{"id":2063,"date":"2007-01-01T21:33:06","date_gmt":"2007-01-01T21:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alexpfaff.com\/?post_type=research-paper&#038;p=2063"},"modified":"2007-01-01T21:33:06","modified_gmt":"2007-01-01T21:33:06","slug":"estimating-spatial-interactions-in-deforestation-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/alexpfaff\/2007\/01\/01\/estimating-spatial-interactions-in-deforestation-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Estimating Spatial Interactions in Deforestation Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"authors\">Juan Robalino, Alexander Pfaff, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa<\/div>\n<div class=\"published\">Frontiers of Biodiversity Economics, Cambridge University Press<\/div>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/alexpfaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2007\/01\/BiodiversityEconomicsBookChapter.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sanford.duke.edu\/alexpfaff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2016\/06\/pdf-icon-50x50-1.png\" alt=\"PDF link icon\" \/><\/a>This chapter is structured as follows. Section 2 describes a simple model of interactions in the context of deforestation, based on an equilibrium in beliefs about the neighbours\u2019 actions. Section 3 discusses empirical issues in measurement of interactions and the benefits of using an instrumental variable approach. Data requirements for analysing neighbours\u2019 interactions in deforestation decisions are discussed in section 4. Finally, results for two regions within Costa Rica, as well as discussion of how to obtain the equilibria once the parameters of the model are estimated, are presented in section 5.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Juan Robalino, Alexander Pfaff, G. Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa Frontiers of Biodiversity Economics, Cambridge University Press This chapter is structured as follows. Section 2 describes a simple model of interactions in the context of deforestation, based on an equilibrium in beliefs about the neighbours\u2019 actions. Section 3 discusses empirical issues in measurement of interactions and the benefits of using an instrumental variable approach. Data requirements for analysing neighbours\u2019 interactions in deforestation decisions are discussed in section 4. Finally, results for two regions within Costa Rica, as well as discussion of how to obtain the equilibria once the parameters of the model are estimated, are presented in section 5. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,34,39,45],"tags":[79,116],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10","category-costa-rica","category-land-use-climate-mitigation","category-secondary-data","tag-deforestation","tag-interactions","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Estimating Spatial Interactions in Deforestation Decisions - 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