🆕 Weak property rights and lax enforcement fuel tropical forest fires Today on VoxDev, Clare Balboni (LSE), Robin Burgess & Benjamin Olken (MIT) outline research on Indonesia: https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/weak-property-rights-and-lax-enforcement-fuel-tropical-forest-fires
voxdev.orgWeak property rights and lax enforcement fuel tropical forest firesIndonesian firms burn more forest land when the fire spread risk falls on unclaimed land. Clearer property rights and credible penalties could cut fires by half.
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