On forest rotation under interest rate variability

International Tax and Public Finance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 489-503

  Alvarez, Luis H R ^a   Koskela, Erkki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Free boundary problems; Optimal rotation; Optimal stopping; Variable interest rates

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043181213     PISSN: 09275940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024695701513     Document Type: Conference Paper

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