annotated bibliography of fisheries economics literature - Office of ...

A theory of effective policy choice is developed that recognizes that
the probability that a policy is adopted depends on who gains from it, who
loses, and by how much. Ten pieces of recent environmental legislation are
assessed to see how mechanisms such as coupling with other legislation, phased
implementation, and the manipulation of uncertainty can spread benefits and
costs. Several optimizing models are presented that explicitly incorporate
the probability of adoption.
Zeeman, E.C. (1974). "Levels of Structure in Catastrophe Theory
Illustrated by Applications in the Social and Biological Sciences."
Proceedings of the International Congress of Mathematicians, 2:533-
546.
Catastrophe theory offers two attractions: on the one had it sometimes
provides the deepest level of insight and lends a simplicity of understanding.
On the other hand, in very complex systems such as occur in biology and the
social sciences, it can sometimes provide a model where none was previously
thought possible. This paper discusses various levels of structure that can
be superimposed upon an underlying catastrophe and illustrate them with an
assortment of examples.
Zein-Eldin, Zoula P. and Maurice L. Renaud (1986). "Inshore
Environmental Effects on Brown Shrimp, Penaeus aztecus, and White
Shrimp, P. setiferus, Populations in Coastal Waters, Particularly
of Texas." Marine Fisheries Review, 48(3):9-19.
Our discussion compares and contrasts responses of the two species to
single factors and their interactions, giving only limited literature
citations. Implications for the two species are then explored. The purposes
of this paper are to 1) provide, in an easily accessed tabular format,
representative information and literature sources relating environmental
factors to several inshore life stages of brown and white shrimp and 2) bring
attention to those factors, their interactions, and life stages for which
information is lacking.
Zellner, Arnold and Tong Hun Lee (1965). "Joint Estimation of
Relationships Involving Discrete Random Variables." Econometrica,
33(2):382-394.
In this paper we present several models that have been utilized to
explain the variation of proportions. For these models, we review single
equation estimation techniques that yield asymptotically efficient estimators.
We then go on to consider the analysis of a set of correlated sample
proportions and develop a joint estimation procedure that yields
asymptotically efficient estimators. The joint estimation procedure, by
taking account of heteroscedasticity as well as the correlations existing
between proportions, produces estimators with smaller asymptotic variances
than do single equation techniques that take account only of
heteroscedasticity. Data on consumer decisions with respect to durable
purchases and use of instalment credit are analyzed to illustrate one use of
these techniques in economics.
Zhang, Zhengkun and Richard S. Johnston (199?). An Analysis of Pricing
Strategies for a Multiproduct Monopolist in a Discrete Choice Model.
Draft Report, Oregon State University.
Supermarkets are multi-product sellers. Under combined influences of
shopping complementarity, consumption complementarity and consumption
substitution, their pricing strategy could generate perfectly price-inelastic
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