Turning Carbon into Cash: Economic Model of Payments for Carbon Sequestration in the Dry Tropical Forest of Coastal Ecuador

Trent Blare () and Xavier Haro-Carrion

No 143088, 2013 Annual Meeting, February 2-5, 2013, Orlando, Florida from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper examines the impact of carbon payments on reforestation in coastal Ecuador. The model estimates that landowners would need to be paid between 13.59 US dollars to 41.81 US dollars per metric ton of carbon in order to be no worse off from reforesting a hectare of her land.

Keywords: Environmental Economics and Policy; International Development; Land Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.143088

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