JOINT FILING AGREEMENT In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of this Schedule 13G with respect to the Common Stock of Buckeye...

                                                                  Exhibit 2

                                JOINT FILING AGREEMENT


               In  accordance  with  Rule  13d-1(f)  under  the  Securities
          Exchange  Act of 1934, the persons named below agree to the joint
          filing  on behalf  of each  of  them of  this  Schedule 13G  with
          respect  to the Common  Stock of  Buckeye Technologies,  Inc. and
          further  agree that this joint filing agreement be included as an
          exhibit to such joint filing.



          Date:     February 27, 1998



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