Yamamoto, Yuki; Takeuchi, Kenji; Shinkuma, Takayoshi - In: Forest Policy and Economics 38 (2014) C, pp. 168-172
We investigate the price premium on certified wood from sustainable forests, using data from more than 38,000 log transactions in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. We found a positive and statistically significant effect of certification. The premium added by certification was 1.4% more than the price...