Determination of optimal rotation period under stochastic wood and carbon prices

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1031-1045

  Chladná, Zuzana ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Optimal rotation; Real options

Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; OPTIMAL ROTATION; REAL OPTIONS;

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

WOOD;

CARBON DIOXIDE; SENSITIVITY; WOOD;

EID: 34247515495     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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