Essays about: "Livia Moore"

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  1. 1. Does Market Failure Exist in the Swedish Oyster Industry? A Cost-Benefit Analysis

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Livia Moore; Clara Nordlander; [2012]
    Keywords : Aquaculture; Cost-benefit analysis; Environmental economics; Market failure; Oysters;

    Abstract : This paper studies the socio-economic and private economic costs and benefits from farming Ostrea edulis in Sweden and aims at providing a foundation for policy-makers making decisions regarding the development of aquaculture in Sweden. Using Ostrea AB, Sweden's only oyster company close to industrialisation, as a model, a cost-benefit analysis is conducted, in order to examine whether market failure exists within the Swedish oyster industry due to socio-economic net benefits resulting from the production process being greater than private economic net benefits. READ MORE