Harvesting and recovery decisions under uncertainty

Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2533-2546

  Shackleton, Mark B ^a   Sødal, Sigbjørn ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Forest growth; Investment; Real options; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958152600     PISSN: 01651889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jedc.2010.07.003     Document Type: Article

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