Optimal forest management with carbon sequestration credits and endogenous fire risk

Land Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-172

  Daigneault, Adam J ^a   Miranda, Mario J ^a   Sohngen, Brent ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNER; MODELING; STOCHASTICITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; THINNING; TIMBER; WILDFIRE;

EID: 77953719905     PISSN: 00237639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3368/le.86.1.155     Document Type: Article

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