Dr. Changyou Sun
Title
- George L. Switzer Professor of Forestry
Contact Information
cs258@msstate.edu
Office: 662-325-7271
Thompson Hall, Rm 317
Overview
Education
- Auburn University, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Economics in Forestry
- Auburn University, Master of Science (M.S.), Forestry
- Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Mechanical Engineering
Research Interests
International trade of forest products
Timberland investment
Market price analysis
Publications
Year | Publications |
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2024 | da Silva, B. K., Rezaei, F., Tanger, S. M., Henderson, J., McConnell, E., Sun, C. 2024. Terminal Value: A crucial, and yet, often forgotten element in timber harvest scheduling and timberland valuation. Forest Policy and Economics 162(103188). Download |
2024 | Ouyang, Y., Sun, C. 2024. A Copula Approach for Predicting Tree Sap Flow Based on Vapor Pressure Deficit. Forests 15(4):695. |
2024 | Wang, H., Sun, C. 2024. Disputes of adverse possession on forestland and the determinants of case outcomes. Society & Natural Resources 37(11):1546-1567. |
2024 | Silva, B., Rezeai, F., Tanger, S., Henderson, J., McConnell, E., Sun, C. 2024. Terminal value: A crucial and yet often forgotten element in timber harvest scheduling and timberland valuation. Forest Policy and Economics 162. |
2023 | Sun, C., Wang, H. 2023. Legal environment of adverse possession on forestland and empirical evidence from the past 200 years. Forest Science 69(3):563-579. |
2022 | Sun, C., Mei, B., Li, Y. 2022. Optimal contract arrangements for conservation on working forests. Natural Resource Modeling 35(4):e12351. |
2021 | Sun, C., Marcille, K. C., Daniels, J. M. 2021. A performance analysis of sawmills in Oregon from 2003 to 2017. Forest Science 67(4):398-411. |
2021 | Lamichhane, S., Sun, C., Gordon, J. S., Grado, S. C., Poudel, K. P. 2021. Spatial dependence and determinants of conservation easement adoptions in the United States. Journal of Environmental Management 296(113164). |
2021 | McConnell, E., da Silva, B. K., Sun, C., Tanger, S. M. 2021. Forest to Mill Timber Price Trends and Volatility for Mississippi Timber Products. Forest Products Journal 71(2):177-187. |
2021 | Zhang, X., Sun, C., Munn, I. A., Gordon, J. S. 2021. How to protect the U.S. forest products industry from the perspective of trade? A comparison of policies within the forest supply chain. Forest Policy and Economics 133:102616. |
2021 | Kuluppuarachchi, M. K., Sun, C., Gordon, J. S., Grebner, D., Munn, I. A., Yang, J. 2021. The length and determinants of forestland ownerships in Mississippi from 1999 to 2019. Forest Policy and Economics 129:102517. |
2020 | Sun, C., 2020. Timber price dynamics after a natural disaster: A reappraisal. Journal of Forest Economics 35(4):397-420. |
2020 | Zhang, X., Sun, C., Gordon, J. S., Li, C., Munn, I. A. 2020. Antidumping duty investigations and decisions in the global forest products industry. Forest Science 66(6):666-677. |
2020 | Han, X., Frey, G. E., Sun, C. 2020. Regulation and practice of forest-management fires on private lands in the southeast United States: Legal open burns versus certified prescribed burns. Journal of Forestry 118(4):385-402. |
2020 | Sun, C., Daniels, J. M., Marcille, K. C. 2020. Common integrating factor in softwood log exports from the United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50(5):447-456. |
2020 | Zhang, X., Sun, C., Gordon, J., Munn, I. A. 2020. Determinants of temporary trade barriers in global forest products industry. Sustainability 12(9):3839. |
2019 | Ning, Z., Sun, C. 2019. Carbon sequestration and biofuel production on forestland under three stochastic prices. Forest Policy and Economics 109:102018. |
2019 | Shrestha, P., Sun, C. 2019. Carbon emission flow and transfer through international trade of forest products. Forest Science 65(4):439-451. |
2018 | Sun, C., Zhang, X. 2018. Duration of U.S. forest products trade. Forest Policy and Economics 95(1):57-68. |
2018 | Sun, C., Zhou, X. 2018. Imperfect competition in China's import market of roundwood and lumber products. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 50(2):149-168. |
2018 | Zhang, X., Sun, C. 2018. The financial performance of public furniture firms with different positions in antidumping actions. Forest Science 64(5):491-503. |
2017 | Zhang, F., Sun, C. 2017. Consequence of sequential trade interventions: Evidence from coated paper market. Forest Policy and Economics 81(1):88-96. |
