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...

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Main Authors: Erwin H. Bulte, Daan P. van Soest
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 1996-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/31026

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