Regional impacts of environmental regulations and technical change in the US forestry sector: A multiregional CGE analysis

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-38

  Das, Gouranga G ^a   Alavalapati, Janaki R R ^a   Carter, Douglas R ^a   Tsigas, Marinos E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Bank Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

CGE; Environmental regulation; Policy; Total Factor Productivity; Welfare

Indexed keywords

FOREST COMPANIES; TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY (TFP);

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HARVESTERS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 9744247649     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9341(03)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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