An econometric analysis of softwood production in the U.S. South: A comparison of industrial and nonindustrial forest ownerships

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 69-74

  Liao, Xianchun ^a   Zhang, Yaoqi ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRIC MODELS; FOREST INDUSTRIES; FOREST OWNERSHIPS; LEAST SQUARES; NIPF OWNERS; NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FORESTS; PRICE ELASTICITIES; PROFIT MAXIMIZATIONS; TIME-SERIES DATUM;

CURVE FITTING; ELASTICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SAWING; SOFTWOODS; TIMBER;

WOOD;

CURVES; ELASTICITY; OPTIMIZATION; PULP WOOD; SOFTWOODS;

EID: 58049161895     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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