 An economic analysis of thinning intensity and thinning type of a two-tiered even-aged Forest standAndreas Halbritter Forest Policy and Economics, 2020, vol. 111, issue C Abstract: The issue of the optimal thinning type has occupied foresters since the beginnings of modern forestry. Thinning from below and thinning from above represent the two extreme solutions in a continuum of thinning types. This paper provides a general economic analysis of the thinning intensity dependent on the social class and the decision between thinning from below, above or both ends. Therefore, a two-tiered even-aged forest stand is assumed, in which only a dominant and a suppressed class of trees can be distinguished. Optimal thinning intensities are derived for each cohort to maximize the land expectation value and analyzed in a comparative static analysis. The results provide a general insight into the thinning type decision and identify conditions under which a certain thinning type is likely to be optimal. The findings are discussed in comparison to existing literature. Keywords: Thinning type; Thinning from below; Thinning from above; Thinning intensity; Even-aged forest management; Two-tiered forest stand; Faustmann model; Growth competition (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:forpol:v:111:y:2020:i:c:s1389934119302205 DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2019.102054 Access Statistics for this article Forest Policy and Economics is currently edited by M. Krott More articles in Forest Policy and Economics from Elsevier |
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