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Targeting Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Groups for Timber Market Entry

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dc.contributor.authorConway, M. Christineen
dc.contributor.committeechairAmacher, Gregory S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSullivan, Jayen
dc.contributor.committeememberPrisley, Stephen P.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWear, David N.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHaney, Harry L. Jr.en
dc.contributor.departmentForestryen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:16:19Zen
dc.date.adate2003-03-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:16:19Zen
dc.date.issued2002-08-30en
dc.date.rdate2004-03-10en
dc.date.sdate2002-09-16en
dc.description.abstractThis study models the timber market entry decisions of nonindustrial private landowners. It involves examining reservation prices both for harvesting timber from existing forest land and for afforestation of marginal agricultural and abandoned land. An important conclusion drawn from these models is that financial returns are not the only drivers of these decisions. Preferences for amenities derived from forests and farmland are also important. An empirical model follows which characterizes willingness to accept for various landowner groups in Virginia and Mississippi. We identify preferences and characteristics of landowners and features of forest sites that are important to the unobserved price specific to each landowner. Estimation results are also used to assess the size of payments needed to encourage harvesting or conversion from agricultural to forest uses with 50% probability. The determination of reservation prices for landowners in different regions aids in forecasting potential timber supplies from NIPF lands that are either actively managed for timber production or are not, as well as from marginal land not yet in forests, under different policy and pricing scenarios. Furthermore, it gives insight into evolving land use patterns.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.identifier.otheretd-09162002-113744en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09162002-113744/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/28991en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartmcconwayETD.pdfen
dc.relation.haspartmcconwayETDAppendix.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectnonindustrial private forest landownersen
dc.subjectreservation priceen
dc.subjectharvestingen
dc.subjectland useen
dc.titleTargeting Nonindustrial Private Forest Landowner Groups for Timber Market Entryen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineForestryen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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