An econometric analysis of the effect of forest dependence on the economic well-being of Canadian communities

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 595-604

  Leake, Nancy ^a   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a   Boxall, Peter C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest dependence; Income distribution; Regional economic welfare; Unemployment

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

DIVERSITY; FOREST DEPENDENCE; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGIONAL ECONOMIC WELFARE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMICS; FORESTRY; INCOMES;

EID: 33751080347     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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