International Trade In Forest Products

Abstract

Reviews are given of both classical and emerging themes in forest resource economics. The use of neo-classical economic principles to analyse forest policy issues across existing and developing market economies in the USA, Latin America and South and Southeast Asia is illustrated. The 19 chapters encompass traditional and modern areas of concern in forest policy, including timber production and markets, multiple use forestry, and valuation of non-market benefits. These topics are developed with case studies that demonstrate rigorous empirical analysis in a manner accessible to readers with a background in intermediate microeconomic theory and statistics. The book is intended for forest economists, forest policy analysts and graduate students studying natural resource economics.