When and to what extent do risk premia work? Cases of threat and optimal rotation

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-66

  Price, Colin ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Discount rate; Optimal rotation; Risk; Threat

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CROPS; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; RISKS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

CONSTANT RATE; DISCOUNT RATES; FINANCIAL RISKS; LAND EXPECTATION VALUE; OPTIMAL ROTATIONS; PHYSICAL RISKS; THREAT; THREAT LEVELS;

ROTATION;

CAPITAL FLOW; DISCOUNT RATE; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

FARM CROPS; FINANCE; FORESTRY; OPTIMIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROTATION;

INDIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

NUCLEOPOLYHEDROVIRUS;

EID: 78650774875     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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