Small-scale non-industrial private forest ownership in the United States: rationale and implications for forest management

The transaction cost approach is used to explain why small non-industrial private forest (NIPF) ownerships are increasing in the U.S. We argue that the number of small NIPF owners have increased because: 1) a significant amount of forestland is no longer used economically if primarily...

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Main Authors: Zhang, Yaoqi, Zhang, Daowei, Schelhas, John
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Finnish Society of Forest Science 2005-01-01
Series:Silva Fennica
Online Access:https://www.silvafennica.fi/article/378