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European Review of Agricultural Economics Advance Access originally published online on October 19, 2009
European Review of Agricultural Economics 2009 36(3):425-445; doi:10.1093/erae/jbp028
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Demand elasticities for farmed salmon in world trade

Jinghua Xiea, Henry W. Kinnucanb and Øystein Myrlanda

a University of Tromsø, Norway
b Auburn University, Alabama, USA

Corresponding author: Jinghua Xie, Tromsø University Business School, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, N-9037 Norway. E-mail: xie.jinghua{at}uit.no

Received April 2008; final version received May 2009

The generalised demand specification of Barten and Eales et al. is used to estimate the world demand curves faced by major exporters of farmed salmon. Results suggest that the demand for farmed salmon has become less price elastic over time, fresh salmon from the UK faces the most competition in world markets and fresh salmon from Chile the least. Promotion programmes sponsored by the Norwegian Seafood Export Council appear to have increased the demand for fresh salmon at the expense of frozen salmon. Although the estimated promotion effects are small, the programme appears to have been remunerative from the Norwegian producer perspective.

Keywords: fish demand, trade elasticities, promotion

JEL classification: Q13, M30, M37

* Review coordinated by Thomas Heckelei.


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