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, the participants of the Master Seminar at the University of Lucerne and the participants of the Regional Environmental Economics Seminar at the universities of Heidelberg and Mannheim for the opinions that were very useful to improve this dissertation. And I thank Professor Danilo Igliori for the recommendation made to Professor Timo Goeschl. I highlight that the opinions, hypotheses and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the professors and FAPESP. Last and most importantly, I thank my family and my friends for the support, the love and the friendship during this journey. You were the foundation of my existence and the reason of my persistence:

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