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Carbon flux patterns on U.S. public timberlands under alternative timber harvest policies

Creator:

Shanks, Alyssa V.

Abstract:

This study considers trade-offs between timber harvest and carbon sequestration on National Forest and other public lands by contemporaneously linking a model of public harvest and inventory to a carbon accounting system. The public harvest model treats three harvest scenarios. The first minimizes the cost of meeting harvest requests that...

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Masters Thesis
The economics of carbon sequestration in western Oregon forests

Creator:

Im, Eun Ho

Abstract:

This study considered regional forest policies for sequestering carbon in existing forests in western Oregon. A model of log markets in western Oregon was employed to examine the impacts of forest policy changes on future carbon stock, harvests, and management activities. A carbon tax program, as a mitigation option for...

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Dissertation
An analysis of technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmill industry

Creator:

Helvoigt, Ted L.

Abstract:

The objective of this project was to investigate technical efficiency and productivity growth in the Pacific Northwest sawmilling industry over the period 1968-2002. Productivity growth was decomposed into three components: technical change, efficiency change, and scale efficiency change. In addition, using econometric methods, changes in output elasticities and input substitution...

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Dissertation