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The Optimal Selective Logging Regime and the Faustmann Formula

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  • Angels Xabadia
  • Renan U. Goetz

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forest management

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  • Angels Xabadia & Renan U. Goetz, "undated". "The Optimal Selective Logging Regime and the Faustmann Formula," Working Papers 353, Barcelona School of Economics.
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    3. Patrice, Loisel, 2011. "Faustmann rotation and population dynamics in the presence of a risk of destructive events," Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, vol. 17(3), pages 235-247, August.
    4. Renan Ulrich Goetz & Natali Hritonenko & Ruben Mur & Àngels Xabadia & Yuri Yatsenko, 2008. "Climate Change and the Cost of Carbon Sequestration: The Case of Forest Management," Working Papers 329, Barcelona School of Economics.
    5. Terry Heaps, 2014. "Convergence of Optimal Harvesting Policies to a Normal Forest," Discussion Papers dp14-01, Department of Economics, Simon Fraser University.
    6. Florian Diekert, 2012. "Growth Overfishing: The Race to Fish Extends to the Dimension of Size," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 52(4), pages 549-572, August.
    7. Yu, Jinna & Yao, Shunbo & Zhang, Bisheng, 2014. "Designing afforestation subsidies that account for the benefits of carbon sequestration: A case study using data from China's Loess Plateau," Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, vol. 20(1), pages 65-76.

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    Keywords

    distributed optimal control;

    JEL classification:

    • C61 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Optimization Techniques; Programming Models; Dynamic Analysis
    • C63 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computational Techniques
    • Q23 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Forestry

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