Forecasting resource-allocation decisions under climate uncertainty: Fire suppression with assessment of net benefits of research

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1118-1129

  Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^a   Donovan, Geoffrey H ^b  

^a USDA Forest

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Fore cast; Forest service; Poisson; Returns to research; Wild fire suppression

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FORECASTING METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TRANSFER FUNCTION; WILDFIRE;

EID: 51349122101     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: 14678276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2008.01152.x     Document Type: Article

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