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Eggert, Håkan; Martinsson, Peter - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2003

Empirical studies of fishers’ preferences have found that most fishers are risk-averse, while expected-utility theory predicts risk neutrality even for sizable stakes. We test this prediction using data from a stated choice experiment with Swedish commercial fishers. Our results show that...

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Stochastic Production and Heterogeneous Risk Preferences: Commercial Fishers’ Gear Choices

Eggert, Håkan; Tveterås, Ragnar - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001

As long as total effort cannot be completely controlled, a more thorough understanding of fishers’ supply response decisions will be beneficial for fishery managers. In this paper, we present a model of fishers’ gear choice, which is empirically estimated on a panel of Swedish demersal...

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Tenure Rights and Stewardship of Marine Resources: A co-managed Swedish shrimp fishery in a marine reserve

Eggert, Håkan; Ulmestrand, Mats - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2007

quotas as a means to reduce overcapacity that exist also in Swedish fisheries. …

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Effects of Global Fisheries on Developing Countries Possibilities for Income and Threat of Depletion

Eggert, Håkan; Greaker, Mads - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2009

This study deals with fisheries and trade, focusing on developing countries. Fish is globally traded, and for many … developing countries, it is an important net export good. In most of these countries, fisheries are often characterized by poorly … they can catch due to limited monitoring and enforcement activities. Even in developed countries, many fisheries are poorly …

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Technical efficiency in the Swedish trawl fishery for Norway lobster

Eggert, Håkan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2001

Reducing fleet capacity in European fisheries is an important objective of the European Union’s Common Fisheries Policy …

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Potential Rent and Overcapacity in the Swedish Baltic Sea Trawl Fishery

Eggert, Håkan; Tveterås, Ragnar - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2004

Many EU fisheries have problems with depleted stocks and fleet overcapacity following from regulated open access …

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Regulatory Compliance in Lake Victoria Fisheries

Eggert, Håkan; Lokina, Razack B - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2005

This paper analyzes the causes for regulatory compliance using traditional deterrence variables and potential moral and social variables. We use self-reported data from Tanzanian artisanal fishers in Lake Victoria. The results indicate that fishers adjust their violation rates with respect to...

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Fisheries Economics and 20 years with Marine Resource Economics: A Citation Analysis

Eggert, Håkan - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2006

This paper reviews the impact of articles published in the Marine Resource Economics and within the field of fisheries … most cited papers in Marine Resource, the top ten all time cited fisheries economics papers and the most cited papers …

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Trade and Resources: Welfare effects of the Lake Victoria fisheries boom

Eggert, Håkan; Greaker, Mads; Kidane, Asmerom - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2012

In this paper we examine the welfare implications of the Tanzanian fisheries boom following from the increase in …

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Bioeconomic model of spatial fishery management in developing countries

Akpalu, Wisdom; Vondolia, Godwin K. - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2011

Fishers in developing countries do not have the resources to acquire advanced technologies to exploit offshore fish stocks. As a result, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea requires countries to sign partnership agreements with distant water fishing nations (DWFNs) to exploit...

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