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Financial Returns To Northeast Forestland, Julie Rodenberg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Throughout the past two decades, investors have become increasingly interested in forestland investment. During this time, land has been bought and sold at an increasing pace in the Northeast. Many of the buyers and sellers are interested in timberland exclusively as an investment. This study was divided into two sections. Part one used statewide stumpage data for 17 species-product combinations fiom 1960- 1 999 to explore the impact of property taxes, federal income tax and favorable capital gains treatment on real, after-tax rates of return to forest land in Maine. Property taxes, income taxes, and favorable capital gains taxes were …