Roundwood supply in Norway: micro-level analysis of self-employed forest owners

Case Study of the Effects of the Japanese Verified Emissions Reduction (J-VER) System on Joint Forest Production of Timber and Carbon Sequestration

“…We made use of a number of simulations developed and applied to Japan at the national level (Nakajima et al, 2010), so the current models are applicable throughout Japan without the need for new estimates of the parameters. Compared with other studies using similar statistical modeling approaches (Dennis 1990;Pattanayak et al 2003;Royer 1987;Zhang and Pearse 1997;Lewis and Plantinga 2007;Kurttila et al 2006;Bolkesjø and Baardsen, 2002), our work appears to be more broadly applicable. Although there may be dramatic changes in carbon and timber prices in the future, our approach should enable us to predict the effect of carbon price scenarios on forest resources and timber production in Japanese forest plantations.…”

“…Other previous studies (e.g. Lewis and Plantinga 2007;Kurttila et al 2006;Bolkesjø and Baardsen, 2002) have created models to estimate the effects of different amounts of subsidy. The models used herein mainly made use of established statistical techniques.…”

Projecting pulpwood prices under different assumptions on future capacities in the pulp and paper industry

“…The European model, described by Kallio et al (2004), and applied by Solberg et al (2003), forms the most recent model development in Europe. A mathematical description of NTM II is provided by Bolkesjø (2004). Fig.…”

“…For interested readers, all data are available in Bolkesjø (2004). The cost structure (input-output coefficients and prices) and capacity in the pulp and paper industry were collected directly from each mill while data for the sawmilling industry All exogenous input prices were assumed constant in real terms over the forecasting horizon.…”

“…The price elasticity estimates were based on Rørstad and Solberg (1992), Bolkesjø and Baardsen (2002) and Bolkesjø and Solberg (2003). There are not much empirical evidence available on volume elasticities of timber supply, at least not in Norway.…”