Property Taxes and Forests in West Virginia: A Historical Review

Small-scale Forestry

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 67-80

  Fortney, Jennifer ^a   Arano, Kathryn G ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ad valorem; Nonindustrial private forest (NIPF) landowners; Preferential taxation; Tax shelter

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; FUTURE PROSPECT; LANDOWNER; POLICY APPROACH; TAX SYSTEM;

UNITED STATES; WEST VIRGINIA;

EID: 76649096317     PISSN: 18737617     EISSN: 18737854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11842-009-9102-6     Document Type: Article

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