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- Bergman, Mats A., et al.
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Large investments in the pulp and paper industry : A count-data regression analysis
- 2002
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Ingår i: Journal of Forest Economics. - : Now Publishers Inc.. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 8, s. 29-52
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper analyses the effects of price and market size variables on the investment propensities in the pulp and paper industry. A panel of 15 European countries in the time period 1988-1997 is used in the regression analysis. We find the wages, the USD/ECU exchange rate, the price of paper and the installed production capacity to be the main determinants of large investments in this industry. Our measure of market size has no - or only very small - effects.
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- Lundmark, Robert, et al.
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Structural changes in Swedish wastepaper demand : a variable cost function approach
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Forest Economics. - : Now Publishers. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 9:1, s. 41-63
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The primary purpose of this paper is to analyse the short-run price responsiveness of wastepaper demand in Sweden for four different paper and board products, as well as any structural changes in demand behaviour for these products over time. The analysis is done within a variable Translog cost function model, and we employ data for individual paper and board mills over the time period 1974-1994. The results suggest that the short-run own-price sensitivity of waste paper demand is relatively high compared to those of other input factors, and it has also tended to increase over time for some of the paper products. In addition, wastepaper demand has also become more sensitive to changes in energy prices, and its use increases with increases in the price of energy. However, the relationship between wastepaper and woodpulp is more complex, and in many instances wastepaper and woodpulp are short-run complements. Overall this implies that price based recycling policies will be relatively successful in promoting wastepaper use, but they will not necessarily lead to the conservation of virgin forest resources.
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- Holgén, Per, et al.
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Should planting of broadleaved species be encouraged at the expense of Norway spruce? : An economic approach to a current Southern Swedish forestry issue
- 2004
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Ingår i: Journal of Forest Economics. - : Elsevier. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 10:3, s. 123-134
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Non-timber values of the forest have been subject to much attention in Sweden during the last decades. Of special interest in this respect are the diminishing and species rich broad-leaved forests in southern Sweden. During the late 1900s many of these forests were converted to monocultures of Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.) and other conifers at a high and accelerating pace. While the consequences of this change on biodiversity are currently studied on a broad scale, recreational values, although recognized, have only been subject to a limited number of scientific studies.In the current study, we focused on timber values and recreational values of coniferous and broad-leaved forests in southern Sweden. The first objective was to model the timber value of different management alternatives including spruce or beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) at a typical southern Swedish forest site. The site expectation value for spruce was considerably higher than for beech. The second objective was to include recreational values in monetary terms in the model. The estimated required level of marginal willingness-to-pay for an increase in the area of beech forest in the county of Skåne was very low, indicating that regeneration of beech may be superior to spruce from a socio-economic point of view.
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- Lundmark, Robert, et al.
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Increasing rates of paper recycling and the locational behaviour of newsprint producing facilities in Europe
- 2001
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Ingår i: Journal of Forest Economics. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 7:3, s. 245-262
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper determines the impact wastepaper recovery has on the investment decision for the European pulp and paper industry, with an emphasis on newsprint production. It begins by describing the changes in newsprint production and wastepaper recovery that occurred in the past two decades. A formal model to test the hypothesized implication of increasing wastepaper recovery on the locational choice is then outlined and empirically tested on data from 13 European countries (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and UK). We found a clear correlation between wastepaper recovery and the locational choice for newsprint investment projects, and suggest that this should have policy implications for the recycling of paper. That is, policies that increase wastepaper recovery will have a positive effect on the probability to attract newsprint investment projects.
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- Månsson, Jonas, 1964-
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Economies of scale in the Swedish Sawmill Industry
- 2003
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Ingår i: Journal of Forest Economics. - : Urban & Fischer Verlag Published by Elsevier GmbH. - 1104-6899 .- 1618-1530. ; 9:3, s. 169-179
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, scale elasticity and optimal size of the Swedish sawmill industry is investigated.An input distance function is used to compute scale elasticity. The result of the study shows that the average scale elasticity is above 1, indicating existence of economies of scale in the industry. By comparing the size of the average input – output vectors with the inefficiency adjusted input vector and the output vector for scale efficient units, we could see that, in general, there are gains to be made by expansion. However, some units may gain from becoming smaller.
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