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Title	Economic changes and afforestation incentives in rural China
Authors	Demurger, S Yang, WY
Keywords	Environmental studies
Issue Date	2006
Publisher	Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EDE
Citation	Environment and Development Economics, 2006, v. 11 n. 5, p. 629-649 [How to Cite?] DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X06003160
Abstract	This paper uses provincial macro-data from the mid 1980s onwards to investigate the determinants of land-use choice in rural China, by paying particular attention to the decision to plant trees as competing with agriculture. The evidence supports the importance of economic motivations in the afforestation decision. A profit-seeking behavior is found to be at stake in the decision to plant trees, which is made according to both the relative profitability of forestry against agriculture, and their relative risks. Afforestation is also found to strongly depend on the pressure upon land as well as on household wealth.
ISSN	1355-770X 2011 Impact Factor: 0.671 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.042
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X06003160

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dc.identifier.doi	http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X06003160
dc.identifier.isi	WOS:000242050300005
dc.identifier.issn	1355-770X 2011 Impact Factor: 0.671 2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.042
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dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=EDE
dc.rights	Environment and Development Economics. Copyright © Cambridge University Press.
dc.rights	Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.subject	Environmental studies
dc.title	Economic changes and afforestation incentives in rural China
dc.type	Article

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