An examination of value-added and variable cost trends across Canadian forest regions and sectors

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 718-726

  Lantz, Van ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian forest industry; Profit; Regional analysis; Seemingly unrelated regressions; Value added; Variable cost

Indexed keywords

INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIMBER;

CANADIAN FORESTS; FOREST INDUSTRY; GOVERNMENT POLICIES;

FORESTRY;

COST; PROFITABILITY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER INDUSTRY; TREND ANALYSIS;

CANADA; FORESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12244313721     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc80718-6     Document Type: Article

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