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Determinants of Timberland Use by Ownership and Forest Type in Alabama and Georgia

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  • Nagubadi, Rao V.
  • Zhang, Daowei

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Land use changes and timberland use by ownership and forest type in Alabama and Georgia between 1972 and 2000 are analyzed using a modified multinomial logit approach. Low average land quality, federal cost-share incentives, and favorable returns to forestry relative to agriculture were the main factors associated with timberland increase. Higher forestry returns helped increase industrial timberland but not nonindustrial private forests. An increase in hardwood forests at the expense of softwood and mixed forests was driven by increasing hardwood returns. Increasing softwood returns and tree planting assistance programs alleviated declines in softwood forests. Because factors influencing timberland use changes differ by ownership and forest type, treating all timberland as one major category may lead to incorrect predictions.

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  • Nagubadi, Rao V. & Zhang, Daowei, 2005. "Determinants of Timberland Use by Ownership and Forest Type in Alabama and Georgia," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 37(1), pages 173-186, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:37:y:2005:i:01:p:173-186_00
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    1. Baker, Justin S. & Rossi, David & Abt, Robert, 2022. "Quantifying Additionality Thresholds for Forest Carbon Offsets," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322510, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    2. Zhang, Daowei & Nagubadi, Rao V., 2005. "The influence of urbanization on timberland use by forest type in the Southern United States," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(5), pages 721-731, August.
    3. Mutandwa, Edward & Grala, Robert K. & Grebner, Donald L., 2016. "Family forest land availability for the production of ecosystem services in Mississippi, United States," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 73(C), pages 18-24.
    4. Kuluppuarachchi, Mahesha K. & Sun, Changyou & Gordon, Jason S. & Grebner, Donald L. & Munn, Ian A. & Yang, Jia, 2021. "The length and determinants of forestland ownerships in Mississippi from 1999 to 2019," Forest Policy and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 129(C).
    5. Maksym Polyakov & Daowei Zhang, 2008. "Property Tax Policy and Land-Use Change," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 84(3), pages 396-408.

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