Optimal forest policies in an overlapping generations economy with timber and money bequests

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 346-369

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a,b   Koskela, Erkki ^c   Ollikainen, Markku ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Altruism; Forest taxation; Optimal taxation; Overlapping generations; Timber bequests

Indexed keywords

FINANCIAL MARKET; FORESTRY POLICY; PUBLIC GOODS; TAX INCENTIVE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

EID: 0036736363     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jeem.2001.1201     Document Type: Article

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