The use of violence in illegal markets: evidence from mahogany trade in the Brazilian Amazon

dc.contributorFGV
dc.creatorChimeli, Ariaster B.
dc.creatorSoares, Rodrigo dos Reis
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-10T13:37:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-03T20:33:28Z
dc.date.available2018-05-10T13:37:44Z
dc.date.available2022-11-03T20:33:28Z
dc.date.created2018-05-10T13:37:44Z
dc.date.issued2017-10
dc.identifier1945-7782
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10438/23802
dc.identifier10.1257/app.20160055
dc.identifier000411565400002
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/5040646
dc.description.abstractWe provide evidence on the effect of market illegality on violence. Brazil was historically the main exporter of mahogany. Starting in the 1990s, trade was restricted and eventually prohibited. We build on previous evidence that mahogany trade persisted after prohibition and document relative increases in violence in areas with natural occurrence of mahogany. We show that as illegal activity receded in the late 2000s so did the relative increase in violence. We describe an experience of increase in violence following the transition of a market from legal to illegal and contribute to the evaluation of prohibition policies under limited enforcement.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherAmer Economic Assoc
dc.relationAmerican economic journal-applied economics
dc.rightsrestrictedAccess
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectDeforestation
dc.subjectProhibition
dc.subjectConflict
dc.subjectPolicies
dc.subjectCrime
dc.titleThe use of violence in illegal markets: evidence from mahogany trade in the Brazilian Amazon
dc.typeArticle (Journal/Review)


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