Renewable resources with endogenous age classes and allocation of land

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 513-530

  Salo, Seppo ^a   Tahvonen, Olli ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Age classes; Forest rotation; Land allocation; Renewable resources; Vintage capital

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; LAND USE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 2142814371     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0092-5853.2004.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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