Capacity reduction, quota trading and productivity: The case of a fishery

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 189-206

  Fox, Kevin J ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^b   Kompas, Tom ^c   Che, Tuong Nhu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity reduction; Fishery; Productivity; Quota trading

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFITABILITY; QUOTA SYSTEM;

EID: 33745521095     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2006.00331.x     Document Type: Article

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