An astructural analysis of national forest policy and employment

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 964-974

  Burton, Diana M ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Forestry sector; National forest policy; Nonstationary Markov chain; Nonstructural models; Policy impact analysis

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREST POLICY; FORESTRY SECTOR; NATIONAL ACONOMY; SECTORAL EMPLOYMENT;

USA, OREGON;

EID: 0031392810     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244436     Document Type: Article

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