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Is the Log Export Ban Effective? Revisiting the Issue through the Case of Indonesia

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Budy P. Resosudarmo () (Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies)
Arief Anshory Yusuf () (Australian National University, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies)

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The effectiveness of a log export ban policy in achieving the twin goals of conservation and economic development has been vigorously debated by many researchers and policymakers for the last two decades or so. Despite the abundance of work focusing on this issue that demonstrates the perversity of this policy, many countries around the world still implement it. This paper will, first, review the economic and political arguments on the pros and cons of this policy. Second, it will review the Indonesian experience in implementing the policy in the 1980s and 2000s. Third, using a CGE model, this paper will predict the anticipated impact of implementing the log export ban policy on the national economy and on household incomes for various socio-economic groups.

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Paper provided by Australian National University, Economics and Environment Network in its series Economics and Environment Network Working Papers with number 0602.

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Keywords: log export ban policy; conservation and economic development; national economy; household incomes; CGE;

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Q00 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - General

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  1. Holly Lindsay, 1989. "The Indonesian Log Export Ban: An Estimation of Foregone Export Earnings," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 111-123, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  2. Deacon Robert T., 1995. "Assessing the Relationship between Government Policy and Deforestation," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 28(1), pages 1-18, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  3. Goodland, Robert & Daly, Herman, 1996. "If tropical log export bans are so perverse, why are there so many?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 18(3), pages 189-196, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Dean, Judith M, 1995. "Export Bans, Environment, and Developing Country Welfare," Review of International Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 3(3), pages 319-29, October.
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  6. Nalin Kishor & Muthukumara Mani & Luis Constantino, 2004. "Economic and Environmental Benefits of Eliminating Log Export Bans - The Case of Costa Rica," The World Economy, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 27(4), pages 609-624, 04. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. John Perez-Garcia & Bruce Lippke & Janet Baker, 1997. "Trade Barriers In The Pacific Forest Sector: Who Wins And Who Loses," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 15(1), pages 87-103, 01. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  1. Prema-Chandra Athukorala, 2006. "Post-crisis export performance: The Indonesian experience in regional perspective," Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 42(2), pages 177-211, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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