Optimal harvesting of fish stocks under a time-varying discount rate

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 269, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 166-173

  Duncan, Stephen ^a   Hepburn, Cameron ^a,b   Papachristodoulou, Antonis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Bio economics; Dynamical systems; Optimal control; Resource management

Indexed keywords

DISCOUNT RATE; FISH; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STOCK ENHANCEMENT;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; FISH STOCK; FISHERY; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHERIES; FISHES; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; ENGRAULIS RINGENS;

EID: 78149235830     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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