Timber Supply, Land Allocation, and Economic Efficiency
Timber Supply, Land Allocation, and Economic Efficiency

Author: William F. Hyde

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-11-26

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13: 1135992258

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First Published in 2011. This is the sixth volume in the Forests, Lands, and Recreation set of ten volumes. This text is one of many on the topic of timber supply, a perpetually central issue in forest economics and policy. But it is also something else: It is an attempt to examine the economic efficiency of investments in timber production. Special attention is directed to the increasingly important issue of investments in forestland, particularly public forestland, where allocation of land between timber production and other forest uses is an issue of national policy importance.

An Economic Analysis of Wood Supply from Private Land in Alberta
An Economic Analysis of Wood Supply from Private Land in Alberta

Author: Canada-Alberta Forest Resource Development Agreement

Publisher:

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 74

ISBN-13:

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The availability of fibre from private land in Alberta has been largely ignored because of a surplus from public land. However, much of this surplus has been allocated in recent years, so that fibre from private land is quickly becoming a potentially important wood supply for primary forest products firms in Alberta. This study obtained information from 38 land owners in west-central Alberta through a personal interview survey conducted in May 1989. Respondents were asked questions on the physical characteristics of their land, production costs from harvesting, questions related to their socio-economic conditions, and uses of their forest lands. The study also used a model to evaluate the relative importance of a number of variables for their effect on a landowner's decision to supply fibre now and in the future. A discussion of market structures for private fibre is presented, with the presence of transactions costs to both landowners and firms in procuring private fibre analyzed in light of the modelling results.