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Investment, harvest, and taxation strategies of the forest sector: A differential game approach with a computational decision-aid

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Kivijärvi, H., Soismaa, M. (1991). Investment, harvest, and taxation strategies of the forest sector: A differential game approach with a computational decision-aid. In: Hämäläinen, R.P., Ehtamo, H.K. (eds) Dynamic Games in Economic Analysis. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 157. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0006239

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