Risk-Aversion and the Short-Run Supply of Timber

Forest Science

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 647-656

  Gong, Peichen ^a   Löfgren, Karl Gustaf ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mean variance analysis; Optimal portfolio; Price uncertainty; Timber harvest

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TIMBER;

RISK AVERSION;

FORESTRY;

EID: 0142126867     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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