Nonconstant risk attitudes and timber harvesting

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 459-470

  Uusivuori, Jussi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nonindustrial private forest owners; Renewable natural resource; Risk aversion; Timber supply

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; INVENTORY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

PRIVATE FORESTS;

TIMBER;

FORESTS; HARVESTING; INVENTORIES; PRICES; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0036705755     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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