Analyzing the Economic Impact of Climate Change on Global Timber Markets

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Date

Dec. 31, 1995

Authors

Brent Sohngen, Roger A. Sedjo, Robert Mendelsohn, and Kenneth Lyon

Publication

Working Paper

Reading time

1 minute

In this paper, we show how ecological and economic models can be linked to determine the economic impact of climate change on global timber markets. We begin by discussing some of the important issues relevant to global impact analyses such as this. We then outline our general modeling framework and discuss the particular models that will be used. Finally, we discuss some of the important issues involved with linking the two types of models. The authors would like to acknowledge the help of Ron Neilson, who provided us with information, data, and output from the ecological model, MAPSS (Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System).

Topics

Land Use, Forestry, and Agriculture

Authors

Brent L. Sohngen

University Fellow

Brent Sohngen is a university fellow at RFF. He conducts research on the economics of land use change, the design of incentive mechanisms for water and carbon trading, carbon sequestration, and valuation of environmental resources.

Roger A. Sedjo

Senior Fellow Emeritus

Roger A. Sedjo

Robert Mendelsohn

Kenneth Lyon

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