Optimally managing a stochastic renewable resource under general economic conditions

B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  McGough, Bruce ^a   Plantinga, Andrew J ^a   Costello, Christopher ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic stochastic general equilibrium; Fisheries management; Renewable resources; Stochasticity

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149130449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19351682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1935-1682.2313     Document Type: Article

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