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

Silva, B., Henderson, J., Sun, C., McConnell, E., Tanger, S. 2024. Terminal Value: A crucial, and yet, often forgotten element in timber harvest scheduling and timberland valuation. Forest Policy and Economics

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.

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.

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.

2014

Sun, C., 2014. Recent growth in China's timber import and its global implications. Forest Policy and Economics 39(1):43-53.

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.

2011

Sun, C., 2011. Price dynamics in the import wooden bed market of the United States. Forest Policy and Economics 13(6):479-487.

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.

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.

2003

Sun, C., 2003. The effects of exchange rate volatility on U.S. forest commodities exports. Forest Science 49(5):807-814.

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