Substitutability between US domestic and imported forest products: The Armington approach

Forest Science

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Gan, Jianbang ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Armington elasticity of substitution; Domestic sales; Imports; Product differentiation

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELASTICITY;

ARMINGTON ELASTICITIES; SUBSTITUTABILITY;

FORESTRY;

ELASTICITY; FOREST PRODUCTS; FORESTRY;

EID: 33644517602     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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