Is the Log Export Ban Effective? Revisiting the Issue through the Case of Indonesia

Budy P. Resosudarmo () and Arief Anshory Yusuf ()

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Abstract: The effectiveness of a log export ban policy in achieving the twin goals of conservation and economic development has been vigorously debated by many researchers and policymakers for the last two decades or so. Despite the abundance of work focusing on this issue that demonstrates the perversity of this policy, many countries around the world still implement it. This paper will, first, review the economic and political arguments on the pros and cons of this policy. Second, it will review the Indonesian experience in implementing the policy in the 1980s and 2000s. Third, using a CGE model, this paper will predict the anticipated impact of implementing the log export ban policy on the national economy and on household incomes for various socio-economic groups.

Keywords: log export ban policy; conservation and economic development; national economy; household incomes; CGE (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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