Pricing the social contract in the British Columbian forest sector

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2250-2259

  Niquidet, Kurt ^a   Nelson, Harry ^b   Vertinsky, Ilan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTS; EARNINGS; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPLOYMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; RURAL AREAS; TIMBER;

ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; FOREST POLICY; LONG-TERM MODELS;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY POLICY; MANUFACTURING; MODELING; PRICING POLICY; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TENURE RELATIONS; TIMBER;

CONTRACTS; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 35649003123     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-072     Document Type: Article

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