Econometric analysis of forest conservation: The Finnish experience

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-297

  Linden, Mikael ^a   Uusivuori, Jussi ^a  

^a Department of Economics ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Demand and supply; Forest conservation; Forest dynamics; Impulse response analysis; Land tenure; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347560471     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X02000189     Document Type: Article

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