A method of assessing risk in forestry investments

Robert J. Engelhard; Walter C. Anderson

doi:10.2737/SO-RP-189

A method of assessing risk in forestry investments

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Authors:

Robert J. Engelhard, Walter C. Anderson

Year:

1983

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Southern Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2737/SO-RP-189

Source:

Res. Pap. SO-189. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.

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Abstract

A practica1 procedure for computing the likelihood that expectedreturns will be realized.

Keywords

uncertainty, Monte Carlo simulation, probability distribution curve

Citation

Engelhard, Robert J.; Anderson, Walter C. 1983. A method of assessing risk in forestry investments. Res. Pap. SO-189. New Orleans, LA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Southern Forest Experiment Station. 13 p.