Potential economic impact of limiting the international trade of timber as a phytosanitary measure

International Forestry Review

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 514-525

  Li, Ruhong ^a   Buongiorno, J ^a   Zhu, S ^a   Turner, J A ^b   Prestemon, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b SCION   (New Zealand)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic pests; International trade; Modeling; Policy; Wood products

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; EXPORT; IMPORT; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PEST CONTROL; TIMBER; TRADE POLICY; WOOD;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; NEW ZEALAND; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 42349086262     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.9.1.514     Document Type: Article

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