The efficiency and productivity of the wood products manufacturing sector have been
evaluated by many researchers. Productivity growth compensates for price increases and …

Despite its importance, performance assessment of the Canadian primary wood products
sector has received little attention in the academic literature and business practices. In this …

Stochastic frontier analysis was employed to investigate technical efficiency and productivity
growth in the sawmilling industry of the US Pacific Northwest over the period 1968–2002 …

The Canadian boreal logging industry has attracted little or no attention from economic
researchers in spite of its importance for the competitiveness and long-term survival of other …

Primary wood manufacturing is one of the key sectors in Canada's wood industry. The sector
has gone through significant changes during the last decade. These changes were caused …

The production structure of the Canadian logging industry is studied using duality theory in
production and costs. An unrestricted translog cost function and nine restricted cost functions …

Production efficiency in the Norwegian sawmilling sector was investigated by means of data
envelopment analysis, using individual mill observations from the period 1974-91. The …

The extent of substitutability between energy and the other factors (ie labour and capital) is
an extremely important question and quite central to energy policy, planning and analysis …

Few studies have examined the own-price elasticity of Canadian softwood lumber supply or
output-adjusted factor demand elasticities over the past two decades, despite the utility of …

Enhanced productivity in the logging industry is one of the key factors that determine the
competitiveness of the forest products sector. Policy measures to improve efficiency must …