%0 Research article
%T Outcomes of forest improvement work in Finland
%A Juurola, Muru
%A Ollonqvist, Pekka
%A Pajuoja, Heikki
%A Toropainen, Mikko
%D 1999
%J Silva Fennica
%V 33
%N 3
%R doi:10.14214/sf.658
%U https://silvafennica.fi/article/658
%X This paper discusses public subsidies aimed at intensifying timber  production as an initial part of an evaluation of the profitability of  forest investment subsidies in Finland. In many countries there are very  few proper ex post evaluations of the forest policy instruments in  economic terms. The scarcity of timber among users and their attempts to  construct new forest policy are discussed first. The increments in  annual growth and growing stock as well as its valuation are then  evaluated. The final gross utility increments due to forestry  investments are measured through their importance in the forest industry  products. The direct and indirect changes in GDP are calculated by  using the input-output method.