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Purvis, Amy, William G. Boggess, Charles B. Moss, and John Holt (1995).
Technology Adoption Decisions Under Irreversibility and Uncertainty: An
Ex Ante Approach. American Journal of Agricultural Economics,
77(3):541-551.
Empirical results demonstrate that uncertainty about costs and
requirements for environmental compliance is an important determinant of dairy
producers investment behavior. Ex ante forecasting of how uncertainty and
irreversibility are likely to affect producers responsiveness to agricultural
technologies has implications for the design of environmental policies.
Simulation modeling methods are described. The empirical analysis focuses on
Texas producers propensity to adopt free stall dairy housing. Free stall
investments offer advantages for both productivity augmentation and pollution
abatement, yet uncertainty and irreversibility are obstacles to adoption.
Implications of this ex ante paradigm for policy design and implementation are
discussed.
Queirolo, Lewis, E. (1988). Measuring the Economic Implications of
Prohibited Species By-Catch Mortality, Including Loss of Reproductive
Potential, in Nonselective Multispecies Commercial Fisheries. NOAA
Technical Memorandum NMFS F/NWC-131, U.S. Department of Commerce,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine
Fisheries Service, Northwest and Alaska Fisheries Center, 7600 Sand
Point Way, N.E., Seattle, WA, March, 97 pp.
The objective of this analysis is the development of a methodological
approach that would permit a more complete evaluation of the physical and
economic consequences of prohibited species by-catch (PSC) losses, such as
occur in the harvest of groundfish. The empirical results demonstrate the
presence of substantial latent losses associated with salmon PSC reproductive
potential foregone and confirm the presence of the hypothesized long run
adverse economic impacts on directed salmon fisheries associated with a single
season s PSC interception. Similar impacts are expected for Pacific halibut,
king crab, and Tanner crab, although substantial research on the biological
impacts of PSC losses on these species remains to be done.
Queirolo, Lewis E. and Richard S. Johnston (1989). "Research in Global
Groundfish Markets: An Exercise in International Cooperation."
Marine Fisheries Review, 51(1):28-32.
This paper explores the idea that extended fisheries jurisdiction has
spawned new international relationships in the commercial and public sectors.
In addition, it has also provided incentives to cooperate internationally in
research activity. Fear of the cost of disclosing information to potential
foreign competitors appears to be overshadowed by the recognition of potential
benefits from new insights to be gained through shared research experience.
Queirolo, Lewis E., L.W. Fritz, P.A. Livingston, M.R. Loefflad, D.A.
Colpo, and Y.L. deReynier (1995). "Bycatch, Utilization, and
Discards in the Commercial Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of
Alaska, Eastern Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands." U.S.
Department of Commerce, NOAA Tech. Memo., NMFS-AFSC-58, 148 pp.
This report documents reported catch, bycatch, utilization, and discard
data and attempts to identify patterns and trends in the commercial groundfish
fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA), eastern Bering Sea, and Aleutian
Islands (BSAI) (areas which currently make up the United States Exclusive
Economic Zone off Alaska). The report identifies existing data sources and
examines the historical catch record, as well as current domestic groundfish
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