Assessing the value of forestry to the Irish economy - An input-output approach

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-55

  Ní Dhubháin, Áine ^a   Fléchard, Marie Christine ^a   Moloney, Richard ^b   O'Connor, Deirdre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Afforestation scenarios; Forestry; Input output analysis; Ireland; Multipliers; Wood products

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION SCENARIOS; ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES; ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; EMPLOYMENT LEVELS; FARMING SYSTEMS; FORESTRY SECTORS; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSES; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; IRELAND; MULTIPLIERS; REGIONAL ECONOMIES; TIMBER PRODUCTIONS; TOTAL VALUES;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; REFORESTATION; STATISTICS; TIMBER; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FORESTRY;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; IRELAND; PRODUCTION; REFORESTATION; STATISTICS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 56949105793     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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