The Effect of Rural Credit on Deforestation: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon

Abstract In 2008, the Brazilian government made the concession of rural credit in the Amazon conditional upon stricter requirements as an attempt to curb forest clearings. This article studies the impact of this innovative policy on deforestation. Difference-in-differences estimations based on a pan...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Economic journal (London) 2020-02, Vol.130 (626), p.290-330
Hauptverfasser: Assunção, Juliano, Gandour, Clarissa, Rocha, Romero, Rocha, Rudi
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