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Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues

In: Handbook Of Operations Research In Natural Resources

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  • Ronald Raunikar

    (University of Wisconsin)

  • Joseph Buongiorno

    (University of Wisconsin)

Abstract

The Faustmann model embodies the application of fundamental economic principles to the choice of management methods and alternative land uses. The price of products is a key input in applications of this principle. For wood prices, forest sector models provide a link between forestry and the rest of the economy, and thus a means to predict wood prices consistent with expected demographic and economic growth. To include the price of non-wood forest outputs, Faustmann’s principle needs to be expanded with modern benefit-cost analysis. Evaluation of forest amenities in the absence of markets poses conceptual challenges and requires special analytical techniques of contingent valuation. New concepts such as the environmental Kuznets curve and the Porter hypothesis provide the means to forecast future demand for forest amenities and better analyze the consequences of public policy choices.

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  • Ronald Raunikar & Joseph Buongiorno, 2007. "Forestry Economics: Historical Background and Current Issues," International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, in: Andres Weintraub & Carlos Romero & Trond Bjørndal & Rafael Epstein & Jaime Miranda (ed.), Handbook Of Operations Research In Natural Resources, chapter 0, pages 449-471, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:isochp:978-0-387-71815-6_24
    DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71815-6_24
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