Time for Fishing: Bargaining Power in the Swedish Baltic Cod Fishery
(2015) In Marine Resource Economics 30(3). p.315-329- Abstract
- Fishery regulations might not only affect the fleet, but also the relation between fisheries and downstream sectors on the ex-vessel market for fish products. This article estimates the price effects of management reform in the Swedish Baltic Sea cod fishery. In April 2011, as part of a reform process aimed at giving fishers more flexibility, vessels using active gear were given annual non-transferable catch quotas. We examine whether the new management system has altered the bargaining power between fishers and processors in the ex-vessel market for fish. Using a difference-in-differences estimation approach we find that post-reform fishers improve their bargaining power and thus are paid a higher price. However, the price increase is... (More)
- Fishery regulations might not only affect the fleet, but also the relation between fisheries and downstream sectors on the ex-vessel market for fish products. This article estimates the price effects of management reform in the Swedish Baltic Sea cod fishery. In April 2011, as part of a reform process aimed at giving fishers more flexibility, vessels using active gear were given annual non-transferable catch quotas. We examine whether the new management system has altered the bargaining power between fishers and processors in the ex-vessel market for fish. Using a difference-in-differences estimation approach we find that post-reform fishers improve their bargaining power and thus are paid a higher price. However, the price increase is small, amounting to around 2% of the pre-reform price. (Less)
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- Blomquist, Johan LU ; Hammarlund, Cecilia LU and Waldo, Staffan LU
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- 2015
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- Baltic cod, bargaining power, difference-in-differences, fishery, management, D47, Q21, Q22
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- Marine Resource Economics
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- 30
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 315 - 329
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- MRE Foundation, Inc.
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- wos:000355611300006
- scopus:84935419874
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- 0738-1360
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- 10.1086/680729
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- English
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publisher = {{MRE Foundation, Inc.}},
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title = {{Time for Fishing: Bargaining Power in the Swedish Baltic Cod Fishery}},
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