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Targeting Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Groups for Timber Market Entry

Conway, M. Christine - 2003

This study models the timber market entry decisions of nonindustrial private landowners. It involves examining reservation prices both for harvesting timber from existing forest land and for afforestation of marginal agricultural and abandoned land. An important conclusion drawn from these...

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Investigating the Cooperative Behavior of Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowners when Stands are Spatially Interdependent

Vokoun, Melinda M - 2005

This research examines how the harvesting behavior of nonindustrial private forest landowners, and their use of forestland for non-timber amenities, is affected by adjacent landowner behavior. The uncertainty an individual landowner has regarding adjacent landownersâ preferences, and how the...

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Analysis of Policy Reforms in the New Zealand Forest Manufacturing Sector

Grebner, Donald L. II - 1998

New Zealand experienced dramatic restructuring programsafter the Labor party won the national elections in 1984.Deregulation of price controls, removal of the log exportban, and privatization of public assets were the mainshocks to the forest sector. The purpose of this paper isto analyze the...

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Documentation of Productivity and Efficiency Relationships for a Group of Southern Logging Contractors

Walter, Michael J. - 1998

Documentation of Productivity and Efficiency Relationships for a Group of Southern Logging Contractors Michael J. Walter William B. Stuart, Chair (ABSTRACT) A case study examined contractor demographics, business characteristics, costs and production information from twenty-three tree-length...

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The Impact of Federal and State Income Taxes on Forest Landowners: An Examination of Tax Liabilities and Tax Planning

Bailey, Philip Donald - 1999

Federal and state income tax laws pertaining to forest landowners are examined. Income tax liabilities are calculated for hypothetical forest landowners in two income brackets across the 41 states in the U.S. which impose a comprehensive income tax. The income tax liability is calculated to...

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Productivity, Cost, and Technical Efficiency Evaluation of Southeastern U.S. Logging Contractors

Shannon, James T. Jr. - 1998

A group of 35 loggers located across the southeastern United States provided 192 logger years of productivity and cost information. Information, including logger demographics, business, and operational data, was also collected through an interview process with the participants. Indicators of...

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Reservation Prices and Willingness to Accept Price Offers for Nonindustrial Forest Landowners in Western Virginia

Kennedy, Nathan - 2001

The purpose of this thesis is to examine whatmotivates nonindustrial private forest landownersto accept bids of various levels for harvesting.Through the use of a survey we specificallyconsider what preferences and landownercharacteristics effect these decisions.Landowners were randomly selected...

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Cost share payment and willingness to participate in Virginia's Pine Bark Beetle Prevention Program

Watson, Adam - 2011

Forest management practices which reduce southern pine beetle (SPB) risk benefit not only the landowners who perform them, but all those who draw benefits from southern pine forests in Virginia, especially other forest owners within the same region. One such management practice is pre-commercial...

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A Review of Recent Studies on Cost Effectiveness of GHG Mitigation Measures in the European Agro-Forestry Sector

Giupponi, Carlo; Bosello, Francesco; Povellato, Andrea - 2007

affecting agriculture and forestry: they are strongly dependent on climate phenomena, but also contribute to climate evolution … forestry sectors. The specific focus is on European Countries. Different methodological approaches, research questions … addressed and results are examined. The main finding is that agriculture and forestry can potentially provide GHG reduction at a …

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The Kyoto Protocol and the Effect of Existing and Planned Measures in the Agricultural and Forestry Sector in the EU25

Giupponi, Carlo; Bosello, Francesco; Buchner, Barbara; … - 2007

Agricultural and forestry activities cover the majority of the EU territory: in particular agriculture is the main lad … between 30 and 60 %, whereas forestry is the second. The role of agriculture as both a source of and as a sink of greenhouse … conditions in Europe. The effectiveness of the policy measures adopted so far in the agro-forestry sector to meet the Kyoto …

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