Using price data to consider risk in the evaluation of forest management investments.

Shows how existing information on the historic prices of various timber species and products can be used to provide a measure of the market risk, return, and efficient portfolios of alternative forestry investments using examples from three Midwestern states. 1991
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Using price data to consider risk in the evaluation of forest management investments.   (1991)

Shows how existing information on the historic prices of various timber species and products can be used to provide a measure of the market risk, return, and efficient portfolios of alternative forestry investments using examples from three Midwestern states.

Author: Baumgartner, David C.; Hyldahl, Carol A.


Source: General Technical Report NC-144. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station

Citation: Baumgartner, David C.; Hyldahl, Carol A.  1991.  Using price data to consider risk in the evaluation of forest management investments.  General Technical Report NC-144. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station.