College of Forest Resources Directory

Changyou (Edwin) Sun

George L. Switzer Professor of Forestry
Forest Economics and Policy

Phone: 662-325-7271 Email: cs258@msstate.edu

All Publications

2021
Kuluppuarachchi, M. K., C. Sun, J. S. Gordon, D. L. Grebner, I. A. Munn, J. Yang. 2021. The length and determinants of forestland ownerships in Mississippi from 1999 to 2019. Forest Policy and Economics 129:102517. Download

2021
Lamichhane, S., C. Sun, J. S. Gordon, S. C. Grado,K. P. Poudel. 2021. Spatial dependence and determinants of conservation easement adoptions in the United States. Journal of Environmental Management 296:113164. Download

2021
McConnell, T .E., B. da Silva, C. Sun, S. Tanger. 2021. Forest to mill price trends and relationships for Mississippi, USA timber products. Forest Products Journal 71(2):177-187. Download

2021
Sun, C., K. C. Marcille, J. M. Daniels. 2021. A performance analysis of sawmills in Oregon from 2003 to 2017. Forest Science 67(4): 398-411. Download

2021
Zhang, X., C. Sun, I. A. Munn, J. Gordon. 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. Download

2020
Han, X., G. E. Frey, C. Sun. 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. Download

2020
Sun, C. 2020. Timber price dynamics after a natural disaster: A reappraisal. Journal of Forest Economics 35(4):397-420. Download

2020
Sun, C., J. M. Daniels, K. C. Marcille. 2020. Common integrating factor in softwood log exports from the United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 50(5):447-456. Download

2020
Zhang, X., C. Sun, J. Gordon, C. Li, I. A. Munn. 2020. Antidumping duty investigations and decisions in the global forest products industry. Forest Science 66(6): 666-677. Download

2020
Zhang, X., C. Sun, J. Gordon, I. A. Munn. 2020. Determinants of temporary trade barriers in global forest products industry. Sustainability 12(9):3839. Download

2019
Ning, Z., C. Sun. 2019. Carbon sequestration and biofuel production on forestland under three stochastic prices. Forest Policy and Economics 109(1):1-11. Download

2019
Self, A. B., C. Sun. 2019. Legal terms and concepts for forest landowners. Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication 1762. Download

2019
Shrestha, P., C. Sun. 2019. Carbon emission flow and transfer through international trade of forest products. Forest Science 65(4):439-451. Download

2018
Sun, C. and X. Zhang. 2018. Duration of U.S. forest products trade. Forest Policy and Economics 95(1): 57-68.

2018
Sun, C. and X. Zhou. 2018. Intensity of competition in China's import market of roundwood and lumber products. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 50(2): 149-168.

2018
Zhang, X. and C. Sun. 2018. The financial performance of public furniture firms with different positions in antidumping actions. Forest Science 64(5):491-503.

2017
Ning, Z. and C. Sun. 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(1): 30-39.

2017
Zhang, F. and C. Sun. 2017. Consequence of sequential trade interventions: Evidence from coated paper market. Forest Policy and Economics 81(1): 88-96.

2016
Rahman, M.M., I. A. Munn, and C. Sun. 2016. Welfare implications of timberland ownership changes in the U.S. timber markets. International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics 4(3): 33-48.

2016
Sun, C. 2016. Timber market recovery after a hurricane. Forest Science 62(6): 600-612.

2015
Luo, X., C. Sun, H. Jiang, Y. Zhang, Q. Meng. 2015. International trade after intervention: The case of bedroom furniture. Forest Policy and Economics 50(1):180-191. Download

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
Sun, C., J.C. Mingie, D.R. Petrolia, and W.D. Jones. 2015. Economic impacts of nonresidential wildlife watching in the United States. Forest Science 61(1): 46-54.

2014
Ning, Z., C. Sun. 2014. Vertical price transmission in timber and lumber markets. Journal of Forest Economics 20(1):17-32. Download

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

2014
Sun, C., Z. Ning. 2014. Timber restrictions, financial crisis, and price transmission in North American softwood lumber markets. Land Economics 90(2):306-323.

