Fisheries management with stock growth uncertainty and costly capital adjustment

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 582-599

  Singh, Rajesh ^a   Weninger, Quinn ^a   Doyle, Matthew ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Costly capital adjustment; Pacific halibut fishery; Stochastic growth

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

COSTLY CAPITAL ADJUSTMENT; PACIFIC HALIBUT FISHERY; STOCHASTIC GROWTH; STOCK GROWTH;

FISHERIES;

CATCH STATISTICS; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; STOCKING DENSITY;

HIPPOGLOSSUS STENOLEPIS;

EID: 33747773698     PISSN: 00950696     EISSN: 10960449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jeem.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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