Surplus production models have been used in fisheries analysis for over 40 years. The traditional surplus production model incorporates the assumption that catch per unit of effort is constant for a given stock size. As a result, effort can be indefinitely applied to the fishery in the short...

This paper analyses the relationship between industrial total factor productivity and public capital across the 20 Italian administrative regions. We add upon the existing literature in a number of ways: we analyse a longer period (1970-98); we allow for the role of human capital accumulation;...