2013
Ning, Z., C. Sun. 2013. Spatial price linkage between forest products markets in the South and the Pacific Northwest. Pages 6-25 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2012. Download

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. Download

2013
Sun, C. 2013. Price variation and volume dynamics of securitized timberlands. Forest Policy and Economics 27(1):44-53. Download

2013
Sun, C., M. Rahman, I.A. Munn. 2013. Adjustment of stock prices and volatility to changes in industrial timberland ownership. Forest Policy and Economics 26(2013):91-101. Download

2012
Mingie, J.C., C. Sun, W.D. Jones, D.R. Petrolia. 2012. Estimating wildlife viewing recreational demand and consumer supplies. In S.R. Mehmood, editor, Proceedings of the 2011 Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW) Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR. 11 pp. Download

2012
Ning, Z., C. Sun. 2012. Vertial price linkage between timber and forest products prices in the South. In S.R. Mehmood, editor, Proceedings of the 2011 Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW) Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR. 15 pp. Download

2012
Rahman, M.M., I.A. Munn, C. Sun. 2012. Welfare implications of tax driven industrial timberland ownership change on U.S. timber markets. In S.R. Mehmood, editor, Proceedings of the 2011 Southern Forest Economics Workers (SOFEW) Annual Meeting, Little Rock, AR. 15 pp. Download

2012
Sun, C., B. Tolver. 2012. Assessing the distribution patterns of wildfire sizes in Mississippi, USA. International Journal of Wildland Fire 21(5):510-520. Download

2012
Sun, C., B. Tolver. 2012. Assessing administrative law for forestry prescribed burning in the southern United States: A management-based regulation approach. International Forestry Review 14(3):337-348.

2011
Liao, X., C. Sun. 2011. Asymmetric price transmission in the wood products sector in the Southern United States. Pages 14-31 in Proceedings of the 2010 Southern Forest Economics Workers Annual Meeting. Download

2011
Rahman, M.M., C. Sun, I.A. Munn. 2011. Financial performance of U.S. forest products firms on the event of their timberland divestiture and REIT-conversion. Pages 33-50 in Proceedings of the 2010 Southern Forest Economics Workers Annual Meeting. Download

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

2011
Sun, C., X. Liao. 2011. Effect of litigation under the Endangered Species Act on forest firm values. Journal of Forest Economics 17(4):388-398. Download

2010
Ferraez, W.T., B.F. Field, W.R. Hunter, C. Sun. 2010. The unexpected consequences of cost share programs. Tree Talk (summer):24-25.

2010
Gordon, J., C. Sun. 2010. Legal terms and concepts for forest landowners. Mississippi State University Extension Service, Publication 1762. 8 pp. Download

2010
Grebner, D.L., A.J. Londo, C. Sun, S.C. Grado, D.C. Sumerall, J.C. Dewey, B.F. Nero, R.P. Maiers. 2010. Potential carbon sequestration opportunities and issues for bottomland hardwood afforestation in the Lower Mississippi Alluvial Valley. Chapter 27 in R.A. Reck, editor, Climate Change and Sustainable Growth. Linton Atlantic Books, Ltd. 453 p.

2010
Guo, Z., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, S.C. Grado. 2010. Biofuel production impacts on the management of southern pine plantations in Mississippi. Chapter 11 in J. Gan, S.C. Grado, I.A. Munn, editors, Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Impacts and Responses. Nova Science, NY. 332 p.

2010
Guo, Z., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, S.C. Grado. 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
Perez-Verdin, G., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, C. Sun, S.C. Grado. 2010. Economic impacts of woody biomass utilization for bioenergy in Mississippi. Chapter 10 in J. Gan, S.C. Grado, I.A. Munn, editors, Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Impacts and Responses. Nova Science, NY. 332 p.

