Economic capacity estimation in fisheries: A non-parametric ray approach

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 124-138

  Pascoe, Sean ^a   Tingley, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capacity utilisation; Economic DEA; Fisheries

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; ESTIMATION;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC CAPACITY ESTIMATION; MULTI-SPECIES FISHERIES;

FISHERIES;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; FISHERY; FISHING;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33646472946     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Banker R.D., Charnes A., and Cooper W.W. Some models for estimating technical and scale inefficiencies in data envelopment analysis. Management Science 30 9 (1984) 1078-1092
2. Berndt E.R., and Morrison C.J. Capacity utilisation measures: underlying economic economic theory and alternative approaches. American Economic Review 71 2 (1981) 48-52
3. Brännlund R., Chung Y., Färe R., and Grosskopf S. Emissions trading and profitability: the Swedish pulp and paper industry. Environmental and Resource Economics 12 (1998) 345-356
4. Cassels J.M. Excess capacity and monopolistic competition. Quarterly Journal of Economics 51 (1937) 426-443
5. Charnes A., Cooper W.W., and Rhodes E. Measuring the efficiency of decision making units. European Journal of Operational Research 2 (1978) 429-444
6. Coelli T., Grifell-Tatje E., and Perelman S. Capacity utilization and profitability: a decomposition of short-run profit efficiency. International Journal of Production Economics 79 (2002) 261-278
7. Dupont D.P., Grafton R.Q., Kirkley J., and Squires D. Capacity utilization measures and excess capacity in multi-product privatized fisheries. Resource and Energy Economics 24 3 (2002) 193-210
8. FAO, 2000. Report of the Technical Consultation on the Measurement of Fishing Capacity. FAO Fisheries Report No. 615 FIPP/R615(En), FAO, Rome.
9. FAO, 2002. The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture, FAO, Rome.
10. Färe R., Grosskopf S., and Kirkley J. Multi-output capacity measures and their relevance for productivity. Bulletin of Economic Research 52 (2000) 101-113
11. Färe R., Grosskopf S., and Kokkelenberg E.C. Measuring plant capacity, utilization and technical change: a non-parametric approach. International Economic Review 30 3 (1989) 655-666
12. Färe R., Grosskopf S., and Lovell C.A.K. Production Frontiers (1994), Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
13. Farrel M.J. The measurement of productive efficiency. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, General 125 (1959) 252-267
14. Felthoven R.G. Effects of the American Fisheries Act on capacity, utilisation and technical efficiency. Marine Resource Economics 17 (2002) 181-206
15. Felthoven R.G., and Morrison Paul C.J. Multi-output, non-frontier primal measures of capacity and capacity utilization. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 86 3 (2004) 619-633
16. Gréboval, D., 2002. Report and Documentation of the International Workshop on Factors Contributing to Unsustainability and Overexploitation in Fisheries, Bangkok, Thailand, 4-8 February 2002. FAO Fisheries Report No. 672, FAO, Rome.
17. Hickman B.G. On a new method for capacity estimation. Journal of the American Statistical Association 59 (1964) 529-549
18. Holland D.S., and Lee S.T. Impacts of random noise and specification on estimates of capacity derived from data envelopment analysis. European Journal of Operational Research 137 1 (2002) 10-21
19. Homans F.R., and Wilen J.E. A model of regulated open access resource use. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 32 1 (1997) 1-21
20. Holland D.S., and Sutinen J.G. An empirical model of fleet dynamics in New England trawl fisheries. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 56 2 (1999) 253-264
21. Holland D.S., and Sutinen J.G. Location choice in New England trawl fisheries: old habits die hard. Land Economics 76 1 (2000) 133-149
22. Johansen L. Production Functions and the Concept of Capacity. Recherches Recentes sur la Fonction de Production (1968), Centre d'Etudes et de le Recherche Universitaire de Namur, Namur
23. Kirkley J.E., Squires D., Alam M.F., and Ishak H.O. Excess capacity and asymmetric information in developing country fisheries: the Malaysian purse seine fishery. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85 3 (2003) 647-662
24. Klein L.R. Some theoretical issues in the measurement of capacity. Econometrica 28 (1960) 272-286
25. Kuosmanen T., and Post T. Measuring economic efficiency with incomplete price information: with an application to European commercial banks. European Journal of Operational Research 134 1 (2001) 43-58
26. Kuosmanen T., and Post T. Measuring economic efficiency with incomplete price information. European Journal of Operational Research 144 2 (2003) 454-457
27. Morrison C.J. Primal and dual capacity utilisation: an application to productivity measurement in the U.S. automobile industry. Journal of Business and Economic Statistics 3 4 (1985) 312-324
28. Nelson R.A. On the measurement of capacity utilization. The Journal of Industrial Economics 37 (1989) 273-286
29. Pascoe S., and Coglan L. Contribution of unmeasurable factors to the efficiency of fishing vessels: an analysis of technical efficiency of fishing vessels in the English Channel. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84 3 (2002) 45-57
30. Pascoe S., Coglan L., and Mardle S. Physical versus harvest based measures of capacity: the case of the UK vessel capacity unit system. ICES Journal of Marine Science 58 6 (2001) 1243-1252
31. Prior D. Long- and short-run non-parametric cost frontier efficiency: and application to Spanish savings banks. Journal of Banking and Finance 27 (2003) 655-671
32. Reid C., Squires D., Jeon Y., Rodwell L., and Clarke R. An analysis of fishing capacity in the western and central Pacific Ocean tuna fishery and management implications. Marine Policy 27 6 (2003) 449-469
33. Seafish Industry Authority (SFIA), 2002. 2001 Economic Survey of the UK Fishing Fleet, SFIA, Edinburgh.
34. Segerson K., and Squires D. On the measurement of economic capacity utilization for multi-product industries. Journal of Econometrics 44 (1990) 347-361
35. Tingley, D., Pascoe, S., 2003. Estimating the Level of Excess Capacity in the Scottish Fishing Fleet. Report prepared for the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department, CEMARE Research Report 66, University of Portsmouth, UK.
36. Tingley D., Pascoe S., and Mardle S. Estimating capacity utilisation in multi-purpose, multi-metier fisheries. Fisheries Research 63 1 (2003) 121-134
37. Vestergaard N., Squires D., and Kirkley J.E. Measuring capacity and capacity utilization in fisheries: the case of the Danish gillnet fleet. Fisheries Research 60 2-3 (2003) 357-368
38. Walden J.B., Kirkley J.E., and Kitts A.W. A limited economic assessment of the Northeast groundfish fishery buyout program. Land Economics 79 3 (2003) 426-439