Research Article

Land Use Change from Biofuels Derived from Forest Residue: A Case of Washington State

Table 3

Robustness checks for proximity to feedstock processing facilities.

Distance—ClassificationDevelopmentAgricultureForestUndeveloped

200—All−0.0311***0.0124***0.0870***−0.0683***
(0.00727)(0.00139)(0.00829)(0.00609)
200—Existing−0.0464***0.0104***0.103***−0.0674***
(0.00896)(0.00173)(0.0100)(0.00761)
200—Proposed−0.0187***0.00713***0.0589***−0.0473***
(0.00564)(0.00111)(0.00650)(0.00471)
200—Hypothetical−0.0281***0.0154***0.0818***−0.0690***
(0.00671)(0.00125)(0.00775)(0.00558)
100—All−0.00739*0.0004990.0329***−0.0260***
(0.00400)(0.000792)(0.00445)(0.00340)
100—Existing−0.0202***0.0102***0.0223***−0.0122***
(0.00557)(0.00120)(0.00665)(0.00461)
100—Proposed−0.001400.0005440.0215***−0.0206***
(0.00284)(0.000562)(0.00312)(0.00244)
100—Hypothetical−0.00421−0.00202***0.0216***−0.0154***
(0.00263)(0.000539)(0.00299)(0.00222)
50—All0.0202***−0.00334***0.00571*−0.0225***
(0.00293)(0.000616)(0.00329)(0.00251)
50—Existing0.0119***−0.00247***−0.00494−0.00448*
(0.00293)(0.000640)(0.00326)(0.00246)
50—Proposed0.00844***−0.00313*** −0.00525***
(0.00178)(0.000413)(0.00204)(0.00149)
50—Hypothetical0.00894***−0.0002130.00716***−0.0159***
(0.00164)(0.000327)(0.00180)(0.00143)

The values reported are the marginal effects for the number of facilities within different radii and for different classifications. In the first column the radius in miles is given followed by whether the facilities are existing, proposed, hypothetical or any of the three categories. The last four columns represent the impact of the variable on land in that use. All control variables in the regressions reported in Table 2 column (1) are included. Standard errors in parentheses; *** < 0.01, ** < 0.05, * < 0.1.