This paper provides an ex-ante economic analysis, comparing six alternative control strategies for the eradication of Bluetongue virus 8 against five incursion scenarios in cattle and sheep populations. The economic analysis assumes a common baseline unavoidable cost of public and private...

A significant increase of concentration in the UK salmon retailsubsector has heightened concerns about retail firms’ ability to exercise marketpower in the purchase of supplies (oligopsony power). To assess the extent towhich retail firms have exercised oligopsony power, we develop a dynamic...