Factors influencing nonindustrial private forest landowners' policy preference for promoting bioenergy

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 581-588

  G C , Shivan ^a   Mehmood, Sayeed R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass and bioenergy; Logit models; Private forest landowners

Indexed keywords

BINARY LOGIT MODEL; BIO-ENERGY; COST-SHARE PROGRAMS; CURRENT TECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LOGIT MODELS; MARKET CONDITION; MARKET PLACE; NON-INDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTS; POLICY INSTRUMENTS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PRIVATE FOREST LANDOWNERS; WOODY BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; FOSSIL FUELS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; ECONOMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; MODELS;

EID: 77957771435     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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