Market impacts of a multiyear mechanical fuel treatment program in the U.S.

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 386-399

  Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^a   Abt, Karen L ^a   Huggett Jr , Robert J ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire; Fuel treatments; Quadratic program; Subsidies; Welfare

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EQUIL IBRIUM MODELING; FIRE EFFECTS; FIRE RISKS; FUEL TREATMENTS; IN ORDER; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); MARKET IMPACTS; PRODUCT MARKETS; TIMBER MARKETS; TRANSPORT COSTS; TREATMENT COSTS; TWO-STAGE MODELS; WELFARE MAXIMIZATION;

ECOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FINANCE; FORESTRY; FUELS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; QUADRATIC PROGRAMMING; STAGES; TIMBER;

COSTS;

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FINANCE; FIRES; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FUELS; LOGGING; MARKETING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 45849109492     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.01.004     Document Type: Article

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