Dr. Changyou Sun

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
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).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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