Regional cost function analysis of the logging industry in the Pacific Northwest and Southeast

Forest Science

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 517-525

  Smith, Phillip ^a   Munn, Ian A ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross price demand elasticities; Input substitution; Own price factor demand elasticities; SIC 2411; Translog cost function

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031796697     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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