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dc.contributor.authorWinchester, Niven Stewart
dc.contributor.authorReilly, John M
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-01T21:16:23Z
dc.date.available2019-07-01T21:16:23Z
dc.date.issued2018-06
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/121478
dc.description.abstractThere has been rapid growth in the use of engineered wood products in the construction sector in recent decades. We evaluate the economy-wide impacts of replacing carbon-intensive construction inputs, such as steel and cement, with lumber products in the US under an emissions constraint. We find that the ability to substitute lumber-based building materials increases production from the lumber and forestry sectors and decreases production from carbon-intensive sectors such as cement. Under a carbon cap-and-trade policy, the ability to substitute lumber products lowers the carbon price and the GDP cost of meeting the carbon cap, with more overall emissions abatement in the construction industry.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe authors gratefully acknowledge financial support from Weyerhaeuser and the Softwood Lumber Board. The MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change is funded by a consortium of industrial sponsors and Federal grants. For a complete list of sponsors see http://globalchange.mit.edu/sponsors.en_US
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dc.publisherMIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Changeen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesMIT Joint Program Report Series;331
dc.titleThe economic and emissions benefits of engineered wood products in a low-carbon futureen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
dc.identifier.citationReport 331en_US


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