2010
Sun, X., C. Sun, I.A. Munn, A. Hussain. 2010. Knowledge of three regeneration programs and application behavior among Mississippi nonindustrial private forest landowners: A two-step sample selection approach. Pages 235-254 in J. Gan, S.C. Grado, I.A. Munn, editors, Chapter 17, Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Impacts and Responses. Nova Science, NY.

2010
Sun, X., I.A. Munn, C. Sun, A. Hussain. 2010. How promptly nonindustrial private forest landowners regenerate their lands after harvest: A duration analysis. Pages 255-270 in J. Gan, S.C. Grado, I.A. Munn, editors, Chapter 18, Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Impacts and Responses. Nova Science, NY.

2010
Wan, Y., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner. 2010. Intervention analysis of the antidumping investigation on wooden bedroom furniture imports from China. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40(7):1434-1447. Download

2010
Wan, Y., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner. 2010. Analysis of import demand for wooden beds in the U.S. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42(4):643-658.

2009
Grebner, D.L., G. Perez-Verdin, C. Sun, I.A. Munn, E.B. Schultz, T.G. Matney. 2009. Woody biomass feedstock availability, production costs and implications for bioenergy conversion in Mississippi. Chapter 12 in Solomon and Luzadis, eds., Renewable Energy from Forest Resources in the United States. Routledge: London. 330 p.

2009
Liao, X., C. Sun, W.D. Jones, S. Pokharel. 2009. Case outcome for recreational incidents on private forest and rural land and the determinants of litagation time span. Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport 19(2):153-183.

2009
Liao, X., C. Sun, W.D. Jones, S. Pokharel. 2009. Recreational liability and litigation delay raised by private landowners in the U.S. Pages 263-276 in J. Siry, B. Izlar, P. Bettinger, T. Harris, T. Tye, S. Baldwin, K. Merry, editors. Proceedings of the 2008 Southern Forest Economics Workers Meeting. Savannah, GA. Download

2009
Liao, X., Y. Zhang, C. Sun. 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
Mei, B., A. Cascio, C. Sun, M. Clutter. 2009. Mergers and acquisitions in the U.S. forest products industry. Pages 143-168 in J.B. Tobin and L.R. Parker, editors, Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Capital Flow. Nova Science Publishers Inc., New York.

2009
Perez-Verdin, G., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, I.A. Munn, E.B. Schultz, T.G. Matney. 2009. Woody biomass availability for bioethanol conversion in Mississippi. Biomass and Bioenergy 33(3):492-503. Download

2009
Sun, X., C. Sun, I.A. Munn, A. Hussain. 2009. Knowledge of three regeneration programs and application behavior among Mississippi nonindustrial private forest landowners: A two-step sample selection approach. Journal of Forest Economics 15(3):187-204. Download

2009
Wan, Y., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner. 2009. Competition of imported wooden bedroom furniture in the United States. Pages 94-105 in C. Zinkhan, B. Stansell, editors, Proceedings of the 2009 Southern Forest Economics Workers, Chapel Hill, NC. March 8-10, 2009. Download

2008
Guo, Z., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, S.C. Grado. 2008. Biofuel production impacts on the management of southern pine plantations in Mississippi. Pages 111-120 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download

2008
Hussain, A., C. Sun, X. Zhou, I.A. Munn. 2008. Ecological and economic determinants of invasive tree species on Alabama forestland. Forest Science 54(3):339-348.

2008
Mei, B., C. Sun. 2008. Assessing the time-varying oligopsony and oligopoly power in the U.S. paper industry. Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics 40(3):339-348.

