Timber supply, amenity values and biological risk

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 285-304

  Koskela, Erkki ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Amenity valuation; Biological risk; Non expected utility

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 0032719962     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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