Buyback Programs and Industry Restructuring in Fisheries

Fisheries Buybacks

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 227-238

  Kirkley, James E ^a   Walden, John B ^b   Waters, James ^c  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fisheries; Horsepower; Overcapacity; Restructuring; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889398146     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470277836.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

References (7)

1. Charnes A, WW Cooper, and E Rhodes. 1978. "Measuring the Efficiency of Decisionmaking Units." European Journal of Operational Research, 2:429-444.
2. Färe R. 1984. "On the Existence of Plant Capacity." International Economic Review, 25 (1):209-213.
3. Färe R, S Grosskopf, and E Kokkelenberg. 1989. "Measuring Plant Capacity, Utilization and Technical Change: A Nonparametric Approach." International Economic Review 30 (3): 656-666.
4. Färe R, S Grosskopf, and J Kirkley. 2000. "Multi-Output Capacity Measures and Their Relevance for Productivity." Bulletin of Economic Research, 52(2):101-112.
5. General Accounting Office (GAO). 2000. "Entry of Fishermen Limits Benefits of Buyback Programs." Report to the House Committee on Resources. GAO/RCED-00-120.
6. Kaufman L and PJ Rousseeuw. 1990. Finding Groups in Data: An Introduction to Cluster Analysis. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
7. Kirkley J, J Ward, J Walden, and E Thunberg. 2002. "The Estimated Vessel Buyback Program Costs to Eliminate Overcapacity in Five Federally Managed Fisheries: A Preliminary Report." Division of Fisheries Statistics and Economics, Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland.