The cost of lice: quantifying the impacts of parasitic sea lice on farmed salmon

J Abolofia, F Asche, JE Wilen - Marine Resource Economics, 2017 - journals.uchicago.edu
Diseases are an important challenge in aquaculture. However, most of what is known about
the effect of diseases comes from laboratory experiments. Using a farm-level data set …

Estimating pricing rigidities in bilateral transactions markets

A Oglend, F Asche, HM Straume - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Many price indices are constructed using bilateral transaction prices. This paper shows how
the time series behavior of cross‐sectional price moments can reveal useful information …

Profitability in Norwegian salmon farming: The impact of firm size and price variability

F Asche, M Sikveland, D Zhang - Aquaculture economics & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper, we investigate the impact of firm size and price variability on firm profitability in
the Norwegian salmon farming industry using a panel data set of all companies from the …

The spot-forward relationship in the Atlantic salmon market

F Asche, B Misund, A Oglend - Aquaculture Economics & …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the Fish Pool salmon futures contract with respect to how well the
market performs in terms of the futures price being an unbiased estimator of the spot price …

Salmon trout, the forgotten cousin?

U Landazuri-Tveteraas, A Oglend, M Steen… - Aquaculture …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This study investigates potential economic reasons why the production of trout is maintained
in Norway by analyzing prices and production for Norwegian Atlantic salmon and trout. The …

Impact of rent taxation on Norwegian salmon farming companies

B Misund, P Molnár, QM Nguyen… - Aquaculture Economics & …, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the impact of the rent tax announcement and implementation in
Norway in sea-based salmonid aquaculture on stock returns of affected companies. Our …

Price volatility in seafood markets: Farmed vs. wild fish

F Asche, RE Dahl, M Steen - Aquaculture Economics & …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Price volatility has an important impact on seafood markets and the aquaculture industry.
This article investigates price volatility regimes along three dimensions; technology, species …

Price dynamics in biological production processes exposed to environmental shocks

F Asche, A Oglend… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper demonstrates a mechanism by which environmental shocks in biological
production processes can lead to extreme price movements and thus be a contributing factor …

Moral hazard: the effect of insurance on risk and efficiency

KH Roll - Agricultural Economics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
While there is a large body of literature investigating the effect of crop and livestock
insurance on input and yield, limited attention has been paid to the effect of insurance on …

The case and cause of salmon price volatility

F Asche, B Misund, A Oglend - Marine Resource Economics, 2019 - journals.uchicago.edu
Salmon price volatility has more than doubled over the last 10 years, and is now higher than
many comparable commodities. This constitutes a challenge for the markets and consumers …