Risk aversion and optimal forest replanting: A stochastic efficiency study

Title
Risk aversion and optimal forest replanting: A stochastic efficiency study
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Lien, G
Stordal, S
Hardaker, John Brian
Asheim, LJ
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Place of publication
Netherlands
DOI
10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.055
UNE publication id
une:6731
Abstract
A new stochastic efficiency analysis approach, called stochastic efficiency with respect to a function (SERF), is applied to analyse optimal tree replanting on an area of recently harvested forest land. SERF partitions a set of risky alternative tree replanting strategies in terms of certainty equivalents (CEs) for a specified range of attitudes to risk. Both the entailed risk and the forest owner's risk aversion are taken into account. The forest owner's degree of risk aversion affects both the optimal tree replacement strategy and the reinvestment decision. The degree of risk aversion also needs to be taken into account when designing policy measures to affect forest investment.
Link
Citation
European Journal of Operational Research, 181(3), p. 1584-1592
ISSN
1872-6860
0377-2217
Start page
1584
End page
1592

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