Asymmetry in price transmission between the producer and the consumer prices in the wood sector and the role of imports: The case of Greece

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-64

  Koutroumanidis, Theodoros ^a   Zafeiriou, Eleni ^a   Arabatzis, Garyfallos ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cointegration analysis; ECM model; GETS model; Price transmission; Wood market

Indexed keywords

COINTEGRATION ANALYSIS; ECM MODEL; GETS MODEL; PRICE TRANSMISSION; WOOD MARKET;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; ERROR CORRECTION; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; WOOD;

COSTS;

CONSUMERS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE; ERRORS; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; MACHINING; PRICE CHANGES; PRODUCTION; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 56949104232     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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