Harvesting Choices and Timber Supply among Landowners in the Southern United States
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1Alumni and George Peak Jr. Professor of Forest Economics and Policy, School of Forestry and Wildlife Science, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849-5418 (phone: 334-844-1067; fax: 334-844-1084; e-mail: [email protected]). 2Assistant Professor, Institute of Finance and Economics Research, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, No. 777 Guoding Road, Shanghai, PR China, 200433 (corresponding author: phone: +86 21-6590-3266; e-mail: [email protected]). 3Research Forester, U.S. Forest Service, 160 Holdsworth Way, Amherst, MA 01003 (phone: 413-545-1387; e-mail: [email protected]). 4Project Leader, Forest Economics and Policy Research, Southern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, PO Box 12254, 3041 Cornwallis Road, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 (phone: 919-549-4033; fax: 919-549-4047; e-mail: [email protected]).
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