Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery

Fox, Kevin J; Kompas, Thomas; Che, Tuong Nhu; Grafton, Quentin

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Capacity Reduction and Productivity: A Profit Decomposition for the Australian South East Trawl Fishery

Date

2007

Authors

Fox, Kevin J

Kompas, Thomas

Che, Tuong Nhu

Grafton, Quentin

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

This chapter analyzes the effects of a license buyback program and the establishment of a brokerage service to stimulate quota trading on the profitability of vessels in the Australian South East Trawl Fishery. Using individual firm-level data and a profi