Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
Seale, R. Dan
Committee Member
Owens IV, Frank C.
Committee Member
Grace, Laura A.
Date of Degree
5-1-2020
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Sustainable Bioproducts
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
College of Forest Resources
Department
Department of Sustainable Bioproducts
Abstract
Recently, capital investment amounts into Mississippi’s forest products industry have been disproportionate compared with those in neighboring states. Reasons for this have been casually hypothesized, but the topic has not been researched in depth. An economic model has been developed that will aid stakeholders in examining and addressing this issue. The model utilizes county-level data related to southern yellow pine (SYP) lumber manufacturing in tandem with a linear programming solver to produce estimates of annual costs for a SYP sawmill built in any southeastern county. Early results suggest that Mississippi has been an underutilized location for investments in SYP lumber manufacturing based on the costs estimated by the model. The model will be exceptionally useful to those involved in forest industry recruitment efforts because it provides an objective method by which sites in Mississippi can be evaluated for suitability in contrast with sites in neighboring states.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/16691
Sponsorship
USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture, McIntire Stennis Project #1015681
Recommended Citation
Griffin, John William, "The construction and use of an economic model for prospective forest products manufacturing facilities in Mississippi" (2020). Theses and Dissertations. 4295.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/4295
Comments
Facility location||Forest products manufacturing||Southern yellow pine||Lumber manufacturing||Comparative advantage||Mississippi