The Global Forest Products Model: Structure, Estimation, and Applications - Hardcover

Buongiorno, Joseph; Zhu, Shushuai; Zhang, Dali; Turner, James; Tomberlin, David

 
9780121413620: The Global Forest Products Model: Structure, Estimation, and Applications
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0121413624 ISBN 13: 9780121413620
Publisher: Academic Press, 2003

Synopsis

The Global Forest Products Model (GFPM) book provides a complete introduction to this widely applied computer model. The GFPM is a dynamic economic equilibrium model that is used to predict production, consumption, trade, and prices of 14 major forest products in 180 interacting countries. The book thoroughly documents the methods, data, and computer software of the model, and demonstrates the model's usefulness in addressing international economic and environmental issues.

The Global Forest Products Model is written by an international multi-disciplinary team and is ideal for graduate students and professionals in forestry, natural resource economics, and related fields. It explains trends in world forest industries in the simplest terms by explaining the economic theory underlying the model. It describes six applications of the GFPM, three of which were commissioned by the Food Agriculture of the United Nations, the USDA Forest Service, and New Zealand Research.

The authors show how to apply the model to real issues such as the effects of the Asian economic crisis on the forest sector, the effects of eliminating tariffs on international trade and production, and the international effects of national environmental policies. They provide complete explanations on how to use the GFPM software, prepare the data, make the forecasts, and summarize the results with tables and graphs.

  • Comprehensive, and rigorous description of the world forestry sector
  • Written by an international multi-disciplinary team
  • Thorough description of data and methods
  • In-depth applications to modern economic and policy issues
  • Detailed documentation of the computer software
  • Suitable for students, researchers, and decision makers

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The Global Forest Products Model (GFPM) is a dynamic economic equilibrium model to predict production, consumption, trade, and prices of major forest products in world markets. The model describes how world forests and their industries interact through international trade. The book documents thoroughly the methods, data, and computer software of the model. Six applications of the model show its usefulness in addressing international economic and environmental issues.

Key Features:

  • Comprehensive, and rigorous description of the world forestry sector
  • Written by an international multi-disciplinary team
  • Thorough description of data and methods
  • In-depth applications to modern economic and policy issues
  • Detailed documentation of the computer software
  • Suitable for students, researchers, and decision makers

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Provides a global, well documented forecasting model to help make key decisions in forestry management and economics

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Publisher
Academic Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0121413624
ISBN 13 
9780121413620
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
300