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041 0 _aEn
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072 0 _aE11
072 0 _aP01 F40
090 _aREP-4572
100 1 _aBrowder, J.O.
245 0 0 _aThe social costs of rain forest destruction:
_b A critique and economic analysis of 'the hamburger debate'
260 _c1988
340 _aPrinted
500 _aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0378-1844
500 _aTables, references p. 119-120
520 _aIn response to the dialogue appearing in recent issues of Interciencia concerning the trade-offs of rain forests for beef products, namely hamburgers, this article examines the divergence between the private and social costs of public policies that subsidize livestock production in the Brazilian Amazon. Twopublic policies are considered: Brazil's regional development policy for the Amazon administered by the Superintendency for the Amazon Development (SUDAM), and Brazil's rural credit policies administered by the Brazilian Central Bank. Based on a 1985/86 survey of 73 Brazilian Amazon cattle ranchers, the cost structure of livestock
546 _aEnglish
595 _aRPC
650 1 0 _aBeef
650 1 0 _aCost benefit analysis
650 1 0 _aCosts
650 1 0 _aDeforestation
650 1 0 _aGrazing
650 1 0 _aTropical rain forests
773 0 _tInterciencia
_n615042
_gv. 13, no. 3, p. 115-120
942 _cJA
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_d11980