National Factor Markets and the Macroeconomic Context for Environmental Destruction in the Brazilian Amazon

Bibliographic Data

ID7744195
AuthorsSteven C Kyle (Cornell University), Aercio S Cunha (Universidade de Brasília)
Year1992
Volume23
Issue1
Pages7-33
Publication date1992-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDevelopment and Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0012-155X • E-ISSN: 1467-7660
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-7660.1992.tb00437.x
OpenAlexW2033999044
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited14

This paper discusses Amazonian agricultural development with emphasis on the interrelations between regional conditions and the economic context represented by the national economy. The extreme abundance of land relative to complementary factors, together with the position of the region as a price taker in both factor and output markets, create the conditions for environmentally destructive expansion of cultivation at the extensive margin. It is argued that policies to promote a more ecologically sensitive pattern of development must take into account these links with the larger Brazilian economy and society as well as conditions within the region itself

Agriculture · Amazon rainforest · Context (archaeology) · Economics · Economy · Geography · Margin (machine learning) · Natural resource economics · Position (finance) · Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management · Ecology · Economic Growth and Productivity · Land Rights and Reforms

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