Structural changes in Swedish wastepaper demand: A variable cost function approach

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-63

  Lundmark, Robert ^a   Söderholm, Patrik ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demand; Factor substitution; Price elasticities; Pulp and paper; Sweden; Translog cost function; Wastepaper

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PAPER AND PULP MILLS; PAPERBOARDS; PULP;

DEMAND BEHAVIOR;

WASTE PAPER;

DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEMAND ELASTICITY; RECYCLING; WASTEPAPER;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; PAPER BOARDS; PAPER MILLS; PULP MILLS; WASTE PAPERS;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0037780764     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1104-6899-00022     Document Type: Article

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