We study the events alleged in recent Norwegian salmon industry antitrust cases to explore the relationship between vertical integration and collusion. In particular, we are interested in whether vertical integration can facilitate the strategic use of coordination devices such as public price...

Relationships between prices of goods offer motives of interest in at least two areas: market integration and product aggregation. There is a close relationship between market integration and aggregation, which may increase the usefulness of market integration studies. In this article, these...

A time before the salmon cans -- The tin can men -- Metlakatla and the Tsimshian -- From Norwegian fjords to Alaskan glaciers -- Salmon and the politics of corporate capitalism -- The immigrants are necessary but unwelcome -- The rising voices of Alaska natives -- The alaskeros -- Fighting back...

Financial statement information is important for evaluating a firm's performance, and for forecasting its future cash flows. This paper studies the relationship between financial accounting information and market valuation for publically listed salmon farming companies. Of special interest is...

The recent five years have seen a nearly tenfold increase the salmon stock price index at the Oslo Stock Exchange. This paper tries to shed some light on the reasons why this substantial stock price appreciation has occurred. The primary aim is to ascertain if the market valuation of salmon...

Most developing countries are increasingly dependent on fresh water based aquaculture (cage culture) to supplement the declining catch from capture fisheries. Yet, the competition for space between capture fisheries and cage culture, pollution generated by cage culture, and fish markets...

Eco-labels are important features of many natural resource and food markets. They certify that a product has a desirable intrinsic quality, typically related to a public good such as being sustainably produced. In an increasing number of markets, consumers can choose between different labels...