| Title: | Ecological Fiscal Incentives and Spatial Strategic Interactions: the Case of the ICMS-E in the Brazilian state of Paraná |
| Authors: | Alexandre Sauquet, Author ; Sébastien Marchand, Author ; José Gustavo Feres, Author |
| Edition statement: | May 2012 |
| Publisher: | Clermont-Ferrand : Centre d'études et de recherches sur le développement international (Cerdi), 2012 |
| Series: | Études et Documents Cerdi, ISSN 2114-7957, num. 19 |
| Size: | 35 p. |
| Languages: | English |
| Descriptors: |
[Eurovoc] AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES > cultivation of agricultural land > land use [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > environmental policy > environmental policy > economic instrument for the environment [Eurovoc] ENVIRONMENT > environmental policy > environmental protection > protected area [Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > America > Latin America > South America > Brazil |
| Tags: | Brazil ; fiscal federalism ; interactions ; spatial tobit model ; biodiversity ; land use |
| Abstract: | The ICMS-Ecológico is a fiscal transfer mechanism from states to municipalities, implemented in the early 1990's in Brazil, to reward municipalities for the creation and management of protected areas. This paper investigates the efficiency of this mechanism by testing for the presence of interactions among Brazilian municipalities in their decision to create conservation units, in the state of Paraná, between 2000 and 2010. We estimate a Bayesian spatial Tobit model in order to analyze the behavior of municipalities. The empirical investigation reveals strategic substitutability in municipalities conservation decisions. |
| Axe de recherche : | Trajectoires de développement durable |
| Link for e-copy: | https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00700474 |
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