Browsing Working papers (SNF) by Subject "VDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920"

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    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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) ...

    • 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 ...