Gong, Peichen
- Department of Forest Economics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2018Peer reviewed
The impact of international efforts to reduce illegal logging on the global trade in wood products
Guan, Zhijie; Xu, Yan; Gong, Peichen; Cao, Jianhua
Abstract
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.
Keywords
Illegal logging; regulations; international trade; wood products; Heckscher-Ohlin-Vanek model
Published in
International Wood Products Journal
2018, Volume: 9, number: 1, pages: 28-38
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Economics
Forest Science
Publication identifier
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/20426445.2017.1419541
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105562