Does climate change information affect stated risks of pine beetle impacts on forests? An application of the exchangeability method

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-84

  Cerroni, Simone ^a,b   Shaw, W Douglass ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE ENI ENRICO MATTEI   (Italy)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Exchangeability; Pine beetle; Pine forest; Stated risks

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGEABILITY; FUTURE CLIMATE; NOT GIVEN; PINE BEETLE; PINE FOREST; PRIVATE FORESTS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLOBAL WARMING; PUBLIC RISKS; RISK PERCEPTION;

FORESTRY;

FORESTRY; INSECTS; PINUS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLEOPTERA;

EID: 84865386679     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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