Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/667 
Year of Publication: 
1994
Citation: 
[Publisher:] Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) [Place:] Kiel [Year:] 1994
Series/Report no.: 
Kiel Working Paper No. 638
Publisher: 
Kiel Institute of World Economics (IfW), Kiel
Abstract: 
The 'deforestation problem' in Brazil consists of a variety of interrelated issues, of which this paper identifies a regional, sectoral and macroeconomic dimension. Using a regionally and sectorally disaggregated general equilibrium model of Brazil, it is shown that macroeconomic reform is complementary to conservation policies. Therefore, if not for other reasons, macroeconomic reform is urgently needed to provide an adequate framework for microeconomic conservation policies to be effective. The analysis also shows that regional land taxes in the Amazon outperform the reduction of fiscal incentives for agriculture, both with regards to ecological effectiveness and efficiency. Finally, the results do not support claims for compensation payments.
Subjects: 
deforestation
public policy
general equilibrium analysis
Brazil
JEL: 
Q2
Q28
C68
Document Type: 
Working Paper
Document Version: 
Digitized Version

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