| 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.