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Following the Rules: Brazilian Logging Concessions under Imperfect Enforcement and Royalties

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  • Alexander J. Macpherson
  • Douglas R. Carter
  • Marco W. Lentini
  • Mark D. Schulze

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Debates about forest concessions in the Brazilian Amazon have focused on the government’s enforcement capacity. Using an optimization model largely parameterized with data from the Eastern Amazon, we investigate the effectiveness of renewability audits and performance bonds in inducing compliance with reduced-impact logging and harvest volume requirements. In weak enforcement environments, audits are unlikely to induce full compliance with harvest regulations, while performance bonds may be more effective. The use of royalty instruments such as the ad valorem and revenue-based royalties can generate revenues and, in the case of revenue-based instruments, modify harvest behavior, but only under limited circumstances.

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  • Alexander J. Macpherson & Douglas R. Carter & Marco W. Lentini & Mark D. Schulze, 2010. "Following the Rules: Brazilian Logging Concessions under Imperfect Enforcement and Royalties," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 86(3).
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:86:y:2010:iii:1:p493-513
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    2. Kuusela, Olli-Pekka & Amacher, Gregory S. & Moeltner, Klaus, 2017. "Enforcing the rules in timber concessions: Performance bonding in the presence of corruption risk," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(P1), pages 52-64.

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    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry
    • Q28 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Government Policy

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