THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEFORESTATION IN THE TROPICS
Since district splitting post-Soharto happened in a staggered manner, authors were able to rigorously test a hypothesis: do districts compete over providing timber companies (legal and illegal) opportunities to extract timber so that they can capture the rents?
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THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEFORESTATION IN THE TROPICS
Author(s):
Robin Burgess, LSE, Matthew Hansen, University of Maryland Benjamin A. Olken, MIT, Peter Potapov, University of Maryland Stefanie Sieber, World Bank
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Since district splitting post-Soharto happened in a staggered manner, authors were able to rigorously test a hypothesis: do districts compete over providing timber companies (legal and illegal) opportunities to extract timber so that they can capture the rents?
