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A Microeconomic Analysis of Wildfire Suppression Programs in the Western United States

Creator:

Rossi, David J.

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This dissertation studies the microeconomics of forest fire suppression programs. It starts with an inquiry into the causes of increasing shares of public land management budgets devoted to wildland fire suppression in lieu of hazardous fuel reduction or other pre-fire risk mitigation programs. The first two chapters consider competing economic...

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Dissertation

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. Alexandre, A. Bar-Massada, V. Butsic, T. Hawbaker, S. Martinuzzi, A. Syphard, S. Stewart. Rapid growth of
How Does Climate Change Adaptation and Carbon Price Policy Affect Forested Landscapes? An Empirical Analysis of Forest Management under Climate Change on the U.S. West Coast

Creator:

Hashida, Yukiko

Abstract:

Private forest landowners can adapt to climate change by altering their timing and intensity of harvests, by changing thinning or fertilizing activities, and by altering the tree species growing on their land. The well-being of humans is closely tied to the ecosystem services that forests provide as both market and...

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Dissertation

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replanted in repeated 10-year intervals. For example, I simulate harvest and replanting in the 2020’s as a