Japan is the largest market for U.S. forest products.
Therefore, export of wood products to this country is
critical to the economic life of the forest industry in
the U.S. and particularly for the Pacific Northwest.
Hence, economic conditions and developments in Japan may
significantly affect the volume of trade...
The Philippines relies heavily on timber product exports for its foreign exchange requirements. In recent years, however, it adopted log export restrictions as a hedge against the rapid depletion of its timber resources. Although conducted independently, its ASEAN partners (Malaysia and Indonesia), have likewise instituted similar restrictions on their own...
The first objective of this research is to develop primal and dual models of firm
behavior that incorporate firms' conjectures of their market power positions. The second
is to empirically test for the presence of market power in eastern Oregon's stumpage and
lumber markets. Eastern Oregon was chosen since it...
Two econometric models were developed to forecast consumption,
production, and price of hardwood lumber, and removals and price
of hardwood sawlog stumpage. Four eastern U.S. regions were represented
in the models. Hardwood lumber consumption by manufacturing,
shipping, residential construction, and nonresidential construction
industries was recognized. Hardwood sawlog stumpage removals from...
To facilitate policy making and improve understanding of issues facing the New Zealand forest sector, a spatial equilibrium model was developed for log and lumber trade in the Pacific Rim. Regions included in the model were New Zealand, Chile, Australia, Japan, Eastern Canada, British Columbia: Coast and Interior, and the...
