Biodiversity policies in commercial boreal forests: Optimal design of subsidy and tax combinations

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 982-995

  Koskela, Erkki ^a   Ollikainen, Markku ^a   Pukkala, Timo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity management; Green tree retention; Rotation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT; GREEN TREE RETENTION; HARTMAN MODEL;

FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TAXATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; ROTATION; TAXES;

HARTMANIA;

EID: 34247500788     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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