A simultaneous-equation model for predicting the production frontier of a forest holding

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1851-1860

  Kajanus, Miika ^a   Kurttila, Mikko ^b   Pesonen, Mauno ^b  

^a SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MODELING; PRODUCTIVITY;

EID: 0032462579     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-172     Document Type: Article

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