TY - UNPB
T1 - Economic Development and Forest Cover: Evidence from Satellite Data
AU - Crespo Cuaresma, Jesus
AU - Danylo, Olha
AU - Fritz, Steffen
AU - McCallum, Ian
AU - Obersteiner, Michael
AU - See, Linda
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - We use satellite data on forest cover along national borders in order to study the determinants of deforestation differences across countries. We combine the forest cover information with data on homogeneous response units, which allow us to control for cross-country geoclimatic differences when assessing the drivers of deforestation. Income per capita appears to be the most robust determinant of differences in cross-border forest cover and our results present evidence of the existence of decreasing effects of income on forest cover as economic development progresses.(authors' abstract)
AB - We use satellite data on forest cover along national borders in order to study the determinants of deforestation differences across countries. We combine the forest cover information with data on homogeneous response units, which allow us to control for cross-country geoclimatic differences when assessing the drivers of deforestation. Income per capita appears to be the most robust determinant of differences in cross-border forest cover and our results present evidence of the existence of decreasing effects of income on forest cover as economic development progresses.(authors' abstract)
UR - http://www.wu.ac.at/economics/forschung/wp/
M3 - WU Working Paper
T3 - Department of Economics Working Paper Series
BT - Economic Development and Forest Cover: Evidence from Satellite Data
PB - WU Vienna University of Economics and Business
CY - Vienna
ER -