Causes for continuation of state cost-share programs for nonindustrial private forest landowners

Forest Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 471-478

  Mehmood, Sayeed R ^b   Zhang, Daowei ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Financial assistance; Political economy; Substitution effect; Timber

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ECONOMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SUBSIDY;

FORESTRY;

COSTS; ECONOMICS; FORESTS; PRIVATE OWNERSHIP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036705850     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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