Impacts of tariff and non-tariff trade barriers on the global forest products trade: An application of the global forest product model

International Forestry Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-65

  Sun, L ^a   Bogdanski, B E C ^a   Stennes, B ^a   Kooten, G Cornelis Van ^b  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Forest product markets; Impacts of trade restriction; Trade barriers; Trade modelling; Trade policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST PRODUCT; TARIFF STRUCTURE; TRADE LIBERALIZATION; TRADE POLICY;

EID: 77952579053     PISSN: 14655489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1505/ifor.12.1.49     Document Type: Article

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