Patterns of frontier development: a dynamic model of resource extraction in the Brazilian Amazon

Richard T. Melstrom; Luke R. Jones; Jill Caviglia-Harris

doi:10.1017/S1355770X15000303

Patterns of frontier development: a dynamic model of resource extraction in the Brazilian Amazon

Richard T. Melstrom, Luke R. Jones, Jill Caviglia-Harris

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Original language	American English
Journal	Environment and Development Economics
Volume	21
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X15000303
State	Published - Jan 6 2016
Externally published	Yes

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Economics
Water Resource Management
Natural Resource Economics

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