The Origins and Control of Forest Fires in the Tropics.

Environmental externalities—uncompensated damages imposed on others—lie at the root of climate change, pollution, deforestation and biodiversity loss. Empirical evidence is limited, however, as to how externalities drive private decision making. We study one such behaviour, illegal tropical forest f...

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Published in:	Review of Economic Studies Vol. 93; no. 4; pp. 2348 - 2390
Main Authors:	Balboni, Clare, Burgess, Robin, Olken, Benjamin A
Format:	Article
Published:	Oxford University Press / USA Jul2026
Subjects:	Indonesia Tropics Property rights Environmental economics Deforestation Legal sanctions Climate change Forest fires Remote-sensing images Tropical climate
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