Inducing private wildfire risk mitigation: Experimental investigation of measures on adjacent public lands

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-431

  Prante, Tyler ^a   Little, Joseph M ^b   Jones, Michael L ^c   McKee, Michael ^d   Berrens, Robert P ^e  

^a CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimental economics; Public goods; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; ECONOMICS; FIRES; LAND USE;

ECONOMIC EXPERIMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FOREST RESTORATION; PUBLIC GOODS; RISK MITIGATION; THRESHOLD LEVELS; WILDFIRE;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST FIRE; FORESTRY POLICY; HABITAT RESTORATION; PUBLIC SPENDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILDFIRE;

EID: 80054793138     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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