The Impact of Forestry on Output in the UK and its Member Countries

Assessing the value of forestry to the Irish economy — An input–output approach

“…The technique is widely applied throughout the literature in rural issues including forestry (e.g. Ferguson, 1972;McGregor and McNicoll, 1992;Alavalapati and Adamowicz, 1999;Munday and Roberts, 2001). Thomson and Psaltopoulos (1996) and Munday and Roberts (2001) give clear descriptions of the conceptual and methodological issues that arise when input-output analysis is applied to the forestry sector and emphasise the suitability of the technique in analyzing issues such as the role that it can play in rural development.…”

Economy-wide effects of forestry development scenarios in rural Scotland

“…Based on the quite reasonable assumption of almost perfect substitutability between increases in domestically produced and imported timber (McGregor and McNicoll, 1989), a substantial increase in the output of Scottish forestry could lead to a decrease in 1 In the case of the timber-processing sector, all timber purchases originated from Scotland, while a very significant proportion of timber purchased by the wood products and paper and board sectors originated from either continental Europe or the American continent. the import-dependence of the downstream industries.…”

The system-wide impact of healthy eating: Assessing emissions and economic impacts at the regional level

“…As well as showing the destination of sales and source of inputs, IO tables therefore reveal the industrial interconnectedness between sectors of the economy. This feature means that IO tables can be widely used in economic "impact" analysis -such as the impact on the Scottish economy of specific disturbances, or to identify the contribution of different sectors of the economy, for example Higher Education Institutions (Hermannsson et al, 2013) or forestry sector (McGregor and McNicoll, 1992).…”