The impact of international efforts to reduce illegal logging on the global trade in wood products

Sammanfattning

Illegal logging has become a global issue because of its adverse effects on biodiversity and climate change. In order to reduce illegal logging, many countries around the world have introduced regulations for the international trade of forest products. This paper examines the effects of these efforts on international trade of forest products. The analysis is conducted using the Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model, where the number of regulations against illegal logging is used to describe the level of efforts, and is included as an explanatory variable for national net export of forest products. The results show that efforts against illegal logging have had significant and positive impacts on the net export of forest products.

Nyckelord

Illegal logging; regulations; international trade; wood products; Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model

Publicerad i

International Wood Products Journal
2018, Volym: 9, nummer: 1, sidor: 28-38 Utgivare: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

SLU författare

• Gong, Peichen

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

UKÄ forskningsämne

Nationalekonomi
Skogsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2017.1419541

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105562