The effects of internet use on global demand for paper products

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 433-440

  Latta, Greg S ^a   Plantinga, Andrew J ^b   Sloggy, Matthew R ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest products markets; Internet; Newsprint; Printing and writing paper; Substitution

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; NEWSPRINT; PAPER; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PRINTING; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS;

FOREST PRODUCTS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNET ADOPTION; NEWSPRINT CONSUMPTION; ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT; PAPER CONSUMPTION; PRINTED MATERIALS; PRINTING AND WRITING PAPERS;

INTERNET;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DEMAND ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; FOREST PRODUCT; GLOBALIZATION; INTERNET; OECD; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

FOREST PRODUCTS; INTERNET; MOBILE EQUIPMENT; PAPER PRODUCTS; PRINTING;

AFRICA; ASIA; LATIN AMERICA; UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 84979619766     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5849/jof.15-096     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. BERGLUND, C., P. Söderholm and M. NILSSON. 2002. A note on inter-country differences in waste paper recovery and utilization. Resour. Conserv. Recycling 34(3):175–191.
2. BOLKESJØ, T.F., M. OBERSTEINER, and B. SOLBERG. 2003. Information technology and the newsprint demand in Western Europe: A Bayesian approach. Can. J. For. Res. 33(9): 1644–1652.
3. BUONGIORNO, J. 1978. Income and price elasticities in the world demand for paper and paperboard. For. Sci. 24(2):231–246.
4. BUONGIORNO, J., S. ZHU, R. RAUNIKAR, and J.P. PRESTEMON. 2012. Outlook to 2060 for world forests and forest industries: A technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA assessment. USDA For. Serv., Gen. Tech. Rep. SRS-151, Southern Research Station, Asheville, NC. 119 p.
5. CODY, H.M. 1999. Where are the printing and writing papers going in an internet world? Pulp Paper Mag. 73(11):49–51, 53–55.
6. FOOD and AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS. 2014. FAOSTAT. Forestry Production and Trade (dataset). Available online at faostat3.fao.org/home/E; last accessed Oct. 6, 2015.
7. FEDERALRESERVE BANK OF ST. LOUIS. 2014. Federal Reserve economic data, United States population dataset. Available online at research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/; last accessed Oct. 6, 2015.
8. GOLDFARB, A., and J. PRINCE. 2008. Internet adoption and usage patterns are different: Implications for the digital divide. Inform. Econ. Policy 20(1):2–15.
9. HAYNES, R.W. (TECH. COORD.). 2003. An analysis of the timber situation in the United States: 1952 to 2050. USDA For. Serv., Gen. Tech. Rep. PNW-GTR-560, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 254 p.
10. HAYNES, R.W., D.M. ADAMS, and J.R. MILLS. 1995. The 1993 RP: A timber assessment update. USDA For. Serv., Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-259, Pacific Northwest Research Station, Portland, OR. 66 p.
11. HETEMÄKI, L. 2005. ICT and communication paper markets. P. 76–104 in Information technology and the forest sector, Hetemäki, L., and S. Nilsson. (eds.). IUFRO World Ser. vol. 18, International Union of Forest Research Organizations, Vienna, Austria.
12. HETEMÄKI, L., and M. OBERSTEINER. 2001. US newsprint demand forecasts to 2020. IIASA Interim Rep. IR-01-070, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Vienna.
13. HETEMÄKI, L. 2008. The structural change of communication paper markets and the implications. Pellervo Econ. Res. Inst. Res. Rep. 207:38–50.
14. HUJALA, M. 2011. The role of information and communication technologies in paper consumption. Int. J. Bus. Inform. Syst. 7(2):121–135.
15. HURMEKOSKI, E., and L. HETEMÄKI. 2013. Studying the future of the forest sector: Review and implications for long-term outlook studies. For. Policy Econ. 34:17–29.
16. INCE, P.J. 1994. Recycling and long-range timber outlook: Background research report 1993 RPA Assessment update. USDA For. Serv., Res. Pap. FPL-RP-534, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI. 110 p.
17. INCE, P.J., A.D. KRAMP, K.E. SKOG, H.N. SPELTER, and D.N. WEAR. 2011. US forest products module: A technical document supporting the Forest Service 2010 RPA assessment. USDA For. Serv., Res. Pap. FPL-RP-662, Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, WI. 61 p.
18. JUDGE, G.G., R.C. HILL, W. GRIFFITHS, H. LUTKEPOHL, and T. LEE. 1988. Introduction to the theory and practice of econometrics, 2nd ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 1024 p.
19. KARIKALLIO, H., P. MÄKI-FRÄNTI, and N. SUHONEN. 2011. Competition in the global pulp and paper industries—An evaluation based on three approaches. J. For. Econ. 17(1):91–104.
20. LI, H., J. LUO, and P. MCCARTHY. 2006. Economic transition and demand pattern: Evidence from China’s paper and paperboard industry. China Econ. Rev. 17(3):321–336.
21. MCCARTHY, P., and L. LEI. 2010. Regional demands for pulp and paper products. J. For. Econ. 16(2):127–144.
22. NAKICENOVIC, N., and R. SWART (EDS.). 2000. IPCC special report on emissions scenarios. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 570 p.
23. PRESTEMON, J.P., and J. BUONGIORNO. 2012. North American forest sector outlook, 2006–2030. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe-Food and Agricultural Organization Report SP-29, Geneva, Switzerland. 68 p.
24. SIMANGUNSONG, B., and J. BUONGIORNO. 2001. International demand equations for forest products: A comparison of methods. Scand. J. For. Res. 16(2):155–172.
25. SOIRINSUO, J., and L. HETEMÄKI. 2008. Magazine paper consumption has started to decline in the USA. Paperjia Puu Paper and Timber 90(2):45–45.
26. SPEISER, M. 2015. The 10 countries with the world’s highest Internet speeds. Available online at www.businessinsider.com/fastest-internet-connectionspeeds-2015-5; last accessed Oct. 7, 2015.
27. SZABó, L., A. SORIA, J. FORSSTRÓM, J.T. KERÁNEN, and E. HYTÓNEN. 2009. A world model of the pulp and paper industry: Demand, energy consumption and emission scenarios to 2030. Environ. Sci. Policy 12(3):257–269.
28. US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE. 2014. ERS international macroeconomic dataset. Available online at www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/internationalmacroeconomic-data-set.aspx; last accessed Oct. 7, 2015.
29. WEAR, D., J. PRESTEMON, and M. FOSTER. 2016. US forest products in the global economy. J. For. 114(4):483–493.
30. WORLD BANK. 2014. World Bank open data. Available online at data.worldbank.org/; last accessed Oct. 7, 2015.
31. ZHANG, Y. 1995. Demand for paper and paperboard products in the United States: Econometric models and forecasts. PhD dissertation, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI. 158 p.
32. ZHANG, Y., and J. BUONGIORNO. 1997. Communication media and demand for printing and publishing papers in the United States. For. Sci. 43(3):362–377.
33. ZHU, S., J. BUONGIORNO, and D. TOMBERLIN. 1998. Global forest products consumption, production, trade and prices: Global forest products model projections to 2010. Working Pap. GFPOS/ WP/01, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland. 333 p.