Tenure security, private time preference, and use of natural resources among lowland Bolivian Amerindians

摘要: To estimate the effect of tenure security and private time preference on the use of different types of natural resources, such as old-growth and fallow forests, fish, and game, we did a survey and a psychological experiment with 443 households in 42 villages of Yuracaré, Mojeño, Tsimane', and Chiquitano Indians in the Bolivian lowlands. Results of multivariate tobit regressions suggest that:(1) among the Yuracaré, Tsimane', and Mojeño rates of private time preference had a small economic and statistical effect on the use of natural resources …