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
Teaching Interests
Natural resource policy
Natural resource law
Research method and statistical analysis
Website
Publications
Year | Publications |
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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. Download |
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. Download |
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. |
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 |
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. Download |
2022 | Sun, C., Mei, B., Li, Y. 2022. Optimal contract arrangements for conservation on working forests. Natural Resource Modeling 35(4):e12351. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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). Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
2020 | Sun, C., 2020. Timber price dynamics after a natural disaster: A reappraisal. Journal of Forest Economics 35(4):397-420. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
2019 | Ning, Z., Sun, C. 2019. Carbon sequestration and biofuel production on forestland under three stochastic prices. Forest Policy and Economics 109:102018. Download |
2019 | Shrestha, P., Sun, C. 2019. Carbon emission flow and transfer through international trade of forest products. Forest Science 65(4):439-451. Download |
2018 | Sun, C., Zhang, X. 2018. Duration of U.S. forest products trade. Forest Policy and Economics 95(1):57-68. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
2017 | Sun, C., 2017. Competition of wood products with different fiber transformation and import sources. Forest Policy and Economics 74:30-39. Download |
2017 | Zhang, F., Sun, C. 2017. Consequence of sequential trade interventions: Evidence from coated paper market. Forest Policy and Economics 81(1):88-96. Download |
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. Download |
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. 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. Download |
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. Download |
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. 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., Ning, Z. 2014. Timber restrictions, financial crisis, and price transmission in softwood lumber markets. Land Economics 90(2):306-323. Download |
2014 | Ning, Z., Sun, C. 2014. Vertical price transmission in timber and lumber markets. Journal of Forest Economics 20(1):17-32. Download |
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. Download |
2013 | Sun, C., 2013. Bivariate extreme value modeling of wildland fire area and duration. Forest Science 59(6):649-660. 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. Download |
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 |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. 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 |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
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 |
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. Download |
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., 2006. Lifetimes of US paper and allied products mills: insights from a duration analysis. Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 30(1):5-12. 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., Zhang, D. 2006. Timber harvesting margins in the southern United States: A temporal and spatial analysis. Forest Science 52(3):273-280. Download |
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 |
2003 | Sun, C., 2003. The effects of exchange rate volatility on U.S. forest commodities exports. Forest Science 49(5):807-814. Download |
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. Download |
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. Download |
2001 | Zhang, D., Sun, C. 2001. US-Canada softwood lumber trade disputes and lumber price volatility. Forest Products Journal 51(4):21-27. Download |
Extension Publications
Year | Publications |
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2019 | Self, A. B., Sun, C. 2019. Legal Terms and Concepts for Forest Landowners. Mississippi State University Extension Service P1762:8. 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