Financialization, shareholder value, and the transformation of timberland ownership in the us

Critical Sociology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 265-284

  Gunnoe, Andrew ^a   Gellert, Paul K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ecological political economy; financialization; forest land; shareholder value

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953745165     PISSN: 08969205     EISSN: 15691632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0896920510378764     Document Type: Article

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