A timber producer's entry, exit, mothballing, and reactivation decisions under market risk

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-320

  Yin, Runsheng ^a   Newman, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Real options; Timberland investment; Valuation

Indexed keywords

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

EID: 0032719963     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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