A game-theoretic model of timber prices with capital stock: An empirical application to the Finnish pulp and paper industry

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1481-1493

  Koskela, Erkki ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; GAME THEORY; MARKETING; PAPER AND PULP INDUSTRY; WOOD;

CAPITAL STOCK; TIMBER PRICE;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

FORESTRY PRODUCTION; METHODOLOGY; PRICE DYNAMICS; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FINLAND;

EID: 0032194702     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-105     Document Type: Article

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