Royalty reform and illegal reporting of harvest volumes under alternative penalty schemes

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 189-211

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a   Koskela, Erkki ^b   Ollikainen, Markku ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Deforestation; Illegal logging; Royalty progression; Timber concessions

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; HARVESTING; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY);

ROYALTY PROGRESSION; TIMBER CONCESSIONS;

TIMBER;

BENCHMARKING; DEFORESTATION; FORESTRY POLICY; HARVESTING; LIABILITY; LOGGING (TIMBER); POLICY REFORM;

DEFORESTATION; FORESTS; HARVESTING; LOGGING;

EID: 34548166522     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-006-9070-7     Document Type: Article

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