The forestry products value chain and the costs of reshaping it: Multi-regional impacts of shrinking the pulp and paper industries in Portugal

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https://doi.org/10.38191/iirr-jorr.21.023

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Forestry, multi-regional input-output analysis, Portugal, pulp and paper, value chain

Abstract

Forestry industry macroeconomic assessments typically concentrate on the production, harvesting, and earliest processing of wood products, underestimating the full range of forests impacts in regional economies.

This work proposes a broader concept – forestry products value chain – that ponders the contribution of the downstream activities relying (directly and indirectly) on Silviculture and Forestry products.

The paper adopts a methodology based on a Multi-Regional Input-Output framework. We apply this approach to the Portuguese economy. Results clarify the role of eucalyptus in “Pulp”, “Paper and Cardboard” and “Paper and Cardboard Articles”. Finally, the projected wider macroeconomic consequences from a reduction of these productions is evaluated.

Author Biographies

Luis Cruz , Univ Coimbra, CeBER, Fac Economics

Luis Cruz obtained a degree and a Master in Economics from the University of Coimbra (in 1993 and 1997, respectively) and a Ph.D. in Environmental Social Sciences from the School of Politics, International Relations and the Environment, Keele University, UK (in 2003). He is Tenured Associate Professor (with Aggregation/Habilitation) at the Faculty of Economics, University of Coimbra (FEUC), Portugal, where he has been teaching courses mainly on the microeconomics and environmental economics related areas, both at graduate and post-graduate courses, and has supervised several PhD and Master students. He is currently the FEUC’s vice-Dean for Research; he is a researcher at the Centre for Business and Economics Research - CeBER, Univ. Coimbra, and he co-coordinates advanced educational programs within the Energy for Sustainability (EfS) Initiative of the UC, which include a Doctoral degree in association with the MIT-Portugal Program, as well as a Masters degree and a Specialization course offered within the University. His research interests include the modelling and analysis of environmental and socio-economic interactions, either at local, regional and country levels, with a policy oriented focus. He has been participating in a number of R&D national and EU-funded projects and contracts with the industry and has been (co)author and reviewer of scientific publications in peer-reviewed international journals in economics and energy and environment areas (in journals such as: Economic Systems Research, Energy Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Forest Economics, Cities, Energy Policy, Ecological Indicators, Water Policy, Utilities Policy, Sustainable Cities and Society, J. of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, British Food Journal, J. of Environmental Psychology, J. of Geographical Systems, Int. J. of Sustainability in Higher Education, Environmental Management, Public Organization Review, Int. J. of Productivity and Performance Management, RPER).

Pedro Ramos , Univ Coimbra, CeBER, Fac Economics

Pedro N. Ramos (PhD in Economics, 1992; “agregação”, 2006) is an economist and Full Professor of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra, Portugal. His main areas of interest are the input-output models, the value chain analysis, the construction of economic indicators, the regional economics, and more recently the distribution of income issue. He is a researcher at several R&D centers, namely the CeBer, Univ. Coimbra (main R&D center), the GOVCOPP, Univ. Aveiro and the CETRAD, UTAD. Pedro Ramos is member of the Editorial Board (he was the chief-editor from 2007 to April 2016) of Revista Portuguesa de Estudos Regionais/ Portuguese Review of Regional Studies (indexed in Scopus and EconLit) and an Associated Editor of Notas Económicas (EconLit). He was a Pro-Rector of the University of Coimbra (2007-2010). He worked for the Portuguese National Statistical Institute (1993-2003), being the director of the Portuguese National Accounts, in the period 2001-2003. He was a consultant of the Eurostat on Regional Accounts affairs (1994-1997). He has several articles published in international and Portuguese journals and authored or edited several books and book chapters in his country. He participated in several research projects and worked as a consultant to several institutions.

Eduardo Barata , Univ Coimbra, CeBER, Fac Economics

Eduardo Barata holds a PhD in Environmental Social Sciences (2003) from Keele University (UK), a degree in Economics (1993) and a Master's in Financial Economics (1997) from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra (FEUC). He has been an Assistant Professor at FEUC since 2003. His research interests have been focused on modelling the interactions between the economy and the environment at the sectoral and regional levels. His most recent scientific output includes publications of various articles in international scientific journals with peer-review ( (Economic Systems Research, Energy Economics, European Review of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Forest Economics, Cities, Energy Policy, Ecological Indicators, British Food Journal, J. of Geographical Systems, Environmental Management,  RPER, etc.) and the participation, as a team member and/or as coordinator, in various research and knowledge transfer projects. He is a researcher at the CeBER R&D center.

João-Pedro Ferreira , Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, USA; GOVCOPP, University of Aveiro, Portugal

PhD in Sustainable Energy Systems by the University of Coimbra in cooperation with the MIT-Portugal. Graduated in Economics and Master in Local Economics by the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra. He has made a Post-Doc in the Research Unit on Governance, Competitiveness and Public Policies (GOVCOPP) in the University of Aveiro and in the Rutgers University. He is now researcher in the Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida, USA. His works are mainly devoted to the study of regional and urban economics combining territorial dimensions with regional economic modelling (particularly Input-Output and econometrics).

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2021-11-09

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Vol. 51 (2021): Issue 51

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