Article ID: | iaor20115836 |
Volume: | 13 |
Issue: | 5 |
Start Page Number: | 402 |
End Page Number: | 410 |
Publication Date: | Jun 2011 |
Journal: | Forest Policy and Economics |
Authors: | Buongiorno Joseph, Zhou Mo |
Keywords: | decision: studies, markov processes |
Markov decision process models take into account risk in forest growth, stumpage prices, and interest rates. Optimal harvest decisions are adaptive to risk and improve the net present value.