmental processes specific to tropical areas. The paper compares the impact on deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon of: changes in real exchange rate; modifications in agricultural tax and support policies; reductions in transportation costs arising from investment in infrastructure in the Amazon; changes in land tenure regimes; and technological change in agriculture affecting productivity and agronomic sustainability. (JEL Q15, Q23)