Effects of carbon sequestration rewards on forest management-An empirical application of adjusted Faustmann Formulae

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 589-597

  Köthke, Margret ^a   Dieter, Matthias ^a  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carbon credits; Discrete time model; Economic incentives; Forest management; Forest rotation age; Land expectation value

Indexed keywords

CARBON CREDITS; DISCRETE-TIME MODEL; ECONOMIC INCENTIVES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST ROTATION; LAND EXPECTATION VALUE;

COSTS; INDUSTRY; OPTIMIZATION; ROTATION; TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

EID: 77957760322     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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