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Journal of Economic Integration 2008 September;23(3) :463-488.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.11130/jei.2008.23.3.463
Global Economic Integration and Land Use Change

Alla GolubThomas Hertel 

Purdue University
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ABSTRACT

The goal of this work is to investigate the role of global integration in determining long-run patterns of land-use change. We utilize a dynamic general equilibrium model that has been modified to incorporate the most important economic features driving global land demand and supply, and simulate a baseline period from 1997-2025 over which land rents world-wide rise sharply and the global allocation of land between agriculture and forestry changes rather significantly in some regions. Through a series of restricted simulations of the model, we are able to isolate the impact on land markets of the following elements of growth and globalization: (i) population growth, (ii) real income growth, (iii) access of new forest lands, and (iv) international trade. We found that international trade plays a very substantial role in mediating between the land-abundant, slower growing economies of the Americas and Australia/New Zealand, and the land-scarce, rapidly growing economies of Asia. In summary, when combined, the forces of globalization are expected to play a large role in determining the pattern of land use change.

JEL classification: C68, R14, Q24

Keywords: land use | climate change policy | baseline | general equilibrium | agro-ecological zones
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