Economics of naturally regenerating, heterogeneous forests

Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 309-337

  Tahvonen, Olli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Continuous cover forestry; Forestry; Nonconvexities; Optimal harvesting; Optimal rotation; Size structured model; Uneven aged forestry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947867845     PISSN: 23335955     EISSN: 23335963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/681587     Document Type: Article

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