Afforestation as a real option: Some policy implications

Forest Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-178

  Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Investment timing; Policy expectations; Subsidies; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032901804     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestscience/45.2.171     Document Type: Article

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