A Note on High Discount Rates and Depletion of Primary Forests
Conventional wisdom implies that high discount rates accelerate depletion of tropical forests. As shown in this article, this result does not necessarily hold in a two-state variable model that distinguishes between primary and secondary forest stocks. In the context of a fixed concession period and...
Main Authors: | Erwin H. Bulte, Daan P. van Soest |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Western Agricultural Economics Association
1996-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics |
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Online Access: | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31026 |
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