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Working Paper Abstract
Washington's Forest Sector: Growth Trends and Their Sources
Guy Robertson, Bruce Lippke. 1996. (42 pp) WP55 $7.50
Statistics from various sources were used in the production of this report. While most derivations are relatively direct, others involve adjustments or warrant explicit caveats. Accompanying the following tables is a variable list which is organized thematically and includes general information about sources, derivations and units for each data series. Primary sources are cited wherever possible. Many of the series are taken from data compiled in the Forest Service quarterly publication "Production, Prices and Trade in Northwest Forest Products Industries" (coded USFS PP&T in the variable list). Other essential data sources include the Washington State Dept. of Revenue "Quarterly Business Review," and the Washington Dept. of Natural Resources (WDNR) mill survey which is conducted every other year (1992 figures are the last year available). See the bibliography for full citations. All dollar figures in this data set are reported in real 1994 dollars using the implicit GDP price deflator (Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis).