The value of adaption: Climate change and timberland management

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 452-468

  Guo, Christopher ^a   Costello, Christopher ^b,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Climate change; Economic impact analysis; Environmental change; Extensive margin; Faustmann; Forestry; Intensive margin

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTENSIVE MARGIN; FAUSTMANN; INTENSIVE MARGIN;

DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TIMBER;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECONOMIC IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FORESTRY MODELING; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TREELINE; VALUATION;

DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877926180     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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