2008
Mei, B., C. Sun. 2008. Impact of mergers and acquisitions on the forest products industry: An event study of stock market returns. Pages 1-10 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2006: Emerging Issues in Forest Economics. Download

2008
Mei, B., C. Sun. 2008. Measuring oligopsony and oligopoly power in the U.S. paper industry. Pages 35-45 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download

2008
Mei, B., C. Sun. 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. Download

2008
Perez-Verdin, G., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, I.A. Munn, E.B. Schultz, T.G. Matney. 2008. Woody biomass feedstock supplies and management for bioenergy in Southwestern Mississippi. Pages 121-130 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download

2008
Perez-Verdin, G., D.L. Grebner, I.A. Munn, C. Sun, S.C. Grado. 2008. Economic impacts of woody biomass utilization for bioenergy in Mississippi. Forest Products Journal 58(11):75-83. Download

2008
Pokharel, S., C. Sun, W.D. Jones, S.C. Grado, D.L. Grebner. 2008. Patterns of liability insurance coverage and incidents related to hunting and fishing in Mississippi. Pages 70-79 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2006: Emerging Issues in Forest Economics. Download

2008
Sun, C., A.J. Londo. 2008. Legal environment for forestry prescribed burning in Mississippi. Forest and Wildlife Research Center, Research Bulletin FO351, Mississippi State University. 22 pp. Download

2008
Sun, X., I.A. Munn, C. Sun, A. Hussain. 2008. How long do NIPF landowners wait to reforest after harvesting? Pages 87-94 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download

2008
Sun, X., I.A. Munn, C. Sun, A. Hussain. 2008. Nonindustrial private forest landowners' participation in Mississippi forest resource development program. Pages 75-86 in Proceedings of the Southern Forest Economics Workshop 2007: Global Change and Forestry: Economic and Policy Implications. Download

2008
Sun, X., I.A. Munn, C. Sun, A. Hussain. 2008. How promptly nonindustrial private forest landowners regenerate their lands after harvest: A duration analysis. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 38(8):2109-2117. Download

2007
Grebner, D.L., A.J. Londo, C. Sun, S.C. Grado, D.C. Sumerall, J.C. Dewey, B.F. Nero, R.P. Maiers. 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., C. Sun, D.L. Grebner. 2007. Forest-derived woody biomass utilitzation for bioenergy production in the U.S.A.: status, challenges, and government policies. International Forestry Review 9(3): 748-758. Download

2007
Perez-Verdin, G., D.L. Grebner, C. Sun, I.A. Munn, E.B. Schultz, T.G. Matney. 2007. The potential woody biomass supply for biofuel generation in Mississippi. Society of American Foresters National Convention. Portland, OR.

2007
Sun, C. 2007. Common law for landowners' liability in using prescribed fire 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. Download

2007
Sun, C., A.J. Londo. 2007. Liability of prescribed fires on forest land in Mississippi: what is the rule in common law? Tree Talk (winter 2007): 14, 32.

2007
Sun, C., S. Pokharel, W.D. Jones, S.C. Grado, D.L. Grebner. 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.

2006
Measells, M.K., S.C. Grado, C. Sun, K.L. Belli. 2006. Evaluating Mississippi’s Hunting and Fishing Licenses and Fees. Pages 101-111 in S.J. Chang and M.A. Dunn, editors, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Southern Forest Economics Workshop. Baton Rouge, LA. Download

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. Welfare effects of forestry best management practices in the United States. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 36(7): 1674-1683. Download

2006
Sun, C. 2006. Liability of using prescribed fires on forestlands and state legislation evolution. Pages 225-240 in S.J. Chang and M.A. Dunn, editors, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Southern Forest Economics Workshop. Baton Rouge, LA. Download

2006
Sun, C. 2006. A roll call analysis of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act and constituent interests in fire policy. Forest Policy and Economics 9(2):126-138. Download

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. Download

2006
Sun, C. and D. Zhang. 2006. Timber harvesting margins in the southern United States: A temporal and spatial analysis. Forest Science 52(3): 273-280.

2005
Measells, M.K., S.C. Grado, C. Sun, K.L. Belli. 2005. Evaluating hunting and fishing licenses for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks. Proceedings Southeastern Assocation of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 59:164-172. Download

2005
Sun, C. 2005. Reforms on prescribed fire laws reduce liability burdens on landowners. Forest Landowner 64(6): 26-28.

2005
Sun, C., A.J. Londo. 2005. Fire policy evolution and the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003. Tree Talk 27(3): 31-32.

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

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