An Empirical Examination of Optimal Rotations in a Multiple-Use Forest in the Presence of Fire Risk

Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 14-27

  Englin, Jeffrey ^a   Boxall, Peter ^b,c   Hauer, Grant ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Faustmann; Forest fires; Multiple use; Optimal rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034417813     PISSN: 10685502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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