Forest management, public goods, and optimal policies

Annual Review of Resource Economics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 207-226

  Ollikainen, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate policies; Even aged and uneven aged management; Offset markets; Payments for ecosystem services; Water protection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84990934108     PISSN: 19411340     EISSN: 19411359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-resource-100815-095450     Document Type: Review

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