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When a ban is not a ban: The case of British Columbia's log export restrictions

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  • Joel Wood

    (Department of Economics, School of Business and Economics, Thompson Rivers University)

Abstract

This paper uses a partial equilibrium trade model to evaluate British Columbia's (BC) log export restrictions. The results of a recently published paper on the topic rely on two key assumptions. They assumed BC has a ban on log exports and that any incremental BC log exports will not affect the world price for logs. This note uses the same data, but a more nuanced model, to show that from BC's perspective unlimited log exports is not necessarily preferred to a policy allowing limited log exports.

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  • Joel Wood, 2015. "When a ban is not a ban: The case of British Columbia's log export restrictions," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 35(2), pages 1071-1075.
    • Handle: RePEc:ebl:ecbull:eb-14-00871
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    1. G. Cornelis van Kooten, 2014. "Is Free Trade the End All Be All? The Case of Log Exports," Working Papers 2014-01, University of Victoria, Department of Economics, Resource Economics and Policy Analysis Research Group.
    2. Jacob R. Fooks & Steven J. Dundas & Titus O. Awokuse, 2013. "Are There Efficiency Gains from the Removal of Natural Resource Export Restrictions? Evidence from British Columbia," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 36(8), pages 1098-1114, August.
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    Keywords

    Log exports; natural resource export restrictions; trade;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • Q0 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General

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