AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CAUSES OF TROPICAL DEFORESTATION: GHANA

Emmanuel K. Yiridoe and David M. Nanang

No 20750, 2001 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Chicago, IL from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: Deforestation is modeled in two stages, as an interaction of interlinked key sectors in the Ghanaian economy (including forest products exports, fuelwood energy consumption, cocoa production, and food crop production), which compete for forest landuse or forest products. The effects of the different first- and second-level causes of deforestation analyzed are discussed.

Keywords: Two-stage regression; elasticity of deforestation; forest policy/management; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C320; Q230 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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