If tropical log export bans are so perverse, why are there so many
A substantial and possibly increasing number of tropical timber owning nations have enacted bans or similar provisions constraining the export of crude logs. Job creation, capturing value added, and improving the efficiency of domestic processing are often given as reasons for such bans. Neoclassical economics finds such bans uneconomic, and development agencies often support the repeal of such bans. Although they may be somewhat beneficial for slowing logging, environmentalists to not rely on log bans for that urgent need. This paper examines the log ban paradox mainly from an economic development viewpoint, and ends with some recommendations in case a log export ban is repealed
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Washington, D.C. (EUA)
1993
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