Foreign direct investments in the forest sector: Implications for sustainable forest management in developed and developing countries

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 359-370

  Laaksonen Craig, Susanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foreign direct investments; Forest industry; Granger causality; Multinationals; Panel data; Roundwood

Indexed keywords

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS (FDI); FOREST RESOURCES; POLICY MAKING; ROUNDWOOD SUPPLY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; INVESTMENTS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

EID: 2442486837     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2004.03.011     Document Type: Article

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