Information technology and the newsprint demand in Western Europe: A Bayesian approach

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1644-1652

  Bolkesjø, Torjus Folsjand ^a   Obersteiner, Michael ^b   Solberg, Birger ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWSPRINT;

ECONOMETRY; MARKET STUDY;

FORESTRY;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY;

DEMAND; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FOREST PRODUCTS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEWSPRINT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 0345358774     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-083     Document Type: Article

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