Sector Specific Sources of Competitiveness on the Polish Wood Market-Perspective of the Elimination of Several Barriers

Leszek Wanat

The competitiveness of the Polish forest and wood industry, in particular, the wood market itself, depends on many factors which shape – to a various extent – its basic measure, i.e. a share of the industry or each of its sectors in the open international market. Therefore, the wood market is a specific one where economic problems and the ecological ones exist. In this area, issues of sustainability and the sustainable development will be essential. Studies of the processes occurring on this market and in the forest and wood sector were focused on the needs of practical operations rather than on the theoretical aspect. Institutionalization of this special case of the market makes it is very dependent on the economic policy tools, including the legislation policy. This paper, referring to both, the theoretical assumptions and the case studies, proves the need for the economic analysis of law and its tools in the course of researches of the sector.