Government preferences and public forest harvesting: A second-best approach

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 14-28

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Forest taxation; Public harvesting; Second best policies

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; HARVESTING; POLICY MAKING;

EID: 0032802158     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244447     Document Type: Article

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