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Title:

Estimating Armington elasticities for sawnwood and application to the French Forest Sector Model (2011)

Authors:

Alexandre Sauquet, Author ; Ahmed Barkaoui, Author ; Sylvain Caurla, Author ; Philippe Delacote, Author ; Serge Garcia, Author ; Franck Lecocq, Author

In :

Resource and Energy Economics (Vol. 33 N°4, 2011)

Article on page:

pp. 771-781

General note:

Highlights
► Armington's theory is used to describe international trade in the French Forest Sector Model.
► We use GMM estimators to assess the value of substitution elasticities for sawnwood.

Languages:

French

Descriptors:

[Eurovoc] GEOGRAPHY > Europe > Western Europe > France

[Eurovoc] INDUSTRY > wood industry > wood industry > wood product

[Eurovoc] TRADE > international trade

[JEL] A - General Economics and Teaching > A1 – General Economics > A13 - Relation of Economics to Social Values

[JEL] C – Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C1 - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General > C15 - Statistical Simulation Methods: General

[JEL] Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation > Q23 - Forestry

[JEL] Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation > Q28 - Government Policy

Tags:

forest sector modeling ; international timber trade ; Armington elasticities

Abstract:

Domestic and foreign forest products consumptions are considered imperfectly substitutable in the French Forest Sector Model (FFSM). This assumption is justified by product heterogeneities that depend on production places, by the consumers habits r by the market structure. It leads us to implement the international trade in the FFSM via the Armington's theory of the demand for products distinguished by place of production. In this paper we propose a calibration of Armington's elasticities of substitution between French and foreign forest products. System-GMM estimators are applied to identify robust parameters using a panel data from France customs service.

Doi :

DOI : j.reseneeco.2011.04.001

http://dx.doi.org/j.reseneeco.2011.04.001

Axe de recherche :

Trajectoires de développement durable

Link for e-copy:

https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00688822

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