This paper uses the gravity model to investigate determinants of China's wood products trade from 1995 to 2004. The results suggest that trade partners' forest resource endowment and China's own logging restrictions policy affect its wood products imports and exports. China's exported wood...

In this study we apply a spatial conditional logit model to determine factors influencing land cover change in three contiguous counties in West Georgia between 1992 and 2001 using point (pixel) based observations of land characteristics. We found that accessibility to population and population...

Environmental regulations and public financial assistance programs are the typical ``sticks’ ’ and ``carrots’ ’ facing non-industrial private forest (NIPF)landowners in the U.S. This paper presents a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the impacts of the Endangered Species...

Land use changes and timberland use by ownership and forest type in Alabama and Georgia between 1972 and 2000 are analyzed using a modified multinomial logit approach. Low average land quality, federal cost-share incentives, and favorable returns to forestry relative to agriculture were the main...

The gap in total factor productivity (TFP) growth in sawmill and wood preservation industry widened between the US and Canada over the period 1958 to 2003. Stages of the softwood lumber dispute had different effects on TFP growth. The strong housing market in the US increases imports of Canadian...

This article presents a theoretical framework and empirical evidence on the relationship between regulatory uncertainty induced by the possible invasion of an endangered species--the red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW)--and timber harvesting. The results indicate that landowners whose forests are...