Deforestation in Central Mexico: Satellite Images as Data in Economic Models of Land Use
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*Support for this paper was provided by Cooperative Agreement 43-3AEM-3-80137 between USDA and the University of Illinois. It does not represent the official views of either institution. This draft has benefitted from discussions with Ken Chomitz, Peter Feather, Charles Hallahan, Ralph Heimlich, Laurian Unnevehr, and participants in seminars at IFPRI, the World Bank, Resources for the Future, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, and the University of Illinois. An extended version of the paper, with color illustrations, is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/g-nelson/papers/lu_paper/description.htm. DEFORESTATION IN CENTRAL MEXICO: SATELLITE IMAGES AS DATA IN ECONOMIC MODELS OF LAND USE
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