AgEcon Search

AgEcon Search >
       Marine Resource Economics >
          Volume 15, Number 4, 2000 >

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://purl.umn.edu/28204

Title: THE NORWEGIAN SPRING-SPAWNING HERRING FISHERY: A STYLIZED GAME MODEL
Authors: Arnason, Ragnar
Magnusson, Gylfi
Agnarsson, Sveinn
Issue Date: 2000
Abstract: This paper presents an empirically based, game-theoretic model of the exploitation of the Norwegian spring-spawning herring stock, also known as the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock. The model involves five exploiters; Norway, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, the EU, and Russia and an explicit, stochastic migratory behavior of the stock. Under these conditions Markov Perfect (Nash) equilibrium game strategies are calculated and compared to the jointly optimal exploitation pattern. Not surprisingly, it turns out that the solution to the competitive game is hugely inefficient, leading very quickly to the virtual exhaustion of the resource. The scope for cooperative agreements involving the calculation of Shapley values is investigated. Although the grand coalition of all players maximizes overall benefits, such a coalition can hardly be stable over time unless side payments are possible.
URI: http://purl.umn.edu/28204
Institution/Association: Marine Resource Economics>Volume 15, Number 4, 2000
Total Pages: 27
Language: English
From Page: 293
To Page: 319
Collections:Volume 15, Number 4, 2000

Files in This Item:

File SizeFormat
15040293.pdf207KbPDFView/Open
Recommend this item

All items in AgEcon Search are protected by copyright.

 

 

Brought to you by the University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics and the University of Minnesota Libraries with cooperation from the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

All papers are in Acrobat (.pdf) format. Get Adobe Reader

Contact Us

Powered by: