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Agricultural University of Athens

ΖΗΤΗΣΗ ΨΑΡΙΩΝ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΑΣ ΑΛΙΕΙΑΣ: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΗ

Abstract

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THE OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY IS THE ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE CONSUMER DEMAND FOR OPEN-SEA FISH IN GREECE. FRESH AND FROZEN FISH CATEGORIES ARE SPECIFIED AND A MARKET RESEARCH IS USED FOR DETERMINING THE SPECIES OF FRESH FISH CLASSIFIED INTO THE THREE CATEGORIES (I, II AND III) COMMONLY USED AS CORRESPONDING TO CONSUMER PREFERENCES. TIME SERIES DATA FOR THE PERIOD 1964-1982 IS USED IN THE ANALYSIS. FOUR HOMOGENEOUS GROUPS OF PRODUCTS ARE FORMED. FOR EACH PRODUCT FOUR MODELS ARE SPECIFIED: LINEAR, LOG, SEMILOG AND LOG INVERSE. BASIC ASSUMPTIONS FORTHE ANALYSIS ARE THE CONSTRAINTS IN QUANTITY DEMANDED AND THE FIXATION BY THE GOVERNMENT OF HIGHEST ALLOWED CONSUMER PRICES. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THESE ASSUMPTIONS A "CONSUMER SURPLUS TRANSPOSITION PHENOMENON" APPEARS TO OPERATE BETWEEN CATEGORIES OF FRESH FISH SO THAT CATEGORIES I AND II AND CATEGORIES II AND III SEEM TO BE COMPLEMENTARY. THE METHODS OF ORDINARY LEAST SQUARES (OLS) AND RIDGEREGRESSION ARE USED FOR ESTIMATING THE MODELS. FOR RIDGE REGRESSION K IS DEFINED ACCORDING TO VINOD METHOD (1976). THE MOST IMPORTANT FINDING IS THAT GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION WAS EFFECTIVE IN INFLUENCING THE DEMAND FOR FRESH FISH OF I AND II CATEGORIES AND FOR FROZEN FISH. IT IS NOTED THAT ONLY THE QUANTITIES OF FRESH FISH OF I AND II CATEGORIES ARE IN INSUFFICIENT SUPPLY. FOR THE CONSUMPTIONANALYSIS, 6 FORMS OF ENGEL'S CURVES ARE USED. ELASTICITIES DERIVED FROM THIS ANALYSIS ARE: FOR FRESH FISH OF CATEGORY I 2,7, FOR CATEGORY II 0,7, FOR CATEGORY III 0,1 AND FOR FROZEN FISH ABOUT -1.

Degree

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Agricultural University of Athens
Year dc:date
1989

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Τσουκαλάς, Σταύρος

Subjects

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Rights

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gre

Identifiers

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Identifier
10.12681/eadd/1109
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:10442/1109

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2026-07-24
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citation

Τσουκαλάς, Σταύρος. ΖΗΤΗΣΗ ΨΑΡΙΩΝ ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΑΣ ΑΛΙΕΙΑΣ: ΟΙΚΟΝΟΜΕΤΡΙΚΗ ΔΙΕΡΕΥΝΗΣΗ. Agricultural University of Athens, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/1109