Wicksellian theory of forest rotation under interest rate variability

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 529-545

  Alvarez, Luis H R ^a   Koskela, Erkki ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d IZA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Free boundary problems; Optimal stopping; Stochastic interest rates; Wicksellian rotation

Indexed keywords

EID: 13644274493     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2004.03.002     Document Type: Article

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