Economics of forest tract size: Theory and literature

Fred Cubbage

doi:10.2737/SO-GTR-41

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Economics of forest tract size: Theory and literature

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Authors:

Fred Cubbage

Year:

1983

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-GTR-41

Source:

Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-41. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 21 p.

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Abstract

This report reviews worldwide literature and theoretical bases on economics of forest tract size and examines means of reducing the diseconomies of small size. Economics of size will become more important as forestry becomes more mechanized.

Citation

Cubbage, Fred. 1983. Economics of forest tract size: Theory and literature. Gen. Tech. Rep. SO-41. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Dept of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 21 p.