Softwood lumber products in the united states: Substitutes, complements, or unrelated?

Forest Science

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 416-426

  Nagubadi, Rao V ^a   Zhang, Daowei ^a   Prestemon, Jeffrey P ^b   Wear, David N ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Engineered wood products; Southern pine; Spruce pine fir; Trade dispute; Translog subcost function; US Canada

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; LUMBER; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWOODS;

SOFTWOOD LUMBER TRADE; SUBCOST FUNCTIONS; TRADE DISPUTES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE;

ABIES; COMPETITION; COSTS; FOREIGN TRADE; LUMBER; PICEA; PINUS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOFTWOODS;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS ECHINATA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 4644236693     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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