2017 | Ning, Z., Sun, C. 2017. Forest management with wildfire risk, prescribed burning, and diverse carbon policies. Forest Policy and Economics 75(1):95-102. |
2017 | Sun, C., 2017. Competition of wood products with different fiber transformation and import sources. Forest Policy and Economics 74:30-39. |
2016 | Rahman, M. M., Munn, I. A., Sun, C. 2016. Welfare implications of timberland ownership changes in the U.S. timber markets. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics 4(3):33-48. Download |
2016 | Sun, C., 2016. Timber market recovery after a hurricane. Forest Science 62(6):600-612. |
2015 | Sun, C., Mingie, J. C., Petrolia, D. R., Jones, W. D. 2015. Economic impacts of nonresidential wildlife watching in the United States. Forest Science 61(1):46-54. |
2015 | Sun, C., 2015. An investigation of China's import demand for wood pulp and wastepaper. Forest Policy and Economics 61(1):113-121. |
2015 | Luo, X., Sun, C., Jiang, H., Zhang, Y., Meng, Q. 2015. International trade after intervention: The case of bedroom furniture. Forest Policy and Economics 50(1):180-191. |
2014 | Sun, C., 2014. Recent growth in China's timber import and its global implications. Forest Policy and Economics 39(1):43-53. |
2014 | Sun, C., Ning, Z. 2014. Timber restrictions, financial crisis, and price transmission in softwood lumber markets. Land Economics 90(2):306-323. |
2014 | Ning, Z., Sun, C. 2014. Vertical price transmission in timber and lumber markets. Journal of Forest Economics 20(1):17-32. |
2013 | Sun, C., 2013. Extreme risk of public timber REITs during the Global Financial Crisis. Journal of Real Estate Portfolio Management 19(1):73-88. |
2013 | Sun, C., 2013. On the market risk of securitized timberlands. Journal of Forest Economics 19(2):110-127. |
2013 | Sun, C., 2013. Price variation and volume dynamics of securitized timberlands. Forest Policy and Economics 27(1):44-53. |
2013 | Sun, C., Rahman, M. M., Munn, I. A. 2013. Adjustment of stock prices and volatility to changes in industrial timberland ownership. Forest Policy and Economics 26(1):91-101. |
2013 | Sun, C., 2013. Bivariate extreme value modeling of wildland fire area and duration. Forest Science 59(6):649-660. |
2012 | Sun, C., Tolver, B. 2012. Assessing administrative laws for forestry prescribed burning in the southern United States: a management-based regulation approach. International Forestry Review 14(3):337-348. |
2012 | Sun, C., Tolver, B. 2012. Assessing the distribution patterns of wildfire sizes in Mississippi, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire 21(5):510-520. |
2011 | Sun, C., 2011. Price dynamics in the import wooden bed market of the United States. Forest Policy and Economics 13(6):479-487. |
2011 | Sun, C., Liao, X. 2011. Effects of litigation under the Endangered Species Act on forest firm values. Journal of Forest Economics 17(4):388-398. |
2010 | Wan, Y., Sun, C., Grebner, D. 2010. Analysis of import demand for wooden beds in the United States. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42(4):643-658. |
2010 | Guo, Z., Grebner, D., Sun, C., Grado, S. C. 2010. Evaluation of loblolly pine management regimes in Mississippi for biomass supplies: A simulation approach. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 34(2):65-71. |
2010 | Wan, Y., Sun, C., Grebner, D. 2010. Intervention analysis of the antidumping investigation on wooden bedroom furniture imports from China. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(7):1434-1447. |
2009 | Liao, X., Sun, C., Jones, W. D., Pokharel, S. 2009. Case outcome for recreational incidents on private forest and rural land and the determinants of litigation time span. Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport 19(2):153-183. |
2009 | Liao, X., Zhang, Y., Sun, C. 2009. Investments in timberland and softwood timber as parts of portfolio selection in the United States: A cointegration analysis and Capital Asset Pricing Model. Forest Science 55(6):471-479. |
2009 | Perez-Verdin, G., Grebner, D., Sun, C., Munn, I. A., Schultz, E. B., Matney, T. G. 2009. Woody biomass availability for bioethanol conversion in Mississippi. Biomass and Bioenergy 33(3):492-503. |
2009 | Sun, X., Sun, C., Munn, I. A., Hussain, A. 2009. Knowledge of three regeneration programs and application behavior among Mississippi nonindustrial private forest landowners: A two-step sample selection model. Journal of Forest Economics 15(3):187-204. |
