... of forest ecological benefits (e.g. Wang and Lin, 2003 ; Ying et al., 2011), there is no universally accepted calculation method or data. Forestry industry Stochastic frontier analysis Output distance function Heterogeneity Forest resources are vital to ecological balance and environmental...

...Kurt Niquidet; arry Nelson We examined the productive efficiency of the interior sawmilling industry in British Columbia using stochastic frontier analysis. Prior sawmilling studies using this method have neglected the multi-output nature of sawmills. To accommodate both lumber and chips as outputs...