Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects of international efforts aimed at reducing illegal logging on bilateral trade of forest products between China and its partner countries. Design/methodology/approach – The analysis is conducted using an extended gravity model,...

China implemented a new round of collective forestland tenure reform during 2003–2013. In this reform, forestland owned by villages or township collective organizations were divided into a great number of small plots and allocated to member households of the collectives. A widespread concern...

This paper develops an optimal harvesting model for the wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), where various age classes of the population are included. It is shown that the marginal value–fecundity relationship of the spawning population, comprising young and old fish, is crucial for the optimal...