The implication of property rights for joint agriculture-timber productivity in the Brazilian Amazon

被引：19

作者：

Otsuki, T

Hardie, IW

Reis, EJ

机构：

[1] World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA

[2] Univ Maryland, Dept Agr & Resource Econ, College Pk, MD 20742 USA

[3] Inst Pesquisa Econ Aplicada, BR-20020010 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

来源：

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS | 2002年 / 7卷

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D O I：

10.1017/S1355770X02000190

中图分类号：

F [经济];

学科分类号：

02 ;

摘要：

This paper examines the effects of the Brazilian governments' title granting policies on the efficiency of agricultural and timber production in the Brazilian Amazon. A two-stage procedure is used that combines Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and a Tobit regression. Provision of private land titles before 1995 is found to positively affect the technical efficiency of agricultural and joint agriculture-timber production in 1995. Governmental expenditures, including expenditures to secure property rights, also are found to increase technical efficiency in the agricultural industry. The analysis indicates that revenue efficiency can be improved by producing more roundwood and less agricultural product. Land-granting policies may favorably affect environmental conservation by intensifying land use in agriculture, but they also may harm development by discouraging timber production.

引用

页码：299 / 323

页数：25

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