A comparison of economic impact assessment methods: The case of forestry developments in Alberta

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 711-719

  Alavalapati, Janaki R R ^a,c   Adamowicz, Wiktor L ^a   White, William A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NORTHERN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL; ECONOMIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FORESTRY DEVELOPMENT; INPUT OUTPUT MODEL;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ESTIMATION; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMIC IMPACT; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MODELING;

CANADA;

EID: 0032075858     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-049     Document Type: Article

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