• Agriculture versus fish – Norway in WTO 

      Gaasland, Ivar (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-09)
      The Norwegian agriculture is highly protected and subsidised. The opposite is the case for fisheries and fish farming which suffer from foreign market restrictions. Using a computational general equilibrium model, the gain ...
    • Analyse av arealbruk i Kristiansand havn 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Rapport, Research report, 2007-03)
      Kristiansand kommune skal i løpet av de neste 10-15 årene gjennomføre betydelige investeringer og endringer i havneområdet, bl.a. langs Gravanekanalen. Tre fiskeindustribedrifter ønsker å bygge nye anlegg i dette området. ...
    • Betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen i området Lofoten og Barentshavet 

      Gaasland, Ivar; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar; Vårdal, Erling (Rapport, Research report, 2010-09)
      Denne rapporten vurderer den samfunnsøkonomiske betydningen av fiskeri- og havbruksnæringen i området Lofoten-Barentshavet under ulike forutsetninger om fremtidige rammebetingelser. Det drøftes også hvilken innvirkning ...
    • Buying power in UK retail chains : a residual supply approach 

      Asche, Frank; Nøstbakken, Linda; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)
      The development of supermarket chains has led to substantial concentration in food supply chains, and has raised concerns not only that these companies can exploit oligopoly power, but also oligopsony power. In this paper, ...
    • Changes in herring consumption in Russia 

      Lien, Kristin; Tveterås, Ragnar; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-12)
      In the seafood category Russian consumers are adopting new species and new product forms at a rapid rate. We employ a panel data set on monthly per capita demand for different herring products in six Russian regions to ...
    • Comparative evaluation of the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway : multispecies and stochastic issues 

      Agnarsson, Sveinn; Arnason, Ragnar; Johannsdottir, Karen; Ravn-Jonsen, Lars; Sandal, Leif Kristoffer; Steinshamn, Stein Ivar; Vestergaard, Niels (Report, Research report, 2008-01)
      In this report the fisheries policies in Denmark, Iceland and Norway are subject to evaluation in a comparative perspective with particular emphasis on multi-species interaction and uncertainty. The actual harvest and ...
    • Consequences of climate change for some segments of the Norwegian fishing fleet 

      Ekerhovd, Nils-Arne (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-12)
      This paper identifies the possible effects of climate change on fish stocks important for the Norwegian fishing fleet along with information on the Norwegian harvest pattern in the past can tell us something about the ...
    • Cooperative and non-cooperative management of the northeast atlantic cod fishery 

      Bjørndal, Trond; Lindroos, Marko (Working paper, Working paper, 2010-06)
      The fishery for Northeast Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) in the Barents Sea is one of the most valuable fisheries in the North Atlantic. After the introduction of Extended Fisheries Jurisdiction, cod is a shared stock between ...
    • Economy-wide costs of food trade restrictions : the case of Norway 

      Gaasland, Ivar (Working paper, Working paper, 2006-11)
      Using a partial equilibrium model, the economic cost of the Norwegian agricultural policy is estimated to 1.3% of GDP. General equilibrium calculations elevate the cost estimate to between 1.6% and 3.6%. Thus, the agricultural ...
    • En oversikt og vurdering av skatter og avgifter i fiskeflåten 

      Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Rapport, Research report, 2008-06)
      Formålet med denne rapporten er å gi en mest mulig fullstendig oversikt over skatte- og avgiftstrykket i den norske fiskeflåten med hovedvekt på gebyrer og særavgifter. Utredningen tar for seg fem aspekter: 1. Definisjon ...
    • The European Commission’s argumentation for imposing anti dumping measures on Norwegian salmon 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Report, Research report, 2006-11)
      This report is an evaluation of the EU Council's decision in January 2006 to implement a five-year MIP on imported Atlantic salmon from Norway. The European Commission report on which this decision is based has a lot of ...
    • Global warming : an univariate estimation of sea temperature data 

      Lorentzen, Torbjørn (Report, Research report, 2007-05)
      The report deals with detecting climate change in the sea waters off Norway. According to the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC, the climate on earth is changing. The main cause is the combustion of fossil ...
    • Kapasitet og allokering i fangst- og foredlingsleddet : en økonomisk modell 

      Steinshamn, Stein Ivar (Rapport, Research report, 2008-01)
      Dette arbeidet bygger videre på en modell som ble utviklet for å estimere ressursrenten i norske fiskerier. Modellen som blir brukt her, vil imidlertid også inkludere foredlingssektoren i fiskerinæringen og ikke bare ...
    • The Norwegian winter herring fishery : a story of collapse and technological progress 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-12)
      This paper uses data from early 20th century to 1971 to estimate a production function for the Norwegian winter herring fishery, which collapsed in the early 1970s. The focus is on technological progress and the sensitivity ...
    • Oppfatninger om og holdninger til reguleringer blant kystfiskere med rettigheter i torskefiske 

      Aarset, Bernt (Rapport, Research report, 2006-12)
      Det er en forutsetning i moderne norsk fiskeriforvaltning at regelverk og direktiver virker. Denne rapporten drøfter betingelsene for at disse skal virke uten at tvangs- og kontrollmidler tas i bruk i fullt monn. Dette ...
    • Overview, roles, and performance of the North East Atlantic fischeries commission (NEAFC) 

      Bjørndal, Trond (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-10)
      According to the 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement (UNFSA), straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks are to be managed by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs), consisting of coastal ...
    • Productivity development in Icelandic : Norwegian and Swedish fisheries 

      Eggert, Håkan; Tveterås, Ragnar (Working paper, Working paper, 2007-12)
      Several factors contribute to the productivity of nations’ fisheries: Abundance of fish stocks, government regulation of fisheries, and innovations in fishing technologies. We analyze the total factor productivity (TFP) ...
    • Some implications of predation to optimal management of marine resources 

      Iversen, Rannveig Sundsbø (Report, Research report, 2006-10)
      The report studies the influence predation has on optimal management of renewable resources, i.e. fish stocks. We determine the optimal harvest as a function of the current value of the resource stock by introducing feedback ...
    • Vekst i havbruk : en samfunnsøkonomisk analyse av gevinstpotensialet 

      Gaasland, Ivar (Rapport, Research report, 2008-04)
      Oppdrett av laks og ørret er en relativt ny næring i Norge som har opplevd en sterk vekst siden oppstarten på 1970-tallet. I dag har næringen en høyere førstehåndsverdi enn totalt for villfanget fisk i Norge. Forskning på ...
    • When is fish quota enforcement worth while? : a study of the Northeast Arctic cod 

      Hannesson, Rögnvaldur (Working paper, Working paper, 2008-09)
      Many fish stocks are controlled by fish quotas divided among individual firms. Such quota regimes need an enforcement mechanism in order to be effective. Whether or not quota management regimes are worth while depends on ...