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The optimal selective logging regime and the Faustmann formula

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  • Xabadia, Angels
  • Goetz, Renan U.

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This study analyzes the optimal selective logging regime of a size-distributed forest where individual trees compete for scarce resources such as space, light, and nutrients. The decision problem of the forest manager is formulated as a distributed optimal control problem. The interpretation of the first-order conditions allows a generalization of the Faustmann formula. In an empirical part, this article numerically determines the optimal management regime of a size-structured forest and shows that the optimal selective logging regime is associated with a normal forest under a wider variety of situations than stated in the previous literature.

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Article provided by Elsevier in its journal Journal of Forest Economics.

Volume (Year): 16 (2010)
Issue (Month): 1 (January)
Pages: 63-82

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Keywords: Distributed optimal control Density effects Forest management Faustmann rule Selective logging;

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  1. 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.
  2. 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 Graduate School of Economics.

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