2008 | Mei, B., Sun, C. 2008. Assessing time-varying oligopoly and oligopsony power in the U.S. paper industry. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 40(3):927-939. |
2008 | Hussain, A., Sun, C., Zhou, X., Munn, I. A. 2008. Ecological and economic determinations of invasive tree species on Alabama forestland. Forest Science 54(3):339-348. |
2008 | Perez-Verdin, G., Grebner, D., Munn, I. A., Sun, C., Grado, S. C. 2008. Economic impacts of woody biomass utilization for bioenergy in Mississippi. Forest Products Journal 58(11):75-83. |
2008 | Mei, B., Sun, C. 2008. Event analysis of the impact of mergers and acquisitions on the financial performance of the U.S. forest products industry. Forest Policy and Economics 10(5):286-294. |
2008 | Sun, X., Munn, I. A., Sun, C., Hussain, A. 2008. How promptly nonindustrial private forest landowners regenerate their lands after harvest: a duration analysis. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(8):2109-2117. |
2007 | Sun, C., 2007. Common law liability for landowners when using prescribed fires on private forest land in the southern United States. Forest Science 53(5):562-570. |
2007 | Sun, C., 2007. Variation of federal cost-share programs in the United States and the inducement effects on tree planting. Journal of Forest Economics 12(4):279-296. |
2007 | Sun, C., Pokharel, S., Jones, W. D., Grado, S. C., Grebner, D. 2007. Extent of recreational incidents and determinants of liability insurance coverage for hunters and anglers in Mississippi. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 31(3):151-158. |
2007 | Grebner, D., Londo, A. J., Sun, C., Grado, S. C., Sumerall, D. C., Dewey, J. C., Nero, B. F., Maiers, R. P. 2007. Potential carbon sequestration opportunities and issues for bottomland hardwood afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Forum of Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table 3(4):305-312. |
2007 | Guo, Z., Sun, C., Grebner, D. 2007. Utilization of forest derived biomass for energy production in the U.S.A.: Status, challenges, and public policies. International Forestry Review 9(3):748-758. |
2006 | Sun, C., 2006. A roll call analysis of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and constituent interests in fire policy. Journal of Forest Economics 9(2):126-138. |
2006 | Sun, C., 2006. Lifetimes of US paper and allied products mills: insights from a duration analysis. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 30(1):5-12. |
2006 | Sun, C., 2006. State statutory reforms and retention of prescribed fire liability laws on U.S. forest land. Forest Policy and Economics 9(4):392-402. |
2006 | Sun, C., 2006. Welfare effects of forestry best management practices in the United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(7):1674-1683. |
2006 | Measells, M., Grado, S. C., Sun, C., Belli, K. L. 2006. Evaluating hunting and fishing licenses for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 59:164-172. |
2006 | Sun, C., Zhang, D. 2006. Timber harvesting margins in the southern United States: A temporal and spatial analysis. Forest Science 52(3):273-280. |
2003 | Sun, C., 2003. The effects of exchange rate volatility on U.S. forest commodities exports. Forest Science 49(5):807-814. |
2001 | Sun, C., Zhang, D. 2001. Assessing the financial performance of forestry-related investment vehicles: capital asset pricing model vs. arbitrage pricing theory. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(3):617-628. Download |
2001 | Sun, C., Kinnucan, H. W. 2001. Economic impact of environmental regulations on southern softwood stumpage markets: A reappraisal. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 25(3):108-115. |
2001 | Sun, C., Zhang, D. 2001. Forest resources, government policy, and investment location decisions of the forest products industry in the southern United States. Forest Science 47(2):169-177. |
2001 | Zhang, D., Sun, C. 2001. US-Canada softwood lumber trade disputes and lumber price volatility. Forest Products Journal 51(4):21-27. Download |
Graduate Students
Awards & Honors
- Editorial Board Member
Forest Policy and Economics - George L. Switzer Professorship
College of Forest Resources
Society Memberships
- International Society of Forest Resource Economics
- Mississippi Forestry Association
- Mississippi Prescribed Fire Council
- Society of American Foresters