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Abstract
Illegal logging has become a global issue because of its effects on biodiversity and climate
change. In order to reduce illegal logging, many countries around the world have introduced
regulations of international trade of forest products. This paper examines the effects of efforts
aimed at reducing illegal logging on the comparative advantage of seven types of forest
products by using the HOV model. The results show that measures against illegal logging have
affected the comparative advantage of international trade in different directions. The number of
regulations a country enforced to combat illegal logging has negative effects on its net export of
charcoal and wood residues, but has positive effects on the net export of other forest products.
The effects are statistically significant for all types of forest products except paper and wood
pulp.