A dynamic bioeconomic analysis of mountain pine beetle epidemics

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2407-2419

  Sims, Charles ^a   Aadland, David ^b   Finnoff, David ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycles; Mountain pine beetle; Public forest management; Stock externality

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958150839     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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