In the growing global lumber market, Switzerland is not competitive. Forest properties, forest enterprises and sawmills are split into small units and do not take advantage of economies of scale and scope. One should search for the reasons of this inefficiency with modern industrial economics. Appendages of industrial economical analyses are described for large sawmills. They support the hypothesis that structural problems are mainly caused through regulations that are designed incorrectly. This hypothesis should thoroughly be tested before forest policy measures are decided. It is assumed that the Swiss forest industry may be supported with deregulations rather than with further regulations.
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© 2007 Schweiz. Z. Forstwes
2007