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dc.contributor.authorIsaksen, John Roald
dc.contributor.authorHermansen, Øystein
dc.contributor.authorFlaaten, Ola
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-14T07:17:59Z
dc.date.available2015-11-24T06:50:04Z
dc.date.issued2014-11-22
dc.description.abstractIn the context of the abolition of traditional subsidies, this paper discusses the persistence of the major remaining subsidy scheme in Norwegian fisheries: exemption from fuel taxes. This reimbursement scheme stems from the late1980s, and has persisted since then under different governments. This paper gives the background to this support against theoretical predictions of the subsidy's effects on fishing behavior and profitability. For 2011, the estimated exempted fuel taxes for the fishing fleet was NOK 999.0 million, amounting to 6.3 percent of the landed value, against NOK 772.7 million (6.4 per cent of landed value) in 2007. The Norwegian scheme is also discussed in relation to similar arrangements in other countries. The national fishing fleet is heterogeneous with respect to oil consumption in transport and fishing operations. Hence, the effect of the fuel subsidy is different for different fleet components. The implications of abolishing this subsidy for the fishing fleet in general and for different vessel groups, as well as its policy implications, are discussed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union (under Grant agreement no 265863 within the Oceans of Tomorrow call of the European Commission 7th Framework Programme) and the Nordic Council of Ministers (Tema Nord 2014:533 Climate Impact from Fisheries), as well as data support from Garantikassen for fiskere.en_US
dc.descriptionThe published version of the article is available in <a href=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.028>Marine Policy</a>en_US
dc.identifier.citationMarine Policy 52(2015) s. 85-92en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 1176150
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.marpol.2014.10.028
dc.identifier.issn0308-597X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/8206
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:no-uit_munin_7789
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherElsevier Scienceen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccess
dc.subjectSubsidiesen_US
dc.subjectFisheriesen_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental taxesen_US
dc.subjectFuel taxesen_US
dc.subjectTax concessionsen_US
dc.subjectVDP::Landbruks- og Fiskerifag: 900::Fiskerifag: 920en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Agriculture and fishery disciplines: 900::Fisheries science: 920en_US
dc.titleStubborn fuel tax concessions: The case of fisheries in Norwayen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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