Market dynamics and optimal timber salvage after a natural catastrophe

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 495-511

  Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^a   Holmes, Thomas P ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hurricane Hugo; Natural disaster; Timber salvage; Welfare; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MARKETING; PUBLIC POLICY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TIMBER;

MARKET DYNAMICS; NATURAL CALAMITIES; SALVAGED TIMBER;

ECONOMICS;

COSTS; DISASTERS; ECONOMICS; FORESTS; MARKETING; PUBLIC OWNERSHIP; STRATEGIC ALLIANCES;

INSECTA; PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 4644334286     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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